Monthly Archives: May 2011

Facebook Listens. RSS Added Back to Pages. Will Twitter be next?

Posted on May 21, 2011 by jessestay

In perhaps one of my most controversial articles (unintentionally), I wrote a week or two ago about how both Twitter and Facebook both quietly removed RSS from user accounts and Pages. Of course, with Facebook, on user accounts that made … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, open standards, rss, Technology | 13 Comments

How to Build Your Value and not be an Influencer on EmpireAvenue

Posted on May 14, 2011 by jessestay

For those of you involved on Empire Avenue I have a quick tip for you that will keep producing revenue for you so you can keep investing in more stock and therefore improving your value. The secret lies in the … Continue reading →

Posted in empire avenue, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, social, Technology | 6 Comments

Of Worldwide Religious Social Media Presence, the LDS Church Ranks Well

Posted on May 14, 2011 by jessestay

On the LDS Church Newsroom blog today, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (The Mormons) (and my employer) released some interesting stats about its social media presence online. According to the post (and AllFacebook.com’s Page Statistics), the Church … Continue reading →

Posted in http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, lds, social, Technology | 1 Comment

Why as a Developer, I Switched to Blogger.com and Why I’m Staying With It

Posted on May 9, 2011 by jessestay

Since writing for LouisGray.com a few years ago I’ve been curious about Blogger. Louis Gray used it at the time and he really swore by it. I talked to Rick Klau, Blogger’s Product Manager at the time, at a BlogWorld … Continue reading →

Posted in blogger, Blogging, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, social, Technology | 57 Comments

Blogging’s Definitely Not Dead. The Conversations Surrounding it Seem to Be.

Posted on May 9, 2011 by jessestay

Today was an unprecedented day on StayNAlive.com. I saw more traffic in one day than this blog used to get in an entire week. It was thanks to this article (the traffic was certainly unexpected, but I knew it was … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 7 Comments

Twitter and Facebook Both Quietly Kill RSS, Completely

Posted on May 8, 2011 by jessestay

Last year I shared how Twitter was moving more and more towards a closed, less-standards oriented model of sharing content as they upgraded their design to bring more people to the Twitter.com website. At that time, they removed the prominent … Continue reading →

Posted in http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, open standards, rss, Technology | 118 Comments

The New Frontier of Capitalism

Posted on May 7, 2011 by jessestay

I keep getting asked, “what’s the point of Empire Avenue?” Or told, “Empire Avenue is just a stupid game.” My friend Robert Scoble thinks Empire Avenue makes a good News Reader, and that’s about it. The thing is it is … Continue reading →

Posted in capital networks, empire avenue, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, soylent green, Technology | 8 Comments

Needle Threads Customers Into Personal Interactions in New, Social Chat Service

Posted on May 3, 2011 by jessestay

As we see stores like Borders going bankrupt, and chains like CompUSA and Circuit City going all online, it’s pretty evident that the need for online solutions to real-life interactions in commerce is needed. Having worked for BackCountry.com in a … Continue reading →

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With Lack of True Stats Twitter is Losing Trust of Its Users

Posted on May 3, 2011 by jessestay

I’m reading the MarketingPilgrim article, “As Twitter Slips, Potential Competitors Close in” – there seems to be an increasing negativity towards Twitter lately, and I only fear it will get worse. I’ve warned of this before. Twitter has been consistently … Continue reading →

Posted in http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Technology, Twitter | 5 Comments

Torbit Allows Anybody to Speed Up Their Website in Minutes

Posted on May 3, 2011 by jessestay

For those unaware, I recently switched this blog from a self-hosted WordPress instance to Blogger.com. The reason: Blogger’s 100% uptime reputation and near instantaneous response. More on that in another post. That’s why I was also very excited when my … Continue reading →

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