And just to continue the URL shortener theme… I just noticed that Bit.ly celebrates Hanukkah with a really funny / clever graphic. It’s part underwater blob (their normal ‘mascot’) and part dreidel:

Bitly Update from …

I just raved about Google Chrome extensions and, in particular, the Brizzly extension. Well the Bit.ly Chrome extension is also great:

Once the extension is installed, it allows you to easily post to Bitly and access …

Facebook’s newsfeed is a powerful lever to message users / fans, reach larger audiences and drive traffic. Like any marketing efforts, positioning and timing are important elements (a good reason to use services like Bit.ly …

If you have visited TechCrunch today, you likely noticed the Meebo chat integration in the page footer. The Meebo bar allows users to connect via Facebook, AIM, and other popular clients. It also acts as …

In less than a week, Youtube’s hit video “JK Wedding Entrance Dance” has been viewed over seven million times (and nearly 1.5m times in the last 24 hours).
So what does that look like on …

Even if a small change, it is telling that TechCrunch has added a Tweetmeme “retweet” counter to their homepage… directly beneath the comments counter (and visually more powerful). It is also telling that the reteweet …

Over a year ago, I wrote about the need for analytics for the real-time web (and the potential business model surrounding it): “Twitter and Friendfeed: Understanding Referral Traffic; Arriving at a Business Model“.
Since then, …

Yesterday TechCrunch put on the “Real-Time CrunchUp” event to discuss what has been billed as the real-time web. Alongside several product demos and company launches, the most prominent discussion topics were:
- Business models and opportunities …

Techmeme has become one my primary navigational sources for daily reading / news (others include email, Google RSS, Facebook, NYTimes, TechCrunch, etc). Twitter isn’t yet there because it is simply too noisy to be efficient. …

I have written before that data around referral traffic could be a business model for both Twitter and Friendfeed. And as Twitter’s growth accelerates, I believe this more than when I wrote the article one …

There is a worm actively going around Twitter encouraging users to view the “best video” – which is cloaked in a short url (juste.ru/…). Twitter actively and quickly responded with a short, strange message:
“No matter …

Services and brands enter mainstream pop culture when they:
1. Reach critical mass, and/or
2. Provide value in a way that makes their usage critical
Use Facebook and Twitter as examples. From print to television, both are now …