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Facebook Timeline – Image Sizes

Loki — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 02:13:26 +0000

Sometimes you just need a basic bit of information.

Today’s tidbit concerns the new Facebook Timeline. There are lots of tutorials for adapting to Facebook’s new way of doing things but I find that most of them leave out one simple and practical bit of information – the size of the images you’ll need to use. So, in the interest of being useful here they are:

Cover Image – 851 x 315 pixels
Profile Image – 200 x 200 pixels (leave a 12 pixel border to allow for Facebook’s auto-cropping)
App Images – 111 x 74 pixels

Keep in mind that these images cannot include price or purchase information, contact info, calls to action or references to Facebook features such as Like or Share.

For a more in-depth look at the new Timeline check out my recent series on SixEstate – Grappling with Timeline Part 1 and Part 2. Part 3 will be online Monday morning.

Image by birgerking, used under its Creative Commons license.

SOPA and John Stewart

Loki — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:30:37 +0000

I’ve been writing on other platforms in opposition to SOPA, but I think my favorite introduction to the subject in the wake of the Internet Blackout Wednesday is John Stewart’s.

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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It’s a deadly serious issue despite the laughs, and now that I have wrapped up a pair of website launch projects I’ll probably be writing about it here. As a content creator I’ve had my words stolen. Scraper sites have lifted endless reams of my text over the years, and yet I find SOPA far more worrisome. Piracy means I lose some revenue, but the ramifications of SOPA could put me out of business completely.

Several client projects are wrapping up and one book launch is well underway. I’d like to thank all of my clients old and new for the business, it is truly valued!

Forrester’s Three Social Thunderstorms for 2012

Loki — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:55:43 +0000

Forrester’s CEO, George Colony, made a fantastic presentation at LeWeb this year in which he talks about three major shifts, or as he calls them Social Thunderstorms, that we will be seeing in 2012.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XZNsBz0aGw

I look forward to hearing your thoughts on it! Enjoy!

Relocation

Loki — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:53:51 +0000

I am pleased to announce that we are moving SocialGumbo World HQ back to New Orleans over the next week!

One unfortunate side effect of this is that I will not be able to provide as rapid a response to new inquiries, please give me a few days and I will get back to you. Thanks in advance for being patient.

The past three years in Cincinnati have added a lot of amazing new people to my circles, and rest assured that I will remain in touch with all of you.

In the meantime I have sixteen tons of packing to do and tons of logistics to juggle. Regular blogging will re-commence after the 21st when we are safely set up in the Crescent City!

New Numbers From Nielsen

Loki — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:39:06 +0000

Nielsen social-media-report

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Marshall Kirkpatrick on Data Journalism

Loki — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:26:16 +0000

Data mapping tools, machine filtering, infographics and viualization, open source mapping, and more as John Paul Titlow interviews Marshall Kirkpatrick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rXcMUXCIKI

Run A Facebook Page? You Need to Read This

Loki — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:40:27 +0000

John Haydon on Social Fish, a website you need to read if you work with non profits, brought my attention to a complete game changer that occurred a few days ago. In his post, Facebook users no longer have to “like” your Page (and what that means)?, he states it well:

Up until Tuesday the only people who could comment on or like content on a Facebook page were fans of that Page. Now Facebook eliminated that requirement, allowing anyone (fans and nonfans) the ability to engage with a Facebook Page.
The result of this change is that the importance of “liking” Pages has essentially been nuked – for both brands (who have over-focused on getting fans) and Facebook users.

I highly advise checking out his full post if you work with or run Facebook pages. It is essential.

I will give one thing away though. As always it comes down to those who have been interacting vs. those who only broadcast. Guess which one will be in better shape as this plays out?

Image Source: Aaron / CC 2.0

Live Webcast – Rising Tide 6

Loki — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:29:40 +0000

An Update on SocialGumbo

Loki — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:40:53 +0000

Hello readers,

Sorry for the big lag between postings but you will soon see why. We have just finished our move to our new servers and are in the process of implementing the new look and feel of the website. In the near future you should find it both more aesthetically pleasing and easier to navigate. If there are any new features you would like us to consider implementing now is the time.

In the meantime I’ve continued to produce content on other websites that you might find interesting or useful. A few recent highlights include:

Audiosocket: An Interview with Brent McCrossen on SixEstate Commuinications

An Interview with Mark Glaser of PBS MediaShift, also on SixEstate

SeniorTech: An Interview with Donna Arriaga on the firstSTREET blog

Thank you for your patience!

Three Weeks Till Rising Tide 6, and What a Line Up!

Loki — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 04:44:11 +0000

It’s time for Rising Tide 6 bringing you two halls of programming at the University Center at Xavier University on Saturday, August 27, 2011.

Registration includes a full day of programs, lunch, a brass band performance and lots of fun and surprises for an unbeatable price of just $30. REGISTER NOW to reserve your place at the table!

Here’s just some of what we have in store for you.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

David Simon, creator and executive producer of HBO’s New Orleans drama Treme. He is a former journalist for the Baltimore Sun and writer and producer of acclaimed programs such as The Corner, The Wire and Generation Kill.

Richard Campanella, professor at Tulane University, geographer, and author of six critically acclaimed books on the physical and human geography of New Orleans: Bienville’s Dilemma,Geographies of New Orleans, Lincoln in New Orleans, New Orleans Then and Now, Delta Urbanism, andTime and Place in New Orleans.

PANEL PRESENTATIONS:

Social Media, Social Justice – Cherri Foytlin, contributor to the Bridge the Gulf project; Jimmy Huck, Jr., Executive Committee member of Tulane University’s Center for Public Service; Jordan Flaherty, author ofFloodlines: Community and Resistance from Katrina to the Jena Six; Stephen Ostertag, creator ofPublicSphereNOLA; and moderated by Bart Everson from Xavier’s Center for the Advancement of Teaching.

Louisiana’s Coastal Health –Moderated by Alex Woodward, writer for Gambit, panelists include Len Bahr, founding editor of LACoastPost; David Hammer, contributing writer for the New Orleans Times-Picayune; Ann Rolfes, founding director of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade; Drake Toulouse, blogger atDisenfranchised Citizen; and Bob Marshall, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist for the Times-Picayune.

New Orleans Food Writing - Guests Peter Thriffley and Rene Louapre of Blackened Out and Offbeat Magazine will join Todd Price, author of A Frolic of My Own to discuss the eating out in New Orleans and writing about it, and the new generation of great online New Orleans food writers.

Brass Bands – featuring Lawrence Rawlins, band director of Roots of Music; Alejandro de los Rios, producer of the Brass Roots documentary; members of the TBC Brass Band Edward “Juicy” Jackson, Joe Maize and Sean Michael Roberts; moderated by writer Deborah Cotton; followed by a performance by the TBC Brass Band.

TECH SCHOOL:

Rising Tide is also proud to announce the addition of Tech School to this year’s lineup. Tech School will offer a second stage of panels devoted to hands-on, how-to style social media and blogging topics ranging from improving your photography, advanced WordPress techniques, the latest in web strategies and online tools. Presenters for Tech School include FSC Inter@ctive, the Louisiana Bloggers Network,Neighborland, Invade NOLA, Ben Varadi and more.

You can register for Rising Tide 6 at Eventbrite. Lunch catered by J’anita’s. Books and published materials by Rising Tide panelists and speakers, as well as New Orleans literature, will be available at the conference courtesy of Octavia Books.

Rising Tide 6 attendees from out of town can get guest rates of $69.00 per night at the Marriot Courtyard in the Warehouse District.

I look forward to seeing you there!