Monthly Archives: April 2009

Is Twitter Seeing a New Form of Spam Attack?

Posted on April 23, 2009 by jessestay

Please note this in no way is inferring @nycgrl88 is in any way behind these attacks – it is simply an attempt to figure out why these bots are targeting her. My friend Scott Lemon, who runs http://topfollowfriday.com pointed me … Continue reading →

Posted in bot, followfriday, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, nycgrl88, spam, Technology, Twitter, zhombie | 10 Comments

Mac Wins When it Comes to Twitter

Posted on April 21, 2009 by jessestay

With the launch of my new favorite Twitter app, Tweetie for the Mac yesterday, I wanted to see how successful it could be.  Damon Cortesi, who runs TweetStats.com, stated he was seeing Tweetie (the number one iPhone app for Twitter) … Continue reading →

Posted in http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, mac, pc, Technology, tweetdeck, tweetie, Twitter | 2 Comments

I Should Have Heeded My Own Advice About Twitter

Posted on April 21, 2009 by jessestay

About a full year ago, I wrote of developers leaving the Twitter development platform due to Twitter consistently removing features, making changes without warning developers, and effectively putting developers out of business with just a single change of policy.  I … Continue reading →

Posted in business model, developers, Facebook, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, platform, rate limits, Technology, terms of service, Twitter | 63 Comments

Automatic Data Compression With DBIx::Class::CompressColumns

Posted on April 19, 2009 by jessestay

UPDATE: You can now get the DBIx::Class::CompressColumns module on CPAN here or via CPAN command-line shell. I’m going to get geeky on you for a minute, but you should find this interesting.  One of the challenges I’ve had with SocialToo … Continue reading →

Posted in bag, blob, compress::zlib, dbix::class, Geeky, graph, Howtos, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Perl, social graph, Technology | 5 Comments

Dooce Isn’t the Only One That Can Show Pretty Pictures of Utah

Posted on April 19, 2009 by jessestay

I stepped outside today (gasp!) to get some weeding done and prepare our Garden for the end of spring planting I’m going to be doing and just couldn’t resist finding my camera and taking pictures of the Flowers. This is … Continue reading →

Posted in cherry blossom, dooce, flowers, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, mormon, spring, weeping | 10 Comments

Goodbye RSS. Welcome Real-Time Web!

Posted on April 13, 2009 by jessestay

A few weeks back I mentioned here that I was giving myself a whole week without a single check of my Google Reader feeds in order to see how reliant I had become on RSS, and where I could shift … Continue reading →

Posted in google reader, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, real-time web, rss, rss reader, Social Media, social web, Technology | 24 Comments

You Don’t Own Your Data on Social Networks

Posted on April 9, 2009 by jessestay

I get asked often by clients, reporters and media folk and others about Facebook’s recent Terms of Service updates, essentially saying they own their users data and have a right to do as they wish with their data. They’ve turned … Continue reading →

Posted in automattic, Facebook, FriendFeed, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, laconi.ca, open protocols, open social, open source, open web, sixapart, social networks, Technology, Twitter | 11 Comments

Twitter, One Year Later and Nothing Has Changed

Posted on April 9, 2009 by jessestay

“Twitter’s all about the real time.” That’s what Evan Williams, co-founder of Twitter, said in this interview Scoble did with me sitting in the background almost 1 whole year ago. As I sit here, my Twitter is inconsistently providing updates, … Continue reading →

Posted in biz stone, evan williams, frustration, history, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, outages, reliability, social, Technology, Twitter, twitter outages | 19 Comments

Picasso Potato Head

Posted on April 9, 2009 by jessestay

My 7-year old son comes to my wife, bringing this Mr. Potato Head doll, saying, “Look Mom – I made a Picasso!” I think I finally discovered the secret behind Picasso’s genius – he was just trying to invent Transformers … Continue reading →

Posted in http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, mr. potato head, picasso, potatohead, transformers | 6 Comments

Get I’m on Facebook–Now What??? For Free (and a lot of other stuff)

Posted on April 8, 2009 by jessestay

My Publisher, Mitchell Levy, is doing a deal today where you can get $1,000 of items for free, which includes an $10 e-copy of the book I co-authored, I’m on Facebook–Now What??? Other items offered in the deal are my … Continue reading →

Posted in author, Facebook, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, social, Technology | 3 Comments