Stats for your eyes

I love stats. Yes, I do. I love stats (especially when they’re about social media). How ’bout you?

Some that caught my eye[s]:

If Facebook were a country it would be the world’s 4th largest.
80% of Twitter usage is on mobile devices.
Generation Y and Z consider e-mail passé. In 2009, Boston College stopped distributing e-mail addresses to [...]

New Facebook Fan Box Widget – brand engagement o-rama

Facebook just rolled out a Fan Box Widget. This is basically, as Facebook puts it, “to gain more fans and share your Facebook updates.”
All it takes is embedding the code on your site, so big companies or musicians or …. dog groomers could easily take advantage of this.
To me, this is Facebook’s response to the [...]

Michael Jackson Memorial – CNN coverage streamed with Facebook Statuses

A la the inauguration, CNN has partnered with Facebook to stream coverage of Michael Jackson’s memorial alongside commentary from Facebook. It’s going on right now, join the conversation here: http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=100639101957&h=S-ADC&u=fwrDx&ref=nf

Facebook vs press conference?

I came across this via @TreeHugger (one of the top – and my fav – green blogs out there) on my Facebook status updates and was inspired to post. So Michael Pollan, of Omnivore’s Dilemma fame, is apparently helping publicize a new documentary that he appears in, Food, Inc. I recently caught a live interview [...]

Web Site Story – CollegeHumor video pokes fun at trendiest Web sites

Story of our lives, huh?

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This summer vacation brought to you by Twitter

I reckon you’ve heard of the H1N1 flu epidemic (née swine flu). Maybe you’re currently wearing a face mask to work and changing seats on the bus when someone nearby sniffles. Or, perhaps, you’re in my camp and are thinking that maybe, just a little bit, this whole thing is sounding overhyped.
When a family friend’s [...]

The White House launches its new blog!

Today was certainly exciting. And amid all the excitement – and following up on the heels of Obama’s near-flawless digital campaign, including his YouTube weekly addresses which I’ve vowed to watch regularly now! (NY resolution #43925732890!) – the re-vamped Whitehouse.gov site (did anyone visit the White House Web site when Bush was in office? I [...]