Introducing: Mastering Facebook in Kindle and Paperback
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I’m excited to announce that I’ve turned the last 2+ years of Facebook blog posts into a book focused on Facebook: exciting campaigns, product development, virality, and platform developments. There are 200+ screenshots in the …

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Google Print & Google Radio Closures Are Unfortunate
February 13, 2009 – 7:26 am | 669 Comments
Google Print & Google Radio Closures Are Unfortunate

News arrived yesterday that Google is shutting down their Print and Radio ad systems. It’s unfortunate news for brand advertisers and the traditional media formats.

An ironic tag-line for Google’s Print & Radio Platform
With eBay …

ESPN.com Wants to Make Sure You Know Valentines is Coming
February 12, 2009 – 6:15 pm | 593 Comments
ESPN.com Wants to Make Sure You Know Valentines is Coming

I spend a lot of time on ESPN – particularly their mobile properties… which for big media brands – really are the best available. And while I have been critical of ESPN.com’s relaunch, I respect …

beRecruited Growth Continues; Rock Mountain News Coverage
February 10, 2009 – 8:38 pm | 525 Comments
beRecruited Growth Continues; Rock Mountain News Coverage

It’s been a great couple months for beRecruited. By all measures, traffic and site-usage are ramping very nicely (more than doubling in the last calendar year).

Perhaps more importantly though, our recruiting metrics are growing …

iPhone Headphones Jack Problems… Here’s How to Fix
February 3, 2009 – 11:56 am | 393 Comments
iPhone Headphones Jack Problems… Here’s How to Fix

Over the last couple days, my iPhone 3G’s headphones were acting strangely. I could hear audio, but the microphone wasn’t transmitting my voice and the receiver button (used to answer calls / turn MP3 player …

Google AdSense is Good…. And Yes, iStockphoto is Everywhere
January 31, 2009 – 5:55 pm | 652 Comments

Almost as soon as I published my “I guess iStockphoto is Going Mainstream” article, Google AdSense started running iStockphoto ads. Amazing.
It shows just how good Google AdSense is (literally seconds after publishing the article) …

My New Spam: Twitter, Disqus & Vimeo
January 31, 2009 – 5:33 pm | 282 Comments
My New Spam: Twitter, Disqus & Vimeo

I get plenty of email spam… but Gmail does an admirable job making sure most of it doesn’t hit my inbox.
My new annoyance is, for lack of better terminology, “web 2.0 spam”. My inbox is …

Star Trek Takes Over ESPN.com… Four Months too Early
January 31, 2009 – 5:21 pm | 356 Comments
Star Trek Takes Over ESPN.com… Four Months too Early

On Super Bowl weekend, ESPN was able to sell its homepage with two massive rich-media Star Trek advertisements… you know, the new iMax move that comes out May 8th, 2009.
On a weekend when ESPN …

I Guess iStockphoto is Going Mainstream?
January 31, 2009 – 5:11 pm | 626 Comments
I Guess iStockphoto is Going Mainstream?

iStockphoto is doesn’t get much attention. It is rarely discussed on the big Web 2.0 blogs. It somehow is never included with other ‘hot’ companies like Digg, Twitter, Pandora, WordPress, etc… despite having a large …

All We Need is Connectivity: Why the iPod Touch & Netbooks Matter
January 31, 2009 – 4:56 pm | 257 Comments
All We Need is Connectivity: Why the iPod Touch & Netbooks Matter

We have three computers in our household: one desktop and two laptops. Right now, I’m on my desktop with two wide-screen monitors. Every inch of real estate is covered in applications…. all web-based:
- Gtalk and …

Widgetbox Introduces the Blidget Pro
January 24, 2009 – 5:21 pm | 219 Comments
Widgetbox Introduces the Blidget Pro

Widgetbox has released the Blidget Pro product: the next generation of our successful Blidget tool. Also worth noting, it is our first subscription-based service ($3.99 / mo or $29.99 / year).
The Blidget Pro is …

Real-Time Sports Scores Widget by InGameNow
January 20, 2009 – 6:53 pm | 829 Comments
Real-Time Sports Scores Widget by InGameNow

You can already take InGameNow on the go with our iPhone Apps and Google Talk / AOL Instant Messanger integration. Now you can take InGameNow directly to your website with our new live sports scores …

Why Amazon and eBay Should Merge
January 16, 2009 – 9:09 am | 675 Comments
Why Amazon and eBay Should Merge

As part of my 2009 Digital Media Predictions series, I said that Amazon should acquire or merge with eBay and/or Netflix (read the Netflix article here).
Let me first state my obvious biases: I love Amazon …