Archive for May, 2012

What If They Launched A Social Network and Nobody Knew?

Monday, May 21st, 2012

In this case, the “they” is Microsoft and the social network is so.cl. Fast Company reports.

The History of Copywriting

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

Well, a small piece of it anyway.

Facebook IPO Roundup

Saturday, May 19th, 2012

Well, the Facebook IPO has come and gone and the planet is still revolving on its axis. The media freaked out about it, maybe because Facebook is now worth more than McDonald’s, which makes me wonder about the expectations of those who said the IPO didn’t live up to the hype and failed to sizzleMashable tells us who got rich and Silicon Alley Insider introduces us to 10 new billionaires. The Atlantic does a post-mortem.

Meanwhile, this morning finds college kids posting gazillions of Friday-night party photos and no one is clicking on ads.

Quote o’ the Day

Friday, May 18th, 2012

“The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.”
Henny Youngman

Are You Helping People On Twitter?

Thursday, May 17th, 2012

The other day I linked to 11 ways you may be annoying people on Twitter. Today, Brian Solis offers 9 ways to improve your Twitter content.

Now that you’ve read them both, your Twitter feed should be stellar. Go get ’em.