Facebook is the king of in-the-river promotions – perhaps because they roll out so many new features, promotions, toggles, etc and it’s the most effective way to alert users of changes.

You can watch the Rose Bowl (Stanford vs. Wisconsin) on ESPN right now and on WatchESPN.
You can follow on the new SportsCenter Feed and ScoreCenter.

I am frequently asked to recommend a handful of ESPN personalities and brands to follow on Twitter. So that I could have something to point to – below is a far-from-comprehensive list that includes a …

Nothing groundbreaking here but I thinks its worth showcasing visually:
Spotify yesterday promoted their embeddable play buttons and playlists via Facebook and Twitter yesterday. Those ‘widgets’ can appear on sites, blogs, etc and play in-line much …

Nike is so good:
- terrific Facebook campaign during the NBA Playoffs
- smart experimentation on Twitter with Promoted Tweets
- innovative personalized shopping engine (which now includes licensed products)
- and that doesn’t include Nike+ and …

As you can tell from the screenshot’s time stamp (June 8), this one has been sitting in my blog queue for quite some time. It’s still worth posting though!
Here is a screenshot from a …

I write a fair amount the ‘findability‘ problem that results from vast amounts of content (yes: it is a first class problem!). Curation – social, declared and algorithmic – plays a key role. Nevertheless, users …

Very slick Twitter integration inside WordPress 3.4
Simply paste a Tweet’s URL, and it embeds. In this example, that includes the expanded image, etc. Very cool:

I love that Twitter is baked directly into iOS…. but could be so much more – and I’ve written about that from the launch (example here). My primary frustration is that the integration doesn’t do …

I haven’t logged into Google Plus in a little, so I cannot tell if this is a new feature or a result of my infrequent usage – nevertheless, I was taken aback by Google’s new …

I admire how much The Verge (by Vox Media) has bushed the boundaries on content presentation / visualization. For a blog-like content hub, The Verge looks entirely unlike it’s peers: TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Engadget, etc. It’s …

I nitpick design… and it’s certainly not because I am a designer or artistically talented; rather, it’s because I often struggle with the balance of aesthetics and functionality / efficacy. Great example here from The …