We all see the complaints. Facebook makes changes without warning then suffers the brutality of the social network it supports. This event is generally followed by backtracking and scrambling to “fix what they broke”. Let children run a company, nation or social behemoth and that’s what you’re going to get: unilateral decisions that don’t work the way their inexperience believes it will followed by backtracking for one reason – saving face. It happens in politics, too.
Granted I’ve made mistakes and I am fully capable of making more. Inexperience has given way to crotchetiness (is that a word?) and low blood-sugar powered decisions. When faced with a larger scale decision than where to eat, however, I have enough experience that says, “get counsel, listen to other people, measure twice – cut once”.
If I ran Facebook it probably...
If I ran Facebook: 7 changes I would consider
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Are you optimized for the mobile web?
Are you optimized for the mobile web?
You have heard it, you’ve read about it, people who appear to know stuff have told you: the digital revolution is unwired and if you don’t feed it what it needs to exist it will move on without you. When is this going to happen? It’s already, almost, so last year.
We cannot imagine the resistance Alexander Bell experienced. I remember hearing old people talking about it back int he 60′s saying they thought the phone would be a huge invasion and some called it “the devil’s box”. Why do we always credit “the devil” with innovation? But I digress. Let’s look at communications changes over the last few thousand years ...
You have heard it, you’ve read about it, people who appear to know stuff have told you: the digital revolution is unwired and if you don’t feed it what it needs to exist it will move on without you. When is this going to happen? It’s already, almost, so last year.
We cannot imagine the resistance Alexander Bell experienced. I remember hearing old people talking about it back int he 60′s saying they thought the phone would be a huge invasion and some called it “the devil’s box”. Why do we always credit “the devil” with innovation? But I digress. Let’s look at communications changes over the last few thousand years ...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
38% of quitters say Twitter "pointless"
We talk on http://socialmediaedge.com (BlogTalkRadio podcast since 2008) about why people say they "don't get" Twitter. This entire article really sheds some light. Do you think Twitter has peaked and the "new" is wearing off?
Amplify’d from www.marketingcharts.com
Pointlessness Leading Reason to Abandon Twitter
Fifty-two percent of formerly active Twitter users who no longer use their account say they left because it is pointless. Thirty-eight percent said it got boring, and 23% said it got too chaotic (more than one answer permitted).
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/bw6p4
Saturday, March 5, 2011
HiDef video intro (lead-in) for $5
Ever wish you had a nice lead-in to brand your videos for YouTube, Vimeo, Photobucket, etc? Normally this could cost $30 or more - right now only $5. Yes, FIVE BUCKS. And it includes theme music, licensed to you so no lawsuits, your image(s) and your title text.
Amplify’d from www.youtube.com
Video Production: Intro clip for your video for $5
http://relt.us/video - yes, it's true. I will create an HD and web quality 10 second intro like this one for you for $5. You ever heard of fiverr.com? That's what inspired me. You send me 1 image, three bits of text and tell me if you want, rock, metal, country, jazz, orchestra, or club (techno) music. I will do the text, your image and create custom music for you. 10 second leaders that fade in and fade out that can be used with Windows Movie Maker or any other video editing software. This is the hi-def version. 1.16 gigabytes. You will also get a web quality version - for this same clip about 1.7 megabytes.
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/bt1sr
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