In a recent New York Times article, Zynga CEO Mark Pincus said that all employees need to “be a CEO of something.” Its a terrific mantra and speaks to the importance of ownerships, responsibility and …

Have you noticed that your Facebook news feed has come to crawl since the new homepage rolled out? Here’s why: in addition to various layout changes, Facebook seems to have altered the Facebook news feed …

Mind you, this is coming from a someone who does not profess to understand Google Wave (after several attempts)…
and from someone who believes that Facebook is the bigger than most give it credit for.
Here are …

I cannot tell if these are:
- new YouTube ad-units, or
- bizarre / sneaky advertiser units
… but they are appearing more and more across the Google AdSense network. The below screenshots are taken directly from advertisements …

My Facebook redesign took effect some time early this morning… and the only big ‘surprise’ (for lack of a better word) was the prominence of “Facebook Credits” in the new header. Three links (Home, Profile …

For many, the Super Bowl is more about advertising than football (though last night’s game was far better than the ads). Last night was about integrated ad campaigns:
- In real-time, Dockers rain a Facebook premium …

While leading natural search strategy at eBay, we had a motto: Content is King. It wasn’t a unique tagline – even CKX, Inc (American Idol, Elvis Presley, etc) stands for “Content is King”.
While at the …

Twitter handled the volume of Super Bowl XLIV… until Peyton Manning threw the game-ending interception and effectively sealed a New Orleans Saints victory. Immediately after the play, Twitter was overwhelmed:

Two excellent posts on the current status of geo-location companies by Robert Scoble and Hunter Walk (both bloggers are great and their blogs are must reads). Scoble argues that industry-first Foursquare is being squeezed by …

JibJab is looking for a product and social media guru who is excited about:
- joining the 2nd fastest growing website according to Comscore
- working on the web’s best Facebook Connect integration (by my account …

Congratulations to Dogpatch Labs residents Fanpulse on the launch of their iPhone App – just in time for the Super Bowl. FanPulse allows sports fans to “check in” to sporting games and interact with other …

As many of us predict the iPad will lead to the Kindle’s demise, Amazon has begun pushing the Kindle through email, Facebook and their homepage (in conjunction with Valentines Day).
Here is the Amazon homepage – …