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April poll wrap: Most people keep their Facebook accounts private

I asked how people how open they are with their Facebook account in April’s poll.  Lately I had seen more and more people using Facebook almost like LinkedIn.  This contrasted with my traditional view of Facebook as a network of family and friends. – – – The results showed that: 83% of respondents choose to …

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May Poll: Location Based services – Fad or Future?

Location based services such as Foursquare/Gowalla/Whrll/Places/SCVNGR continue their relatively slow adoption rate. Some see it as an important precursor to social shopping, yet some are worried about security or just don’t see why they should spend time with these apps.

Business Requirements friction

What are your best practices around business requirement gathering?

If Facebook is vanilla ice cream, then Twitter is IPA beer

Jay Baer’s story Is Twitter Massively Overrated? put it in a way that finally made sense for me.  If Facebook is vanilla ice cream, then Twitter is IPA beer. Of course I had heard the statistics Jay mentions but I hadn’t been able to put my finger on what the meaning was.  Certainly Facebook has …

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The Language of No

At it’s worst, the Language of No are the words used to shut you down. To make you stop believing. To belittle your ideas. At best, it’s used to make sure you know what the hell you’re talking about.

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