January 2012
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How People Interpret Facebook’s Life Events →
This is how some people see Life Events on Facebook:
This is how other people see life events on Facebook:
This is how I see life events on Facebook:
Life events…
December 2011
3 posts
Pinterest →
My friends have been dogging me to join Pinterest. Apparently, a social network isn’t legit until I come and crush its dreams.
Ugh. Fine.
Let’s ruin another hotshot, flash-in-the-pan…
New New Twitter →
Could Twitter have done a worse job of corrupting the fundamentals of thier service in the name of selling more crappy 140 character ads?
2011 Social Media Gift Guide →
November 2011
4 posts
Thanksgiving →
You’re still here? Don’t you have family and friends you should be spending time with on Thanksgiving?
You’re sick of them? I can’t say I blame you. I get sick of my family too.
Happy…
What I’m Thankful For →
Google+ For Business: Who Gives a S*&%? →
This is just the innovation social networking needed. Another inbox so businesses can put more of their half-assed press releases and marketing bullshit into our inboxes.
Thanks Google!
Why Politics Don’t Work on Social Networks →
The American political dialogue sucks, and social networks aren’t helping.
Social networks are terrible for politics. They allow for no nuance. You can’t solve huge issues like entitlement…
October 2011
15 posts
Guys and Blog Headers →
Guys, we need to have a talk about your blog headers.
How many blog headers need to have a white guy with his arms folded across his chest? Aren’t you original? Aren’t you more fun? And…
How Boring Is Google+? →
I’m bored with Google+. Seriously, what’s happening with it? What is supposed to compel me, the user, to spend a minute and load up the website and then go through all the crap my “friends”…
Like This Status →
You want a cheap, effective engagement tactic for Facebook? Fine.
Post “Like this status if _____.” Fill in the blank with something fundamental related to your brand. For example:
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Unfriending →
When was the last time if unfollowed or unfriended someone?
If you’re like most people, it’s been a while since you’ve sat down and evaluated what your online relationships are doing for…
Whatever happened to Quora? →
Remember Quora?
Yeah, that Quora. I know. It’s been a while.
Quora was a social media hype darling earlier this year because it was basically a cleaner version of Yahoo Answers that…
Who Still Cares About Daily Deals? →
In the past few months, I’ve stopped caring about Groupon, Living Social, Google Deals, Facebook deals, and every other daily deal site that blew up in 2010.
Let’s just say I’ve got…
6 Ways to Avoid Blogger Outreach Failure →
Public relations professionals have it hard.
Bloggers are a snarky, unforgiving bunch. When you call us a f*&#%*g bitch, we mobilize half of the internet against you and your stupidity.
F&*k You Friday! Webcam Photos →
We live in the age of cameras. Our computers have cameras. Our phones have cameras. Hell, my iPhone has two cameras, so it can watch me and a friend.
With all these cameras, I’m amazed…
Why You Should Never Connect Your LinkedIn and... →
There is no way I can sugarcoat this:
Do not link your Twitter account to your LinkedIn account.
Tweets attached to your LinkedIn Profile drive me insane. Your LinkedIn profile is like…
Why I Hate Copied Facebook Statuses →
Do you see updates like this on Facebook?
Every day, thousands of poorly written, copied statuses are posted on Facebook. Copied statuses suffer the worst fate of having no…
How will we stop Mashable? →
We have a problem, and its name is Mashable.
There’s a point when posting EVERY. SINGLE. NEWS. UPDATE. isn’t useful. It’s inundating. And Mashable has jumped that shark through flaming…
Sunday Shout Out! Gini Dietrich →
There are a few blogs I go out of my way to read every single day. I only do this if a blog is either outrageously funny or amazingly informative.
Spin Sucks is one of informative ones.
F%&k You Friday! Corporate Share Buttons →
Businesses – I get it.
Social media is scary. You see the potential to develop strong relationships and loyalty with your customers. But you also see all the pitfalls and hear stories…
Steve Jobs →
Like all the other nerds in the world, I’m sad about Steve Jobs passing away.
This blog, and my life, wouldn’t be as awesome without his work. Without him, I wouldn’t have a device that…
“Frictionless” Facebook Apps Will Ruin Us All →
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Of all the things that Facebook announced at f8, the one I took most interest in was the new ability of apps to share very last thing you do.
I can’t wait for this feature to…
September 2011
8 posts
Dr. Zuckerberg or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying... →
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Because I’m a Facebook developer (I know, the irony), I’ve had access to the timeline for a few days now, or basically before everyone read posts like this and enabled it…
Social Network Features Battle →
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Before Google+, Facebook was content to muck up users’ lives about once a year with news feed changes or a half-assed profile redesign.
Now, twice a week we have news announcements…
F*#k You Friday! Follow Friday →
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Does anyone still care about Follow Friday?
