Hooman Radfar, ClearspringHeidi Henson, RockYouSam Wick, UserplaneBen Pashman, GigyaKevin Barenblat, Context Optional (moderator) Definitions of widgets? Moderator: I’m an advertiser and I want to do business with you. What am I buying? Userplane: They built a platform and they want to add community elements. They use us to help make it distributable. We’re B2B focused. […]
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The Facebook Presentation I’m Not Giving Today
This is a little unorthodox for me. Tonight, I was supposed to be giving a keynote presentation at an event in NYC where Facebook developers and advertisers would get together. The event has been postponed until September, and I’m still going to be speaking there, but two months can be a long time in this […]
Google’s Video Speech Recognition Baby Steps
It’s about time. Google’s finally starting to use speech recognition for video search. I still don’t know why it hasn’t just acquired Blinkx and owned the market. Compared to YouTube, Blinkx would be a bargain, and they could monetize it better. Anyway, the rollout could hardly be more limited. It’s only for political speeches, and […]
Which Facebook App Are You?
Here’s today’s Online Spin column, a little light reading ahead of the 4th of July weekend. By now, you know which "Sex and the City" character you are, along with which Disney princess, Victoria’s Secret angel, Spice Girl, "L-Word" character, and Desperate Housewife. You can determine your cosmic match among "Star Wars" and "Simpsons" characters, […]
The Customization Conundrum – Online Spin
I got a little distracted Thursday and forgot to post my first Online Spin column for MediaPost, which I’ll be writing this summer in lieu of the Search Insider. The Customization Conundrum How can you go wrong with offering your customers new ways to customize their experience? Once again, a Web giant is learning that […]
SocialVibe: Widgets That Save the World
Finally, I’ve signed up with SocialVibe. I was inspired by a recent press release I received last week, even one of those barely personalized ones, which goes to show that good content is often all that matters. [An aside: I tried writing this post before and Flock crashed on me. I have to save drafts […]
Getting Discoverd on Flickr
One of the benefits of uploading photos to Flickr and tagging them (including geotagging) is the serendipity of others finding you. Flickr now has stats to show you how many times your photos are viewed, and other times comments are left or there are other interactions with the community. I’ve had three interesting moments of […]
Widget Standards Wiki Launched
Chad Catacchio just launched the Widget Standards Wiki at widgetstandards.org. It’s interesting, just the other day a client was asking us for such standards as they developed their own widgets, and it’s still one of those gray areas. Google has some information for gadget developers, but no specifics on sizing. If the right people contribute […]
MadKast Post Sharing Live
Thanks to the writeup on TechCrunch, I’m now using MadKast to make it easier for anyone to email, save, and share any posts here. The green share button is now at the top of every post. For the many readers of this blog who blog yourself, it took less than a minute to add for […]
Web Widget Optimization
If you want some great feedback on a blog post, try writing about widgets, Rene Descartes, or both. It’s not so much the volume of responses today that’s enlightening – it’s the quality of them. On MediaPost’s blog, I’m taken to task for my muddling of French and Latin (and Bill Hilton’s totally right – […]