A Dragon in Sheep’s Clothing

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Facebook and ads — and ads and ads

January 27th, 2011 · Comments Off

Facebook, you’re killing yourself. Facebook Turns the ‘Like’ Into Its Newest Ad via AdAge >> SAN FRANCISCO (AdAge.com) — The ubiquitous “like” is currency for brands, and Facebook is giving them a new way to collect: an ad unit that shows up on the right-hand side of the screen it calls “sponsored stories.” The unit [...]

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Tags: Advertising · Internet · Rants

Web design – fold or no?

August 24th, 2010 · Comments Off

Does the fold still matter in web site design? I have to say yes, and today I stumbled across the perfect example of this principle. http://kpanke.com/ I like the header on this web site. A detailed photograph with interactive elements that link to his portfolio, Twitter, music, etc. The mouseovers make it navigable. Overall, well [...]

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Tags: Design · Internet

Facebook would like to be your web god

April 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off

Facebook has released new features under the name of “Instant Personalization” that will share your profile info with select partners outside of the Facebook environment. Already worried? Scroll down to the steps you can take to protect your info. How does this work? Well, first of all, Facebook has already released “social plugins” for web [...]

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Tags: Customer Service · Internet · What were they thinking?

Fix for logging into YouTube via iPhone

January 30th, 2010 · Comments Off

For weeks, I have been unable to log into my YouTube account using the app on my iPhone 3GS. None of the other suggestions online worked for me, but I did find a solution on my own today. I’m posting it here in the hopes that it will help someone else. I logged into an [...]

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