When I joined Twitter is 2007, it was cool to be mentioned and featured. Now it’s crap lost in the stream.
So, if you’re going to…
Video Blogging in Your Car is Dangerous, Asshole →
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We all know how much I hate video blogging.
But for the safety of everyone: Video bloggers, stop filming video blogs in your car while you are driving.
How long will it…
September 11 →
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Yesterday, I saw hundreds of messages from family members, friends, and online acquaintances, taking a moment of thier day to send thier rememberances, mourning, and greif to…
Why Your Personal Brand Needs a .XXX Domain →
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Starting today if you’re a registered trademark, you can buy a .xxx domain. And if your personal brand isn’t a registered trademark, it needs to be.
But that’s another issue.
There are No Private Circles →
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When I first got on Google+, I was so excited to share rings in my circles. I could write things, and be sure that only the people who I meant to read them would read them. How…
F#%k You Friday! Sketchy Advertisers →
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Bloggers have to put up with a lot of shit. Trolls. Assholes like me. Overzealous fans who point over every single mistake you make. It’s all part of the job of being an…
August 2011
10 posts
F*&k You Friday! Social Games →
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A long time ago, Facebook promised the world to developers.
Then they realized how stupid it looked for all of us to have profiles with tons of boxes of apps we used once and…
Angry Tweets →
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I had to stop myself from tweeting an angry tweet last week.
I was driving home from work, and I was behind a bus. The street I was on has bus lanes at many of the stops, and…
Sunday Shout Out! North Raleigh Arts & Creative... →
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Every now and then I get an e-mail from a reader asking, “Jay, do you have a life?”
I wish.
But in reality, I do a lot of things off of the internet and away from my day job….
F*&k You Friday! Tribes →
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If there is one noun that I hate to see used with online communities, it’s tribes.
All I know is that this got started somewhere with Seth Godin, and other people latched on….
What’s After the News Feed? →
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Since the dawn of social media, what do you think is the single biggest change?
I’d argue the biggest change in social media came in 2006, with the debut of Twitter and its…
You Can’t Do Facebook “Differently” →
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In my day job, where I get paid to be nice and talk with people on Facebook, I look at a lot of Facebook pages. Pages for brands, pages for local businesses, pages for your…
Do We Really Need Personal Brands? →
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With the addition of Google+ to my daily social media torture-fest, I’ve been wondering why I actually need a personal brand across Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and my…
Top Five Tweets I Hate – Part Two →
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I’m on vacation this week. This post was originally published April 19, 2010.
So, last Monday I had a lot of fun with the Top Five Tweets I Hate to See, so I figured,…
Guest Post! Lists versus Circles →
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Today post comes from Kane Murphy.
So everyone’s raving about Google+ Circles of late. But being the social media junkies that we are, haven’t we all ordered our facebook…
Top 5 Tweets I Hate to See →
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I’m on vacation this week. This post was originally posted on April 12, 2010.
There are certain types of tweets I see over and over in my twitter stream daily that drive me…
July 2011
12 posts
How I Organize My Google+ Circles →
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Since Google+ launched, people have been asking me how I organize my Google+ circles.
Unfortunately, I have no grand ideas about how to organize the people in my online life. I use a…
You Are Not Heartless for Tweeting “RIP Amy... →
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Two major news events unfolded this weekend that involved death. One was a terrible tragedy in Norway that involved over 93 people dead in a senseless terrorist attack. Another…
F*%k You Friday! Humanization →
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Unless you are a mad scientist from a 1930s Universal Horror Film, you cannot humanize something that is inhuman.
Companies cannot become human. Products do not become…
You Can’t Fix Your Relationship Online →
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The other day I got an email that began like this:
“Jay, What the fuck? You and I both know I am not guilty of what you are accusing me of.”
Wait, what? I know I’m a…
On Circles and Circling →
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On Facebook, you friend someone. On Twitter, you follow them, and they follow you. On Google+ though, you add them to your circle.
You would think Google would understand the…
Accepting Guest Posts →
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I’m going on my first real vacation in about two years at the end of this month. I’ve basically been working my butt off for two years, which is pretty sad. I imagine getting away from…
F%*k You Friday! Live Tweeting TV →
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There is a time and a place for live tweeting, and programs on television are not those times.
This past weekend I watched as some of my normal, cool followers got swept up in…
You can’t read. You don’t read. You won’t read. →
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Reading and writing are the most essential parts of the internet, right below bacon and LOLcats. The use text-based language is essential because it is the quickest way to to…
Facebook Announcements →
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Today there will be a “awesome Facebook announcement.”
*Yawn*
What has Facebook seriously innovated on recently?
Video chat? I’ve got it already everywhere else, and I…