http://blog.situationinteractive.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:07:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've seen these types of article before but I always think it is good to pass them around each time. If you need help explaining the basics of Social Networking to someone with little-to-no prior exposure, this article from The New York Times has some good ideas. http://blog.situationinteractive.com/2010/07/08/for-those-facebook-left-behind-a-101-social-networking-guide People of all ages text ... no question ... but it is good to remember that, as The New York Times reports, teenagers text more than other age group and that they text more than they call. http://blog.situationinteractive.com/2010/05/24/teenagers-text-more-than-they-call The online privacy conversation continues. Read what The New York Times observes is a trend ... young social networkers are more private than older networkers. I see this as an interesting confluence of two dynamics. On one hand we have younger folks maturing and realizing (as we all do in the march ... http://blog.situationinteractive.com/2010/05/09/tell-all-generation-learns-to-keep-things-offline Using your cell phone or mobile device in place of a ticket is one of those pipe dreams that mobile developers have been talking about for years. Is it finally going to become a reality? A recent patent filing by Apple suggests that it might: http://www.tuaw.com/2010/04/20/apples-patent-for-concert-ticket-could-change-your-concert-exp/ http://blog.situationinteractive.com/2010/04/20/mobile-device-as-event-ticket-finally-on-the-way Interesting incident with Nestle. This is a great take-away for how to handle negative responses on a Facebook page. http://twittown.com/social-networks/facebook/facebook-blog/how-respond-facebook-page-crisis-nestle-problem http://blog.situationinteractive.com/2010/04/16/what-not-to-do-with-a-facebook-page This New York Times article walks through a few examples of how interactive promotions like Monk-e-Mail build brand equity and garner earned impressions over time in a way that display advertising could never do. http://blog.situationinteractive.com/2010/04/13/earned-impressions-live-longer-than-purchased-impressions So, if you are like me and you're a bit scrap-happy but can't bring yourself to clean-up the double-sided tape, sticky glue and papers cut-outs and need some visual inspiration - check out Polyvore.com. [caption id="attachment_909" align="alignleft" width="243" caption="My living room."][/caption] Fashionistas are using Polyvore to create look books and I've recently ... http://blog.situationinteractive.com/2010/03/22/polyvore-scrapbookers-delight "The internet did not replace television, which did not replace cinema, which did not replace books. E-books aren’t going to replace books either. E-books are books, merely with a different form." A List Apart does a great job of thinking through what it might mean to us designers when e-books finally ... http://blog.situationinteractive.com/2010/03/14/the-e-book-is-not-just-a-book-with-links-but-what-is-it Still wondering what all of the hub-bub around Twitter is about? Check out this short article from The New York Times. It gives a good overview of how to easily get your feet wet. http://blog.situationinteractive.com/2010/03/04/quick-twitter-primer The idea of Anonymous Social Networking is an oxymoron .. so, maybe I should have titled this post Potentially Anonymous Socializing. I've just become fascinated by a new site  -- Chatroulette.com. It may best be described as Social Networking meets Russian Roulette. The site randomly connects you to others via web ... http://blog.situationinteractive.com/2010/02/21/anonymous-social-networking