enghttp://www.socialwebbook.commarcocantuhttp://www.marcocantu.comBlogging about Web 2.0 and its Online CommunitiesGeoAtomService©2008 Marco Cantù2009-07-10T11:43:14.608Zmarcocantuhttp://www.marcocantu.comhttp://www.socialwebbook.com/social_before_facebook.html2009-07-10T11:43:14.607Z2009-07-10T11:43:14.608Z

How Facebook and the like changed the meaning of the word "Social"

<p>How Facebook and the like changed the meaning of the word "Social"? This cartoon on "the Facebook generation" as the first "Post-Of-The-Wall generation" is quite nice...</p> <p style="text-align: center; "> <a target="_blank" href="http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341d3df553ef011570e61a5a970b-pi"> <img width="247" height="350" alt="" src="http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341d3df553ef011570e61a5a970b-pi"></img> </a> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZPxFO1d-pfaVlQ8YkpYGbTBuLCE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZPxFO1d-pfaVlQ8YkpYGbTBuLCE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZPxFO1d-pfaVlQ8YkpYGbTBuLCE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZPxFO1d-pfaVlQ8YkpYGbTBuLCE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>marcocantuhttp://www.marcocantu.comhttp://www.socialwebbook.com/facebook_username.html2009-06-12T01:48:46.274Z2009-06-12T01:48:46.274Z

Facebook will make available readable usernames (rather than IDs) starting on Saturday on a first-come first-served basis.

<p>Facebook will make available readable usernames (rather than IDs) starting on Saturday on a first-come first-served basis. The description of the new feature is in the Facebook Official Blog, "<a href="http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=90316352130">Coming Soon: Facebook Usernames</a>".</p> <p style="text-align: center; "> <img width="460" height="91" alt="" src="http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs115.snc1/4700_122311816728_20531316728_2784466_2118130_n.jpg"></img> </p> <p>The usernames countdown site is at: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/username/">http://www.facebook.com/username/</a>. The feature will become available "Starting at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Saturday, June 13", that is 6 am European site. The countdown page will show the time at your current location.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3Nzh3CLfbyyGeCRmh4rFVedVm1Y/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3Nzh3CLfbyyGeCRmh4rFVedVm1Y/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3Nzh3CLfbyyGeCRmh4rFVedVm1Y/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3Nzh3CLfbyyGeCRmh4rFVedVm1Y/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>marcocantuhttp://www.marcocantu.comhttp://www.socialwebbook.com/google_declares_web_has_won.html2009-05-28T11:16:40.264Z2009-05-28T13:25:43.214Z

Interesting summary of Google I/O conference: The Web has won, according to the company.

<p>Interesting summary of <a href="http://code.google.com/events/io/">Google I/O conference</a>: The Web has won. The article is by David Needle is on <a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3822236/Google+Declares+The+Web+Has+Won.htm">Internet News</a>.</p> <p>On the same line, Tim O'Reilly report from the same conference pushes the idea that HTML5 will push the adoption of the web platform even more: <a target="_blank" href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/05/google-bets-big-on-html-5.html">Google Bets Big on HTML5</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sKF_HqsoGuXU5DC8iHLEv5Fh9MY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sKF_HqsoGuXU5DC8iHLEv5Fh9MY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sKF_HqsoGuXU5DC8iHLEv5Fh9MY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sKF_HqsoGuXU5DC8iHLEv5Fh9MY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>marcocantuhttp://www.marcocantu.comhttp://www.socialwebbook.com/twitter_growth.html2009-05-26T11:44:03.231Z2009-05-26T11:44:03.231Z

Twitter is one of the fastest growing web sites in terms of visitors, and has surpassed several well known sites including Digg and LinkedIn.

<p>As this article on <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/twitter-vs-digg-linkedin-nytimes.jpg">Twitter Growth on TechCrunch</a> shows, according to ComScore in the month of may Twitter has surpassed the web visits of Digg, LinkedIn, and NYTimes.com. ComScore estimates Twitter at 32 million global visitors, which is impressive considering how many people use the service with a multitude of clients (including phones) and don't use the web site itself. This is the ComScore graph: </p> <p style="text-align: center; "> <img width="424" height="228" alt="" src="http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/twitter-vs-digg-linkedin-nytimes.jpg"></img> </p> <p>Checking out on Alexa top site ranking, Twitter holds the 37th place as of today, but half of the places above it are taken by various Google properties (including national Google landing pages). Alexa rates Twitter at a 280% increase over the last 3 months:</p> <p style="text-align: center; "> <img width="400" height="220" alt="" src="http://traffic.alexa.com/graph?&amp;#38;w=400&amp;#38;h=220&amp;#38;o=f&amp;#38;c=1&amp;#38;y=r&amp;#38;b=ffffff&amp;#38;r=6m&amp;#38;u=twitter.com&amp;#38;"></img> </p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-LA5tDegurZLk3FauKEpZGmU0OI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-LA5tDegurZLk3FauKEpZGmU0OI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-LA5tDegurZLk3FauKEpZGmU0OI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-LA5tDegurZLk3FauKEpZGmU0OI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>marcocantuhttp://www.marcocantu.comhttp://www.socialwebbook.com/million_twitters.html2009-04-21T13:29:53.346Z2009-04-21T13:29:53.347Z

There was a race last week to reach one million followers on Twitter, and CNN lost it to Ashton Kutcher.

