I Will Be Speaking At The Be There Online Conference In November

I will be speaking at a great event in November in the western suburbs of Philadelphia in November. The event is the Be There Online conference. It looks to be a great event.

Below is the press release with more information on the event and how to get tickets.

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Zuckerberg should concentrate on making Facebook’s privacy settings work

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook, only eats what he kills.Well, we now know Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook, is a meat eater and kills his own meat. Dirty jokes aside this is an interesting turn of events mainly because Zuck used to be so shy and insular and now he’s sharing things about his life (such as only eating what he kills) on his Facebook page and other places.

Interesting. I would never have pegged Zuck to be a hunter of any type.

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My Thoughts on SocialCam

I’ve been playing with SocialCam, a neat little app for Android and iOS devices. It’s quite neat. JustinTV, it’s creator, has made it free and can it be found in the Apple App Store and the Android Market.

I can see how this can be dangerous, especially if you’re out at a club and have had a little too much to drink. But to be honest the benefits out number the disadvantages. I wish they would enable other services other than Facebook for both logging in and sharing. But I’m sure that will come.

Below is a video I did using it.

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A2SM Podcast #40 – Safe For Sensitive Skin…Smooth To The Touch

In this episode of the A2SM Podcast (#40!),  Seth and Jody talk about the new Google Chrome OS, Facebook’s profiles, updates in the location-based app world and more.

Tweetdeck for Android Has Major Issues

So I’m really liking Tweetdeck for Android, but with that in mind, it’s almost always rendered useless by the bugs associated with it. Now you’re probably scratching your head. Do I like it or not. I like the planned functionality and how it operates when it’s working correctly. I recently posted a  note in Tweetdecks support area. I hope I get a response back to these issues. This is what I wrote:

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Going Off The Grid… Is It Still Possible?

In Lifehacker author Kevin Purdy asked the readers how they go off the grid. It’s interesting to read what everyone wrote. Purdy included a video that really portrays how our lives have become in this Internet era. Check it out.

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A2SM Podcast #37 – ‘Tis The Season For Social Media

The latest episode of the A2SM Podcast is out. In This episode, Seth, Jody and Neal discuss Facebook’s new “Email” system, Social Media’s impact on retail this holiday season, Amazon goes to Hollywood, Twitter gets Analytics and, of course, this weeks pics.

Hootsuite – Was Moving to Freemium A Good Idea?

So many of you who love Social Media and use it for either personal or business purposes or both most like know about a great online Web app called Hootsuite.

Created by a design firm in Canada, Hootsuite has a robust assortment of features including: stats, multiple account support, multiple social network support, scheduling of tweets and updates, the ability to set up a team to access an account and more.

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Is Facebook Killing the Blog? Depends.

Blogging vs. Facebook. Who's winningJeff Bullas on his blog addressed an interesting thought: Is Facebook killing the blog?

Personally I don’t think Facebook is “killing the blog” per se. I think blogging isn’t for everyone, but there will always be those who prefer blogging to any other medium and those who think the act is a waste of time and won’t partake.

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The Social Network Map – Old World Map Style

Thanks to @GlennGabe for tweeting this and hat-tip to Visualoop.tumblr.com for originally posting this image. The image below shows, in an old world map style, the approximate sizes of Social Networking sites online. The image created by Flowtown is an absolutely brilliant way to illustrate the different sizes of a majority of the social networks out there. Check it out.

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