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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2009 Predictions: iPhone Gaming Will Replace Nintendo and Sony
December 29, 2008 – 1:10 pm | 244 Comments
2009 Predictions: iPhone Gaming Will Replace Nintendo and Sony

My 20 Digital Media Predictions for 2009 series continues with a story (The Dream iPhone) that tangentially sits atop Techmeme at the moment.
Most of the talk about the below iPhone v2 mock ups are …

Is It Surprising that P&G, Tide Struggle with Facebook Advertising?
December 13, 2008 – 9:23 pm | 217 Comments
Is It Surprising that P&G, Tide Struggle with Facebook Advertising?

In today’s New York Times, Randall Stross dissects the world of brand advertising within social networks. Stross’ article, Advertisers Face Hurdles on Social Networking Sites, delves into whether or not brands can scalably succeed on …

Apple, iPod Touch Shake Up Yahoo Games Homepage
December 12, 2008 – 11:18 am | 673 Comments
Apple, iPod Touch Shake Up Yahoo Games Homepage

A few months ago, Nintendo and YouTube literally shook up the digital ad world with their Experiece the Wii ad/video. It’s awesome. 4,500,000 video views aren’t too shabby either.
Today, Apple did something similar by running …

Nintendo Wii and Wii Fit Dominate eBay Shopping
December 8, 2008 – 7:56 am | 282 Comments
Nintendo Wii and Wii Fit Dominate eBay Shopping

TechCrunch posted this morning about the top tech gadgets as measured by eBay’s top sales (always a good indication of macro-level trending and habits… one reason why I enjoyed working at eBay so much).
Michael …

Andy Azula, I Actually Like Your Latest Whiteboard Commercial
December 7, 2008 – 8:29 pm | 407 Comments
Andy Azula, I Actually Like Your Latest Whiteboard Commercial

I’ve always been surprised by how much traffic my “Andy Azula – The Artist in the UPS ‘Whiteboard’ Commercials” blog post continues to drive. It’s quite apparent that Andy Azula and his UPS commercials are …

ESPN Beta – The Review (Beta)
December 7, 2008 – 7:05 pm | 612 Comments
ESPN Beta – The Review (Beta)

I have blogged regularly about how much I like ESPN and their internet business. In fact, I’ve gone so far as to say it’s difficult-to-impossible to complete with ESPN on content alone. And I’ve gone …

Implications of Fast Rising, Falling Gas Prices
November 30, 2008 – 12:26 pm | 715 Comments
Implications of Fast Rising, Falling Gas Prices

A month ago, it cost close to $100 to fill up my 20 gallon SUV. This weekend, it just under $40.00 (the same amount it cost back in 2003). Measured in either time or price …

Video Game Consoles Up 26%; iPhone Killing Portable Gaming Devices?
November 13, 2008 – 6:11 pm | 706 Comments
Video Game Consoles Up 26%; iPhone Killing Portable Gaming Devices?

Strong numbers were announced today from The NDP Group that show significant year-over-year growth in video game console purchases: +26% in October ’08 vs. ’07 for consoles, software and accessories.
However, portable gaming consoles (like …

Disney’s Bolt iPhone App – Awesome Marketing
November 13, 2008 – 6:01 pm | 303 Comments
Disney’s Bolt iPhone App – Awesome Marketing

Is this how Hollywood is going to release new movies, music and video games?
I hope so… because there is a lot of potential here.
Disney’s launched an iPhone App for it’s new film Bolt (which …

The Economy Boosting McDonalds, Dunkin Donuts; Hurting Starbucks
November 13, 2008 – 5:48 pm | 615 Comments
The Economy Boosting McDonalds, Dunkin Donuts; Hurting Starbucks

Unlike many regular coffee drinkers, I actually quite like Starbucks. I plan to write further about this, but Starbucks is innovative, open to consumer feedback (hence the Pikes Place brew) and make consistently good coffee. …

The Election, Poltical Ad Spend & AdSense
November 3, 2008 – 10:58 am | 394 Comments
The Election, Poltical Ad Spend & AdSense

This morning, I was notified by friends and blog readers of political ads running on my site … it’s happened quite frequently over the last few months and I’ve gone to Google to put out …

Next Generation Remote Control Extender
October 28, 2008 – 10:49 am | 825 Comments
Next Generation Remote Control Extender

I’ve written about (maybe even complained?!) Techmeme becoming Gadgetmeme… and I am falling into that bucket today as I have two product reviews that hopefully are useful for non-technical gadget fans like myself. You can …