<p>There was a race last week to reach one million followers on Twitter, and CNN lost it to Ashton Kutcher (an actor who's also well known for his wife, actress Demi Moore). There was a lot of turmoil in the twitter sphere and blog sphere, and I think this event is relevant, as an individual can beat a large news organization in terms of web presence!</p> <p style="text-align: center; "> <img width="440" height="162" alt="" src="/images/forblog/milliontwitters.JPG"></img> </p> <p>You can read more details on this article <a target="_blank" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13515_3-10221785-26.html?part=rss&amp;#38;subj=news&amp;#38;tag=2547-1_3-0-5">http://news.cnet.com/8301-13515_3-10221785-26.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5</a> and also look at the image above comparing the two twitter accounts shortly after the million mark was hit. As for my self, I'm getting close to 200 followers on my <a href="http://www.twitter.com/marcocantu">twitter </a>account, long way to go!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7bqY0ea4m18sQaoCTUd5ayeBV74/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7bqY0ea4m18sQaoCTUd5ayeBV74/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7bqY0ea4m18sQaoCTUd5ayeBV74/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7bqY0ea4m18sQaoCTUd5ayeBV74/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>marcocantuhttp://www.marcocantu.comhttp://www.socialwebbook.com/twitter_demo_guy.html2009-04-20T12:54:45.559Z2009-04-20T12:54:45.559Z

Nice article on Twitter for Business

<p>Nice article on Twitter for Business by technology guru Guy Kawasaki at: <a href="http://blogs.openforum.com/2009/04/19/how-to-demo-twitter/">http://blogs.openforum.com/2009/04/19/how-to-demo-twitter/</a>.</p> <p>(And this should who up on my twitter account as well).</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p_yQoOghDxFv81ajTQDbvobg894/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p_yQoOghDxFv81ajTQDbvobg894/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p_yQoOghDxFv81ajTQDbvobg894/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p_yQoOghDxFv81ajTQDbvobg894/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>marcocantuhttp://www.marcocantu.comhttp://www.socialwebbook.com/youtubesymphony.html2009-04-17T12:05:05.088Z2009-04-17T12:05:05.088Z

An impressive example of web cooperation and mashup

<p>The YouTube symphony project is an impressive example of web cooperation and how multiple people can contribute to a unique work. I think the idea was nice, but the result is impressive.</p> <p>You can read about the project at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/symphony">http://www.youtube.com/user/symphony</a> and see the result on YouTube, or below:</p> <p style="text-align: center; "> <object width="560" height="340"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oC4FAyg64OI&amp;#38;hl=en&amp;#38;fs=1"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oC4FAyg64OI&amp;#38;hl=en&amp;#38;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed> </object> </p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iF2eNH3MnFEX1fhft73DRc5XS9M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iF2eNH3MnFEX1fhft73DRc5XS9M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iF2eNH3MnFEX1fhft73DRc5XS9M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iF2eNH3MnFEX1fhft73DRc5XS9M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>marcocantuhttp://www.marcocantu.comhttp://www.socialwebbook.com/fake_twitter_accounts.html2009-03-19T23:53:16.921Z2009-03-19T23:53:16.921Z

A very nice parody of the future Twitter business model.

<p>Very nice article on <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bbspot.com/News/2009/03/twitter-unveils-premium-accounts.html">http://www.bbspot.com/News/2009/03/twitter-unveils-premium-accounts.html</a>. A must read for Twitter followers.</p> <p>On a more serious note, I like the new Twitter "MORE" button, implemented with a background AJAX call and not a page change.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CV_OQS4E-R5HaNXbHLwSq2eJqBU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CV_OQS4E-R5HaNXbHLwSq2eJqBU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CV_OQS4E-R5HaNXbHLwSq2eJqBU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CV_OQS4E-R5HaNXbHLwSq2eJqBU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>marcocantuhttp://www.marcocantu.comhttp://www.socialwebbook.com/cancelling_badoo.html2009-02-16T23:49:09.107Z2009-02-16T23:49:09.107Z

I removed a profile from another social network, Badoo. A very simple experience.

<p>I removed a profile from another social network, Badoo. A very simple experience.</p> <p>Go to the profile picture, follow the "remove profile" link, enter your password and leave a bye bye message. </p> <p>Very clear, well appreciated.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aG0vSMjFDxoBK4HwECflLaa4XsM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aG0vSMjFDxoBK4HwECflLaa4XsM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aG0vSMjFDxoBK4HwECflLaa4XsM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aG0vSMjFDxoBK4HwECflLaa4XsM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>marcocantuhttp://www.marcocantu.comhttp://www.socialwebbook.com/facebook_calendar_twitter.html2009-02-16T16:40:29.466Z2009-02-16T16:40:29.467Z

The links to two interesting posts to the Facebook tech blog, focusing on integration

<p>The links to two interesting posts to the Facebook tech blog, focusing on integration:</p> <ul> <li>Facebook events to Google Calendar: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/02/15/how-to-sync-facebook-events-with-google-calendar/">http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/02/15/how-to-sync-facebook-events-with-google-calendar/</a> </li> <li>Twitter and Facebook status sync: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/01/22/how-to-sync-your-twitter-and-facebook-status-updates/">http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/01/22/how-to-sync-your-twitter-and-facebook-status-updates/</a> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IkqZpLPM-aLMyqR28yRx5qmFuFA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IkqZpLPM-aLMyqR28yRx5qmFuFA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IkqZpLPM-aLMyqR28yRx5qmFuFA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IkqZpLPM-aLMyqR28yRx5qmFuFA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>