Facebook Adds New Advertisement Model?

Just logged into facebook to discover a new sort of advertisement in my right sidebar where you typically see the Sponsored gift of the day.

It seems that facebook may be trying to diversify its advertising model a bit from typical display and flyer ads by including video now as well. Also, it looks like [...]

Facebook… Is it Up, Down, or Somewhere In Between?

At first I thought it was our sometimes-screwy internet connection at work, but I’m getting reports from friends and colleagues all over the US that  Facebook is either not loading, loading super slow or not allowing them to navigate away from their homepage in the site.  Anyone else having issues?
I also got an email about [...]

Facebook Adds Profile Pictures to Quick Search

Over the past few months, it seems Facebook has been making lots of minor changes to its Quick Search box in the top left of the site to make it easier to find your friends more quickly. So far I have loved the changes, especially since I can now see Group and Fan [...]

Improv Everywhere Hits Grand Central Station

Improv Everywhere, a loosely affiliated group of people around the world that coordinate flash-mob events recently did an amazing stunt in New York’s Grand Central Station. They walked in and at exactly the same moment, 207 people froze in place in all sorts of positions, in the midst of everyday actions. Spectators were [...]

Online Communities Map

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Online Communities Map , originally uploaded by cafourek .
Found this hilarious map [via StumbleUpon] and I think it is a hilarious, and rather accurate assessment!
Original image location:
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/online_communities.png
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A Plain-English Guide to the Facebook Terms of Use

NOTE: Due to a server crash in mid 2008, the screenshots associated with this post are no longer available, however the text still does a good job of covering the Terms of Service.  I will be writing an updated post in the near future.  Sorry for the inconvenience. -ac
Over the past few days there has [...]

The Twitter Tuesday Tidal Wave

“Drop a pebble, make a wave“  That’s what happened when Jeremiah posted (and twittered) about Twitter and how it can be used.  It has become known as Twitter Tuesday, and I doubt if there is a person left on the service that hasn’t made new connections because of it!  There is a really good post [...]

NBC Falls Waaaay Off the Bandwagon

Over the last couple of months, NBC’s CEO Jeff Zucker has had a rather public spat with Apple as his company has pulled out of iTunes because apparently Steve wouldn’t let NBC price gouge its consumers for episodes of shows like Heroes and Biggest Loser…so Jeff decided to take the ball and go home. [...]

The Great Google Strikes Again

Over the past few days, the internet has been abuzz with the news about Google’s upcoming foray (or perhaps more accurately: retry) into the world of social networking.  It has promised to build 2-way APIs for multiple networks that will change the way users transfer their social data on the internet by allowing multi-site access [...]

Politics and Social Media: Does it Really Matter Yet?

Everyone has heard the prime examples of how social media has impacted politics up to this point, but if you think about it, the only site that has really been making the headlines is YouTube. The biggest examples of national political repercussions (good or bad) are the ‘Macaca Moment’ by George Allen in 2006, [...]