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To tweet or not to tweet: thoughts on Twitter etiquette
With every new medium comes changes in the way we communicate and new social norms for behavior. I’ve written before about how technology changes the way we write. Lately, I’ve been thinking about the...
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Missing out on the big stuff on Twitter and Facebook
One of my friends recently got engaged and posted that fact on Facebook. I missed it. It’s one of the frustrations of the constantly flowing river of news in social networks — births, deaths, weddings...
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Twitter and foursquare: the tipping point to getting local business online
Crepe cart in Seattle Getting small local businesses to go online has been the holy grail of the Internet. I’ve written before about some of the reasons local business don’t go online and suggested...
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Geo-enabled Twitter comes alive on Twitter Maps
Bing's Twitter Maps show you what's going on I’ve been playing with Bing’s Twitter Maps lately and it’s one of the better implementations of Twitter’s geo APIs that were introduced last fall. It shows...
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iPad puts on its business suit
An iPad used in place of a cash register at Sightglass Coffee. Photo courtesy of Tony Conrad. Most of the discussion around Apple’s iPad has been about what a great consumer device it is. It’s a book...
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Now we’re going Places
I’ve been writing about Twitter and location since my first post about Twitter in 2007. This week, Twitter launched Places, which allows users to add their location to a tweet. Here’s a screenshot from...
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Checking in with foursquare at SFO
SFO is a hotbed of foursquare activity. Creative Commons image by Håkan Dahlström. With the increasing use of mobile applications such as Yelp and foursquare, it’s becoming possible to pull ideas from...
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I’m the king of my castle, not a serf
David Carr recently wrote in The New York Times about the devaluing of professional content. He contends that sites like the Huffington Post, Facebook and Twitter have turned Americans into serfs. Carr...
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An Average User’s First Google+ Experience: “Ug. This Is Already Too Much Work.”
Kristin Much of the discussion of Google+ has been from the point-of-view of very experienced users and early adopters. In my analysis, I’ve really tried to focus on how a normal user would evaluate...
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Could Google use Motorola and mobile to muscle its way into social? Does...
Today’s announcement of Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility shines a brighter light on the antitrust conversations that were getting louder at the end of last week. Bloomberg reported that...
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