Monthly Archives: August 2010

Now You Can Check in on Twitter Through Facebook Places

Posted on August 30, 2010 by jessestay

This post is syndicated from the SocialToo Blog – please check it out! I think this feature’s pretty cool: Recently Facebook launched the ability for users to checkin to any place with their mobile phone, sharing with their Facebook friends … Continue reading →

Posted in check in, check in on Twitter, checkin, Facebook, facebook places, Gowalla, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, social network, socialtoo, SocialToo Premium, SocialToo.com, Technology, Twitter | 3 Comments

Come Learn the Secrets to Facebook Integration at Facebook Success Summit 2010

Posted on August 30, 2010 by jessestay

FBML’s dead. I’m saying it right here (and yes, I wrote the book).  Facebook recently announced that they are moving away from FBML and more towards iFrame-based applications and Social Plugins for integration on your website and internal Facebook.com hosted … Continue reading →

Posted in Brian Solis, Facebook, facebook success summit, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Michael Stelzner, social, Social Media, Social Media Examiner, Technology | 4 Comments

Facebook Kills Connect, Makes App Creation Easier, Simpler

Posted on August 20, 2010 by jessestay

As I’ve been writing Facebook Application Development for Dummies (now available on Amazon for pre-order!), there has been one thing I have been noticing: Despite all the new focus on Facebook’s Graph API, Facebook has still had a lot of … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, Facebook Application Development for Dummies, facebook connect, facebook platform, graph api, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, oauth, social, Technology | 4 Comments

Facebook Questions as a Strategy – Answering Questions for Your Brand

Posted on August 18, 2010 by jessestay

Image via Wikipedia In the last few weeks Facebook has been slowly rolling out a feature that, while not exactly new in concept, I think gives businesses and brands another opportunity to think strategy surrounding their Facebook efforts.  The feature … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, facebook page, Facebook Question, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Quora, social, social network, SocialToo Survey, Technology, Twitter | 7 Comments

Comcast, Where’s the Block Button for My TV?

Posted on August 16, 2010 by jessestay

Around College Football Season every year my family bites the bullet and orders cable for several months in order to both take advantage of the latest Cable deal, and allow us to see my two Cougars (University of Houston and … Continue reading →

Posted in adult, comcast, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, pay per view, social, Technology, television, turn off channel | 8 Comments

"Be a Mormon!" – Making Things Go Viral

Posted on August 13, 2010 by jessestay

I’m sharing this partly because I’m excited Mormons were mentioned (I am in charge of much of the social technology integration and strategy for the LDS Church as one of the many things I do), but also because there’s some … Continue reading →

Posted in evangelism, faith, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, jewish, jews, lds, marketing, missionaries, mormons, sincere people, social, Technology, the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints | 8 Comments

Mobile, Tablets, and the Need for an Extended E-Reading Experience

Posted on August 12, 2010 by jessestay

Imagine buying a book from the book store and only being allowed to use a yellow highlighter to highlight that book and not being able to add any notes as you read it.  Seems pretty ridiculous, doesn’t it?  Yet we’re … Continue reading →

Posted in amazon, Apple, e-books, e-reader, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, ibooks, kindle, open standards, platforms, reader, social, Technology | Leave a comment

The Art of Ignoring. Why @XboxSupport Convinced Me to Leave Microsoft.

Posted on August 9, 2010 by jessestay

There is such a thing as too much Social Media.  I’m talking about the art of ignoring.  We see accounts such as @comcastcares and @richardatdell and various other accounts on Twitter that do an excellent job at handling customer support … Continue reading →

Posted in http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, microsoft, microsoft support, social, Social Media, support, Technology, Twitter, twitter support, xbox, xboxsupport | 31 Comments

Facebook-hosted "Pages" are No Longer Necessary – Here’s Why

Posted on August 5, 2010 by jessestay

Social Media Examiner shared some advice I gave on their Facebook Page recently regarding the warning about Facebook “boxes” being removed from Facebook Pages in the next week.  The reminder was met with a lot of concern from subscribers, who … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, Facebook Pages, Howtos, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, ogp, open graph, open graph protocol, social plugins, Technology | 35 Comments

Google Reader is Behind the Times – Here is What They Can Do to Fix That

Posted on August 3, 2010 by jessestay

As anyone who knows me can attest, I’m a huge Google Reader user and fan.  Despite users like Robert Scoble and others declaring RSS Readers dead, I still find utility from being able to finely adapt my reading experience by … Continue reading →

Posted in flipboard, Google, google reader, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, improve google reader, ipad, news reader, rss, rss reader, Technology | 20 Comments