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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ESPN’s Persistent Score Panel… Very App-like
October 4, 2010 – 8:03 am | 585 Comments
ESPN’s Persistent Score Panel… Very App-like

There’s lots of innovation currently around persistant headers, footers, and bars. I wrote about Quora’s notification ‘panel’ last week. You can also check out Apture (which I had been testing), Meebo, Wibya, etc.

The Social Network Movies Advertising on Facebook with Myspace?
October 1, 2010 – 11:11 am | 703 Comments
The Social Network Movies Advertising on Facebook with Myspace?

The Social Network movie opens today (Yes: I loved it) and advertisements are appearing across the web.

Gilt City’s Cleverly Designed iPhone App
September 30, 2010 – 1:53 pm | 249 Comments
Gilt City’s Cleverly Designed iPhone App

Gilt Group has rolled out their new group-buying / coupon site Gilt City to six cities (New York, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami and Chicago). With it comes the Gilt City iPhone app.
There isn’t …

The Social Network: Two Conflicting Reviews
September 28, 2010 – 8:15 pm | 617 Comments
The Social Network: Two Conflicting Reviews

Last night I saw a screening of The Social Network and it lived up to the hype / great reviews (100% on RottenTomatoes.com). The movie was well done, well acted, fun, and actually very inspiring …

Quora’s Elegant Notification ‘Panel’
September 28, 2010 – 1:17 pm | 710 Comments
Quora’s Elegant Notification ‘Panel’

I have written about the design of promotion and notification units several times – pointing at examples from Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, etc.

Designing Your Facebook Page’s Profile Image
September 27, 2010 – 7:59 am | 321 Comments
Designing Your Facebook Page’s Profile Image

Facebook’s news feed is crowded (and more crowded with each passing day).
Consequently, visuals play a big role is drawing attention and driving clicks / conversions. This includes feed pictures, profile pictures, thumbnails, etc. With Facebook’s …

Facebook’s Page Discovery: Directory & Shared Likes
September 24, 2010 – 11:12 am | 82 Comments
Facebook’s Page Discovery: Directory & Shared Likes

Yesterday I wrote about the evolving importance of Facebook’s “Like Graph”. And today related news appeared from Facebook in a blog post named Discover Facebook Pages
In essence, Facebook has rolled out a more substantial way …

Facebook’s ‘Like Graph’ is the Skeleton of Something Much Bigger
September 23, 2010 – 7:51 am | 796 Comments
Facebook’s ‘Like Graph’ is the Skeleton of Something Much Bigger

You might have noticed that Facebook profiles now include a “Likes” box below the “Friends” box. It includes a count and list of which pages each user likes:

The Power of Statistics & Dashboards (About.me as an example)
September 22, 2010 – 7:34 am | 221 Comments
The Power of Statistics & Dashboards (About.me as an example)

In May of 2008 I wrote that statistics – specifically around referrals and influencers – could be a sizeable business model for Twitter.

Quora and instant Facebook Phone Q&A
September 19, 2010 – 10:21 am | 374 Comments
Quora and instant Facebook Phone Q&A

Earlier today rumors / news broke of Facebook building a phone (more thoughts to come). See TechCrunch, AlleyInsider, Gizmodo, etc.

(un)Attractive Foursquare Mayor Offers
September 17, 2010 – 7:23 am | 377 Comments

Traveling this week, I checked into Boston’s Logan Airport on Foursquare. I noticed that a special ‘local offer’ existed. Hoping it was discounted Dunkin Donuts coffee, I took a look and uncovered one of that …

Facebook Integrates Skype Into Friend Finder
September 16, 2010 – 7:15 am | 204 Comments
Facebook Integrates Skype Into Friend Finder

Facebook has put a lot of effort into driving more ‘friendships’ through their Friend Finder tool. And Twitter has had great success with their new, excellent “Who to Follow” tool.