Facebook vs Myspace

comScore released additional usage information on social networks yesterday and Facebook continues its incredible growth. I’ve always been hesitant to rely on comScore for much more than trending information. They are showing that Facebook has grown by 272% vs the Myspace growth of 72%. I believe a big part of this trend has been the […]

Forward this Linkedin…

I’ve been using Linkedin for bout 5 years now. I can remember when it was first launched and I had to spam people to get them to add themselves to the site. Now its pretty common to find people in Linkedin. The biggest problem with Linkedin is its business model of charging people to have […]

InsideFacebook.com article on Travel applications

I’ve got my first article up on InsideFacebook.com. I’m going to be reviewing Facebook applications with them so if you have any facebook applications you’d recommend let me know. Vacationing in Facebook

Building your brand in Facebook

I’ve written an article for OneDegree.ca, you can find here: http://www.onedegree.ca/2007/06/03/building-your-brand-in-facebook OneDegree.ca was recently purchased by Kate Trgovac from MyNameisKate.ca fame and this is my first article working with her.

Facebook and Classifieds

Facebook launched their marketplace place service over the weekend to allow Facebook users to create classified ads. There was an interesting interview last week with Mark Zuckerberg in the NY Times. What I found really interesting was Mark’s comment: “There are no anonymous listings, and we give you a very clear path to see how […]

The Facebook Opportunity

The popularity of Facebook has taken off in Toronto. The population of the “Toronto Network” on Facebook is close to 10% of the city’s registered population. This is amazing market penetration and its creating some interesting situations within the online community. For example, typically students and teachers maintain a certain professional distance. Facebook’s original strategy […]

Wanakita 2006

As a kid I went to the Camp Wanakita summer camp each year and waited anxiously for any mail, especially when it contained some of my mom’s cookies. The distance and the isolation was all part of the experience, and it was great. I just found a Youtube video by Stephen Emhecht about his experience […]

Linkedin

Linkedin recently launched a web profile function so you can see my profile without a Linkedin account here.If you’re not familar with Linkedin its a great professional contact manager. The site lets you search for colleagues based on previous company or university. It provides the ability to reconnect with them directly if you have their […]