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Re: Make Blueprints

covati — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:37:11 -0000

Great point. We constantly hear the same old case studies and success stories touted in Social Media. But the real question clients want answered is "How will I do succeed at something like that?" That's where the blueprint comes in.

Thank you for another great distillation of best practices.

Re: So Fresh Tshirts

covati — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:54:18 -0000

Love the designs, I think the second one is a little bit more fresh

Re: Facebook Search vs Twitter Search - Side by Side Comparison | Ignite Social Media

covati — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:00:55 -0000

I think this highlights a couple of differences between the two services, something that a feature like search can't overcome.

1) Facebook has a lot of crap - like a baseball card of Jeter showing up, or some sort of gift that mentions your topic - no one care. Twitter has crap to, but it seems like facebook has a foundation of that.

2) Twitter is more about what is important or interesting right now, facebook is more about connecting and catching up.

So no amount of search is going to overcome the fact that facebook doesn't have much to offer those who want to search. If you are looking for articles or new info, you just don't think to check out FB.

Re: How I Filter The Noise, Wayne Sutton

covati — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:31:19 -0000

I've taken to using searches in Seesmic Desktop (amongst several twitter accounts) as a great way to keep my twitter feeds digestible.

I must admit that my use of RSS has fallen by the wayside, it's pretty much just twitter and reddit.

Re: Directions and Parking!

covati — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:14:28 -0000

$4 is a small price to pay to have a drink and take part in the great conversations that you always find at a TriangleTweetup. I'm psyched!

Re: Fullsteam, LoneRider to Serve Beer at Triangle Tweetup

covati — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:41:02 -0000

*drools*

I had a great time ( and great beer ) at the lonerider tweetup, I am psyched for this one!

Re: Announcing Triangle Tweetup 2.0 - April 30th at Bronto, Durham, NC sponsored by Capture Carolina

covati — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:45:34 -0000

Of course, I'll be there as always! How could I miss a tweetup, at my job no less, I don't even have to drive anywhere!

Re: Winklevoss twins made $65 million on Facebook “copycat” settlement

covati — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:09:11 -0000

I also have a strong distaste for anyone trying to interfere with, or claim ownership of, their employees separate work. It's just slimey.

Of course, I've had some great ideas that were directly related to my job. However, many of the insights I had that drove those ideas were conceived in direct line with my work. Ethically, I had no choice but to contribute those ideas to my employer.

It's tough, but you have to remember that the thinking you do on company time, in many ways (many legal ones) does belong to your employer. If you are working hard on social sites for your employer, and in doing so have some great insights into social networks, you can't just claim ownership of those ideas.

If you want to take advantage of those ideas, you should quit your job and start from scratch with those ideas as a seed. You cannot by any means bring over any of the work (code) you accomplished when working for that company.

It looks like Facebook was conceived on the wrong side of this line, or well within the grey area. That's what I get out of the fact that they paid the $65MM.

Lesson: Don't let your day job and side projects mix. It's just a bad idea.

Re: Winklevoss twins made $65 million on Facebook “copycat” settlement

covati — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:52:21 -0000

I'll have to say, that my own stupidity precluded me from clicking on the reply button to your conversation with Mike.

Your article is not without merit, but it comes off as if there is no issue to stealing code. It's not a question about whether or not Zuckerberg wrote his own social app and the Winklevoss bros are cashing in. They are saying that he took the code they paid him to write and used it to create his own site. That sounds like stealing in my book.

To make a statement to the effect that friendster owns the blanket patents to social media is also a bit broad and seems to undermine your argument.

That being said, you don't pay someone $65 MM who doesn't have a case. The fact that facebook coughed up such a sizable chunk speaks to their culpability.

Re: Winklevoss twins made $65 million on Facebook “copycat” settlement

covati — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:55:42 -0000

burn! /end 80's dis

By the way Eric, your grasp of the case and understanding of IP law (and slam of PHP) does come off as somewhat idiotic.

