Ever heard the phrase “the devil’s in the details?” I’m here to tell you it’s true! For every clean, elegant, and professionally designed website or web application, there are droves of slipshod, sloppy, or just plain lazy pieces of code I encounter every week. What pains me most is that many of these quirks are [...]
March 30, 2011 – 12:26 pm
As social influence metrics like Klout continue to gain, well, clout in the industry, instances will arise where folks will cry foul over perceived inconsistencies in how scores are generated. An example I’ll use in this post is how very new Twitter accounts are able to amass very high influence scores in a very short period of time.
By brightmatrix
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It seems that ever since I dove into the realm of social media, specifically Twitter, I get this nagging, flagging feeling of doubt every six weeks or so. It’s like some miniature existential crisis, but on a recurring basis. I wonder: how can my works matter in the presence of other great thinkers? Why didn’t [...]
January 6, 2011 – 7:53 am
This week, Starbucks unveiled their new corporate logo. This is their fourth branding change since the company was founded in 1978. As you might expect, news sites and blogs were busy spreading the word and offering their critiques. My first impression was very positive: I really like it.
September 9, 2010 – 9:47 am
How much noise must you tolerate in a social network to attain a reliable set of responses to your posts? Would the content and value of those responses be sufficient to balance the “wheat vs. chaff” formula in your network? What’s that magic number or ratio that marks the “critical mass” of your network to [...]
August 21, 2010 – 4:41 pm
Social media produces some interesting and downright curious behaviors. Over the past few months, I’ve noticed a rather compelling relationship that’s popped up in my social interactions. It tends to manifest in two similar fashions: Someone chooses to follow or friend you. They’re active within their own network; it’s not a spammer or automated account, [...]
