Posts by Christopher Carson
The Mayor of Where, or the Loser's Guide to Dominating Foursquare
Foursquare has become a battleground. In this corner, wearing sequined trunks, me. In the other corner Tonia.
Tonia enjoys certain natural advantages:
She has fine motor skills, meaning that she …more…
Your blog shows your age
According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project the percentage of online teens who blog has dropped 14 percentage points in three years, from 28% in 2006 to 14% in 2009. Blogging amongst adults has remained steady, at roughly 10% over the same time period. Behind that number, however, Pew finds that blogging by young adults (18-29) has suffered a steep decline, offset by a rise in blogging by those of us on the wrong side of 30.
Facebook knows I'm a 44 year old chump
I’m 44 years old and don’t really care who knows it. But serving me ads that target me as a 44 year old chump that will click through (yes, I did) and share my email address (no, I didn’t) on the promise of beta testing an iPad — well — that’s a bit much.
I like what Google did and I like how they did it.
What they did.
What Google did, telling China where to get off, marks a geopolitical epoch: I can’t think of another example of a commercial entity risking it’s commercial interests to stand against tyranny. …more…
Facebook and FriendFeed
I see two problems with this:
Facebook will have a problem managing the public/private divide. Making some things public and some things private makes the logic exponentially more complex. …more…
TWTRCON SF 09
We’re really psyched that we’re part of TWTRCON SF 09, the first Twitter conference focused solely on Twitter for business. Tonia’s Modern Media is producing the event, partnering with Mike Edelhart …more…
Sunday In the Sandbox with Facebook Connect
Having been told by Tonia that I would have to provide useful content for this site, rather than just pronouncing from on high, I spent the Sabbath playing around with Facebook Connect (website | Tonia’s post,) to see whether I could extract something useful from it. …more…
The Big Three Tweet to the Choir
Detroit executives are going social in their campaign to hand over their liabilities and failed business model to the state.
At the manfully named FastLane Blog, GM CFO Ray Young has posted a YouTube video, admitting mistakes were made in the past, discounting the possibility that mistakes will be made in the future, and thanking everyone for their support. Well, thank you, Ray. …more…
