Monthly Archives: September 2009

The You, the Me, and the We – How I’m Changing How I Use Twitter

Posted on September 30, 2009 by jessestay

I accidentally unfollowed all my followers. I was testing out the unfollow all feature on my site, SocialToo.com, and just happened to hit the “delete all friends” button by mistake without realizing it. For that, I apologize.  I learned something … Continue reading →

Posted in community, engagement, followers, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, social, Technology, Twitter, twitter game | 45 Comments

Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff Has 8,000 Twitter Followers. And?

Posted on September 25, 2009 by jessestay

Today Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, our favorite Twitter political celebrity and Senate candidate who DM Failed his Senate campaign announcement, made another announcement on Twitter (at the same time calling all of us “Twitophiles”) I just had to share … Continue reading →

Posted in conservatives, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, mark shurtleff, Politics, republican, senate, tcot, Technology, Twitter, utah politics | 1 Comment

The Open Web – Is it Really What We Think it is?

Posted on September 23, 2009 by jessestay

Yesterday was OneWebDay, a day to celebrate the open web and bring more awareness to technologies. I just wrote about one thing Google is doing to make the web more open, something I strongly support.  I want to touch on something … Continue reading →

Posted in f8, Facebook, facebook connect, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, I, open web, OSS, social, Technology, walled garden | 18 Comments

Let’s Take This Just One Step Further Google

Posted on September 23, 2009 by jessestay

I think I speak for all developers when I say that having to develop for IE browsers sucks.  Internet Explorer, unfortunately still the most widely used browser on the internet, has failed the development community and the web in general … Continue reading →

Posted in chrome, chrome frame, Google, html 5, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, ie, internet explorer, OSS, Technology | 12 Comments

This New Trend in Facebook Apps Looks Ugly

Posted on September 21, 2009 by jessestay

I was tipped today onto Hulu’s new Facebook app, which seems to be aiming to bring the Hulu website into Facebook by including videos and a stream in the app itself.  The thing is, it’s hardly an app – it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, facebook app, facebook connect, facebook stream widget, fbml, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, iframe, social, Technology | 15 Comments

"Fish Where the Fish Are" No Longer Applies

Posted on September 19, 2009 by jessestay

My good friend, Jeremiah Owyang had a great quote he liked to share in his presentations, stating that the days of old-style marketing, forcing your customers to your site, no longer applied. He stated that we must “Fish Where the … Continue reading →

Posted in distributed microblogging, Facebook, facebook connect, fish where the fish are, fishing, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, lake, microblogging, new marketing, open microblogging, sea, Technology | 18 Comments

LazyFeed Becomes First Real-Time Web Aggregator for rssCloud

Posted on September 18, 2009 by jessestay

Today Lazyfeed announced they had officially launched rssCloud and Pub/sub Hubbub (PSHB) support into their real-time RSS aggregator, making them the first major aggregator for rssCloud outside of Dave Winer’s own River2 client, and the first client of its type … Continue reading →

Posted in 2010 web, atom, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, lazyfeed, pubsub hubbub, pubsubhubbub, push, real-time, real-time web, rss, rsscloud, social, Technology | 23 Comments

The Sony Xplod MEX-BT5700U, a Radio That Complements the Web

Posted on September 18, 2009 by jessestay

Earlier this year one of my goals was to try and make a transition on this blog and start to review consumer electronics a little more.  I’ve had a few posts in mind, but none of them seemed to make … Continue reading →

Posted in bt5700u, handsfree radio, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, mex-bt5700u, social, Social Electronics, social radio, sony, sony bluetooth, sync, Technology, web radio, xplod | 19 Comments

Facebook Photo Tagging Apps: Intelligent Design or Plain Old Spam?

Posted on September 14, 2009 by jessestay

The photo tagging apps in Facebook have taken over my stream!  Check out the screen shot to the right.  Out of the 12 highlights, only half are legitimate posts.  The other 6 are apps that have seemingly figured out how … Continue reading →

Posted in application spam, Facebook, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, photo tagging, spam, Technology | 9 Comments

Twitter Starts the Chatter on API Guidelines

Posted on September 10, 2009 by jessestay

On the Twitter development mailing list today Twitter began discussion on rules developers should abide by when writing applications for the Twitter API.  Such terms come on the heels of a much broader Terms of Service launched for the general … Continue reading →

Posted in api, developer guidelines, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, platform, social, Technology, terms of service, ToS, Twitter | 1 Comment