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Re: Mark Zuckerberg to Unveil New Profile Pages Tonight on “60 Minutes”

jdawkinsatl — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 14:57:25 -0000

http://mashable.com/2010/12...

Re: Gmail Creator: Facebook Has The Potential To Be Worth More Than Google

jdawkinsatl — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 03:23:52 -0000

Never? That's a long time! Right now I can't see how Facebook would be valued anywhere near their market cap. However with Facebook having half a billion users and still growing fast you can't deny that the potential to be huge(value) is there! Facebook is a multinational company that is just getting started. With more and more ways to monetize on the way (I'm sure) and the inevitable public option Facebook stands to do very very well.

Re: Facebook-Like Site Brings Safe Social Networking to Young Kids

jdawkinsatl — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:49:36 -0000

I think your perspective is a bit distorted or extreme. The key is to provide tools that create a balance of online and offline activities. Allowing parents to create play dates and agendas is a great way to help parents stay organized and their child's life active. Rewards could come from virtual activities as well as real. Things like homework versus going out to play, or reading could all be rewarded. The network could even go as far as to reward parents and children for participating in activities together. Heck, you could even go as far as to reward them for scrapping their knees (virtual kissing of their boo boos).

I agree that children should be outside playing, but let's not forget that a large part of child's education comes from what they learn at home and around other children. This includes; building social skills, adequate progress in math and reading skills, and their value systems. If parents are willing to use this as a tool, let them use it. We should be worried when computers start to raise our children instead of parents. Again, this isn't a replacement to quality parenting or a day in the park. It's a tool to help them organize their child's social calendar while constructively providing additional tools to extends a child's education beyond the classroom.

I started using a computer at age 8 and I turned out great. I'm well-balanced, cultured, sociable and athletic, while working for myself full time as a web designer/developer. I mean my first use of a mac (then Macintosh) was to write letters to my pen pal in California over a modem(I live in Atlanta)! To me this is a great tool and I hope parents find constructive ways to maintain a balance between virtual networking and real networking for their kids.

Re: Mobile App Pinpoints Nearby Facebook and Twitter Friends

jdawkinsatl — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 01:01:52 -0000

It is very possible that Facebook could do this, and fairly easily. They could tie it into existing Facebook iphone, blackberry and android apps. This is a great idea but I have a feeling that it won't last if Facebook decides to do this. Heck if Twitter enables this feature or something like it, we could see menial lb apps vanish. They need a way to make this more valuable than just finding out that a friend is nearby...

Re: Inside Gatorade’s Social Media Command Center

jdawkinsatl — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:44:25 -0000

Impressive to say the least! This is a pretty good example of just how much data there is to analyze for a brand. There are just so many channels, keywords and pieces of content to monitor that a system like this becomes extremely important for medium to large brands. Bravo Gatorade.

Re: Foursquare Cracks Down on Cheaters

jdawkinsatl — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:48:42 -0000

Well Brian my question to you is; What would make it not pointless? There is value for many of us who play Foursqaure (fun, rewards, ego feeding, whatever). Saying it's pointless is like saying that a kickball in the city is pointless (horrible metaphor I know). However if you throw in a sidewalk and some chalk you can play Foursquare. Maybe it's not valuable to you because of where you live, or the lifestyle you lead, or it simply bores you. Regardless solutions are better than criticisms, and choosing to criticize without providing solutions is well... pointless. #2¢

Re: Foursquare and Starbucks Team Up to Offer Customer Rewards

jdawkinsatl — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:22:25 -0000

I agree! The focus shouldn't be put on the services rather the user. If you think privacy is the responsibility of Foursquare, Twitter, Facebook or any other social utilities then you have the idea of privacy backwards. Yes they should do all they can to ensure my privacy information is protected (stored safely) but it is my responsibility to determine if I'm willing to take the risk.

Re: Foursquare and Starbucks Team Up to Offer Customer Rewards

jdawkinsatl — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:57:35 -0000

I believe it's due to the fact this article is trending on Twitter! Tweetmeme can't keep up!

Re: foursquare pins!

jdawkinsatl — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:18:29 -0000

me!!

Re: Facebook Recommends Reconnecting with Ex-Lovers, Dead Friends

jdawkinsatl — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:59:14 -0000

Well I'm sure there are several options Facebook can do to remove these types of scenarious but here are my thoughts.

1. The algorithm CAN'T account for the deceased. There is merely no way to tell. One option is to suspend users after a certain amount of inactivity (several months maybe?). Therefore some user profiles can be available for memorial or reference purposes but would put them in an "inactive" status. This status will allow them to query against the user in the db and exclude them from the algorithm. Another option is to include the behavior of the suggested user. If they haven't logged into Facebook (mobile, iphone, anything) in 6 or 7 months it's for a reason, and it's clear they have no intentions of connecting with anyone on Facebook.

2. The algorithm has no idea that your break up with an ex was a bad one (or a good one). Maybe they should poll you when you sever the relationship status. LOL!! The only flaw in that is that many don't put their relationship status out there for everyone else to see, so Facebook knows you're "in a relationship" (maybe) but it doesn't know who, therefore to Facebook they will forever be a "friend." Also not all relationships end badly, and if they do why not just remove them as a friend. Otherwise reconnecting may not be a bad thing.

3. As for inactivity with your wife or husband why not take a moment to post something romantic, sexy or funny on their wall. It would at least remove the recommendation for a while.

That's just my 3 cents.

Re: Apple Tablet May Launch in September

jdawkinsatl — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:40:58 -0000

Quick thought: I'm guessing OSX (or slight variation) with a few custom apps that attract kindle and netbook users. All is fairly predictable but there will be a few things we won't count on.

Re: Facebook Vanity urls, the aftermath, WordCampRDU & Hunch goes live today - episode 056

jdawkinsatl — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:38:02 -0000

Great show! I am a HEAVY Wordpress.org user and it's actually the starting place for development, when someone tells me they want to publish content on the Internet. Over the past 3 or 4 years I have probably installed 60 or 70 blogs for clients, friends and personal usage. Love the platform!

Great job guys! Keep it up!

Re: iPhone 3.0 OS, Flip Video launches a social network & Opera Unite reinvents the Web - episode 057

jdawkinsatl — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:13:33 -0000

Here's a thought! Instead of making a closed content network for the Flip Video camera users (Kipp I agree. It's stupid) why not make it easier to upload movies straight from the device over wifi and give users the option of instant social distribution! That would give me another reason to grab one, and maybe spend a little more money for it. Yes I know HD produces large file sizes (which is why I said wifi), but what if you could upload 3 to 6 minute videos straight from the device and on to your favorite social networking sites (Or at least links, and/or status messages). You could then show people what they are missing at your parties, pranks, gatherings, conferences etc... without worrying about whether or not the data cable is in your bag, or if your laptop battery has enough juice to stay on during this upload. The idea of creating a network isn't bad, but at this point it should solve more problems than it creates. This site better be Facebook/Twitter connected or it's doomed. The overhead will simply outweigh the benefits.

On the other hand The iphone app isn't such a bad idea, but only if it aggregates video content across multiple platforms. Again a closed content network would just be stupid. The internet is too open, for such closed-minded thought.

Just my two cents. Maybe there is something like that already in the works... or maybe not.