Information Overload!

by Pam Maloney @pmaloney I was recently out at lunch with a favorite client, (Hi Frank!) and we were having a friendly discussion about information overload. You know: 500+ email in your inbox. (or worse the mailbox is over it’s size limit) 1000’s of unread posts in your RSS reader The voicemail light is always [...]

Woo-hoo! Google Backgrounds

You can change your background on Google. Nuff said. Now go play whilst I prepare a better blog post.

Fun with Facebook Applications Settings

by Pam Maloney @PMaloney Have you been to your Facebook application settings page? If you haven’t been, I think it’s time. For frequent Facebook users what you find may surprise you. Your Facebook application settings page will show you a list of applications that have access to your information. I was shocked at the size [...]

And the Winner of the Strategis T-shirt is…….

written by Adam Cupples (@ACupples) Like American Idol I’m going to make you wait until I announce the winner of the Strategis T-Shirt after the commercial break (well no commercials but want you to read this first). Pam and I had the opportunity to speak and hold a Q&A session on Social Media at the [...]

it’s all about rhetoric

Big changes this week  - in social communications terms – or not. Both Facebook and Google have upgraded popular business features. This week launches Facebook’s strategy for “Like” v. “Fan” And Google announced the renaming of their Local Business Center to Google Places. Of course these products are not exactly the same as their more [...]

And the downside of Social Media . . .

How fast everyone finds out about typos like this. “Freshly Ground Black People” in the Australian Cookbook the Pasta Bible. I must thank Twitter and the Huffington Post for its haste in spreading the word. Where did you first see it?

Using social media to promote a cause: Jamie Oliver and the Food Revolution

written by Pam Maloney (@PMaloney) Facebook fans of Jamie Oliver saw a post in their news feeds this morning- Oliver’s mission (and the point of his new television series Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution) is to bring healthy food options into American school lunches. His program aims to show us all that the current system in place [...]

More Awesome Kitty Cat YouTube Videos

This one I found at Mashable, in their post proving (in the same fashion in which Norm MacDonald showed that Germans love David Hasselhoff), Cats love the iPad. I share this because cats being silly should make everyone’s day better. Thanks Mashable. and here’s a cute little guy from @pmaloney

You Have 0 Fans

written by Pam Maloney (@pmaloney) It’s a big moment when South Park mocks you (. . . is that still true?) The notorious show now in it’s 14th season has taken stabs at virtual gaming buffs, Guitar Hero worshipers and hippies in addition to highlighting the misfortunes and hilarity of a multitude of dead and living celebrities [...]

Facebook Adds Community Pages

In addition to the page and the group page, Facebook now has community pages. This function will separate the brands and businesses from pages like MY SISTER SAID IF I GET ONE MILLION FANS SHE WILL NAME HER BABY MEGATRON, and  I hate it when I flex and my shirt rips. If the community page gets thousands [...]

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