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Facebook Walk-of-Shame

Facebook is a neurological snack of dopamine, and Facebook knows this like a crack-dealer. The situation is entirely similar to the monkey who has reached into the jar, grabbed the banana and now cannot free itself of the jar since it won’t let go of the banana. If the monkey could talk, we might hear [...]

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My Response to Facebook’s Feedback Survey

Facebook provided me with a user-survey this morning. Here’s my response in the “Additional Comments” section: 1. The timeline may have nice layout qualities, but it’s entirely frustrating to go back and find things I have posted and especially things I’ve posted on friend’s or business’s walls. 2. I continue to have problems uploading photos [...]

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Social Media Making Us Less Connected?

Joe Spake tweeted a Mashable post earlier this evening.  It asked the question, “Is Social Media Actually Making Us Less Connected?” “Us” is a huge word! If you consider Mashable’s reader-base (the “Us”) to be principally those who have a professional interest in Social Media, then maybe we are less connected than before. I say [...]

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Spankings (or prayers) for Mark Zuckerberg

To all my praying friends, you’ll want to spare a moment for Mark Zuckerberg (CEO of Facebook) because he’s about to get his ass spanked. First, the user community is thrashing him over privacy. Essentially, Facebook intentionally reneged on a deal and exposed people without their permission.  This was no techno web hacking accident. They [...]

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Step Zero

Socially responsible businesses won’t oppress their community by exceeding a level of acceptable promotion. We’ll put up with a little promotion, but there’s a line not to cross. It’s as basic as someone jabbing their business card in your hand before even getting your name. Yet, there’s an increasing number of businesses with an equivalent [...]

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