Call it like you see it ;)

Re: 10 things that may surprise you at a tweetup

covati — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:56:43 -0000

So true. I think the biggest thing for me was connecting with people that I hadn't really made a connection with on twitter. It definitely changed who I tweet with.

always a good time and I'd say it's only about 1/2 as geeky as you might think it would be.

I also have seen 7/10 occur already.

Re: 1st Triangle Tweetup of 09 - Jan. 29th 7pm, Edge-Office

covati — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:09:25 -0000

I'll be there for sure.

Re: Wal-Mart iPhone to hit the magic price point: $99?

covati — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:22:19 -0000

@Christan - I think it represents a branching out that apple has already begun. I had a similar feeling when I saw that they were selling apple computers at Best Buy. But I think this is bound to happen. They only have so much reach with Apple stores.

They simply can't hit every corner of the country with their existing stores, and they can't justify more brick and mortar stores just to boost iphone sales. The obvious next step is to reach out.
If they want to dominate the market then they have to leverage other channels. Walmart is an easy win to get their product into the downmarket.

Hell, I don't own an iPhone yet, this might be the way I do it. I'm just not cool with the current price point. Of course, the fact that I've been with Verizon since they were bell-atlantic is probably part of the problem as well.

We'll see how it plays out.

Re: Talk Social News Episode 15: Angela Benton of Blackweb 2.0, dealnews.com, Mumbai, Facebook, and twitter backgrounds

covati — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:18:38 -0000

Thanks for the blog tips from Angela Benton, I very much enjoyed that.

I'm excited for the Peter Shankman episode next week, he was great when he spoke at the TIMA luncheon a few weeks ago.

Re: Meet idek.net @idek new site sponsor & official url shortener of @tweetshops

covati — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:44:18 -0000

Wayne, thanks for spreading the word about idek.net. I'm very excited about the upcoming features as well.

Idek is moving more towards a full-featured analytics solution for twitter, url tracking, and more. So whether you just want short urls, like tracking how popular your links are, or want to prove the value of your social media/marketing program we'll have you covered.

Thanks again!
@covati

Re: Video: How to post tweets using @TweetDeck

covati — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:14:19 -0000

Great intro to tweetdeck Wayne. Tweetdeck is hands down the best app out there for managing all your twitter friends.

I always keep columns open for all, replies, a couple groups (e.g. local and biz related), twitscoop and a couple searches. Keeping searches running for my company as well as idek.net. It's a great idea to keep searches relevant to your brand running so you can reinforce any positive comments or address any negative feedback as it arises.
Check out a screenshot of my tweetdeck here: http://idek.net/Mf

BTW, that is awesome, I never even looked at the picture or 12 seconds features. I am going to use that now.

Thanks for the idek.net shoutout! Keep up the great work Wayne!

@covati

Re: Talk Social News Episode 7: Louis Gray is Social Media, plus the Return of Innovation, Startup Advice and WallStreet

covati — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:25:43 -0000

Thanks for talking about the economy and startups, it was good to hear some non-doom-and-gloom talk. I think the recession is good for the tech world - it will force some of this useless cruft out of the way. But will this stifle innovation, maybe? But I don't want to get attached to something that can't survive for lack of profitability

I'm pretty excited about maybe new macbooks, I'll be listening in to the next episode.

P.S. thanks for the link

Re: Talk Social News Episode 6: Rejaw building a new conversational community, Revision3 , Steve Jobs & what are you favorite iPhone apps?

covati — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:23:25 -0000

Thanks for covering Rejaw guys, I had no idea it had such depth to it. I think I might have to go sign up for an account and check it out. Though I somehow can't imagine it will replce my beloved twitter ;).

That being said, do people have space in their lives for more than one of these microblogging tools? Can you really actively partake in several at a time? Plurk was a flash in the pan for me, I just couldn't keep up.

Thanks for bringing up business models as well, I think that's probably the biggest problem with most social media outlets today - how can you buy into a social site if you're not sure it will be around in a few months. Sadly, I only have to look as far as seesmic here, where will they be in a few months?

thanks for producing this guys!