Tag Archive | "lisa whelan"
October 15, 2007 by
Lisa Oshima |
Consulting,
Developers,
Enterprise
(3) Comments
In my last post, I talked a bit about what the decreasing value of the dollar means for social media start-ups. Yesterday in Tech Crunch, there was an interesting article on who is “winning” and “losing” as a result of the dollar on the slide. It is well worth a read, offering an interesting and […]
October 12, 2007 by
Lisa Oshima |
Developers
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I just got back from a 2 week work + vacation trip to London. On the night I arrived (Sept 26), I was invited to a London Girl Geek Dinner in London sponsored by Astraware, a company I worked closely with while I was a consultant at Palm. The Girl Geek Dinners are increasing in […]
August 27, 2007 by
Lisa Oshima |
Financing,
Social Media
(1) Comment
Today, Reuters published an interesting article “Social Network Sites Tempt Investors” talking about the liklihood of a flury of social networking IPOs. The article is well worth a read for all of you social media fans out there. According to the article, so called “Wall Street observers” believe that United Online Inc.‘s recent registration for […]
August 22, 2007 by
Lisa Oshima |
Advertising,
Events,
Social Media
(3) Comments
Tonight is the first chance I’ve had to write about the Facebook Developer/ Influencer conference that I went to last week. The event was an invite-only afternoon of panel discussions hosted by Seth Goldstein of SocialMedia. Attendees included about 50 developers, entrepreneurs, investors, and a couple of bloggers, and the discussions ranged from “When, if […]
July 30, 2007 by
Lisa Oshima |
Developers,
Enterprise,
Social Media
(2) Comments
Over the past couple of months, I’ve noticed an unusually large increase in the number of my friends and former colleagues based in the UK that are joining Facebook. The recent surge in popularity of Facebook among my UK friends has me wondering: What lit a fire under so many people in non-overlapping networks to […]
March 27, 2007 by
Lisa Oshima |
Social Media
(2) Comments
The folks at Activeweave (makers of Stickis, which I’ve written about before), have just introduced a great new website and plug-in called BlogRovr. BlogRovr is a great little tool aimed at blog enthusiasts. It allows you to see whatever your favorite bloggers have written about anywhere on-line. Here’s how it works: Visit Blogrovr.com and sign-up […]
March 16, 2007 by
Lisa Oshima |
Social Media
Comments Off on Sinbad Dies & Is Re-Born (Wikipedia Apparently Not An Authority on Everything)
Here’s another great example of the power of social media. Today’s example illustrates just how quickly rumors can spread via social media properties… This weekend, rumors began to circulate saying that comedian, “Sinbad” died. The AP reports that the rumor started on Wikipedia, when someone changed the entry for “Sinbad” to say that he died […]
March 7, 2007 by
Lisa Oshima |
Mobile,
Review,
Social Media
(2) Comments
Polaris Venture Partners general partner Simeon Simeonov is the latest to suggest that Google is working on a mobile Phone. In his blog, Simeonov divulges that Andy Rubin (who founded Danger and later, Asteroid, which was ultimately sold to Google) is working with a team of about 100 people on a Google phone. He also […]
March 2, 2007 by
Lisa Oshima |
Advertising,
Social Media
(3) Comments
Italy-based social networking company, Dada S.p.A., is partnering with Google AdSense to pay users for allowing ads on their space. Dada’s new Friend$ is an opt-in revenue sharing program that rewards users for adding friends and updating the content of their Dada space. According to Dada, Friend$ is, “the only program that rewards you both […]
March 1, 2007 by
Lisa Oshima |
Enterprise
(3) Comments
Today, on Webpronews, Steven Bradley addresses some interesting questions raised in a couple of other blogs – namely: Is there an optimal post length? Will shorter posts help to retain readers and even lead to more links? What makes you unsubscribe from a blog’s RSS feed? Bradley’s ultimate conclusion is that the best blogs have […]
