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Re: And the winner of the Kodak Zi8 Digital Video Camera is…

ryankuder — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:14:11 -0000

Woo hoo! Thanks, Roost! This was a great idea for a contest and I had a ton of fun house hunting. Next step: List the old Flip on craigslist.

Re: Facebook: How to Eliminate “Dead Friend” Suggestions

ryankuder — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:51:11 -0000

Does FB have a process to verify that a person is actually dead? If anyone can contact them and "memorialize" someone, there could be some serious pranking coming on. And what happens when I click to a friends memorialized page? How does FB let me know the person is dead? I imagine that would be a pretty crappy way to start a day:

Me to Steve's Wall: "Hey, Steve! Seeing as you just got back from Africa, I thought you'd like this article on giraffes that I found. How have you been?"
Facebook: "Sorry, Steve is deceased."
Me: "What?! Noooo!!! (sob)"

Re: FrienDA

EricFriedman — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:49:23 -0000

Nice!

Re: FrienDA

ryankuder — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:41:08 -0000

Just executed another one today. With a fistbump. It added some flair.

Re: FrienDA

EricFriedman — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:00:29 -0000

I think its a great addition to lighten the approach of normal legal docs
and legal jargon. I will be sure to checkout the site.

Re: FrienDA

ryankuder — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:20:37 -0000

We love the FriendDA! We're a small development shop that works mostly with startups and it doesn't make a lot of sense for us to sign NDAs with everyone who contacts us about a job. We're not a VC, but we do see a lot of ideas. We blogged about the FriendDA here: http://bit.ly/PzL3. In fact, we executed one yesterday, but minus the fist bump.

Re: Microsoft’s Bing Ad - Damn Good - Bing Is A Serious Threat To Google’s Market Share

rizzn — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:46:10 -0000

I'm not sure on the costs - but this problem they portray, particularly in the world of real time noise, really resonates.

It is also reminiscent of the frustration I used to get when we used all the pre-google search engines - and the frustration I get when i look on the sidebar and see all the completely irrelevent ads Google seems to serve next to my search queries.

Re: Microsoft’s Bing Ad - Damn Good - Bing Is A Serious Threat To Google’s Market Share

ryankuder — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:32:19 -0000

Laughed from the first vignette. As far as TV spots for search go, this one was great. But regardless of how good the creative is, the big question is going to be what the spend does for their search share.

Re: That's not what I ordered...

drewolanoff — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:30:27 -0000

Wow Ryan. Thank you so much for all that you've done, and for all that you do. Meeting you was seriously a highlight for me in SF.

Thank you a million times over.

Re: That's not what I ordered...

ryankuder — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:27:06 -0000

Holy shit. Didn't see that coming. I just signed up to run my fourth marathon--the Royal Victoria in October--for Team In Training and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Through the team, I've met plenty of people who have kicked cancer's ass. The treatments they've got now are amazing. In the past, I've ran for our team's honorees. But this year, Drew, I'm running for you. I'm in for 26.2 miles to help you kick this things ass. I'm raising $5,000 and I'm going to #blamedrewscancer for having to take ice baths. Fight on.

Re: Who do the people of Twitter follow? (Scripting News)

dave — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:52:13 -0000

I thought that was interesting. There's at least one person who follows Alex
Payne who doesn't follow the CEO. That's got to be a career-limiting thing.
(And probably will get remedied quickly.)

Re: Who do the people of Twitter follow? (Scripting News)

ryankuder — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:46:50 -0000

There appear to be at least a few employees who don't follow @ev or @biz. Who doesn't follow the boss?

Re: The creepiest, weirdest WTF video you’ll see in a long time

ryankuder — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:07:21 -0000

Is it just me, or does he look a lot like Duncan? http://twitter.com/account/profile_image/duncan...

Re: Rodenator Video: Squirrel-Blasting Device Causes Controversy

ryankuder — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:44:42 -0000

Sandy [with heavy Scottish brogue]: Carl, I want you to kill all the gophers on the course!
Carl: Correct me if I'm wrong, Sandy, but if I kill all the golfers, they'll lock me up and throw away the key.
Sandy: Not golfers, you great git! Gophers- the little brown, furry rodents!
Carl: We can do that. We don't even need a reason.

Re: nice move, yelp

ryankuder — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:10:04 -0000

I agree, Graham. But I'm curious to see how long until it devolves into a pissing match between business owners and disgruntled customers. Businesses need to make sure that they are addressing customer complaints, not arguing their merits or validity.

Re: How to Destroy Your Twitter Brand in Minutes

Renee — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:24:33 -0000

This is too funny. Gee I hope I never pull an astrospace.

People are just too serious with this follow unfollow thing.

Re: Ginx is about Links

Ryan Kuder — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:37:49 -0000

TechCrunch posted yesterday about Ginx as well. The new feature was the ability to organize experts into groups. This is interesting. I know that @christinelu is an expert on China and if she curates a group of other China experts and that's a topic I'm interested in, that becomes compelling. I'm just not sure that I see it as a business instead of a feature. I'm still missing something.

Re: Ginx is about Links

Ryan Kuder — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:39:31 -0000

There's got to be more to it. I used Marshall's code this morning and was thoroughly underwhelmed. I kept looking for that link that was going to show me something interesting, but never found it. Bit.ly has a Firefox plug in that will show you the full URL for any shortened link on Twitter, PLUS it will give you stats. Granted, it won't shorten the link automatically for you, but is that really enough of an impetus for users to migrate away from their favorite tool?

Ginx, what's coming next? What makes this special?

Re: TweetDeck Now Includes 12seconds Video Recording

Ryan Kuder — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:15:51 -0000

This changes things. I'm a huge fan of 12seconds. I've got the blog widget installed and my kids even have their own 12seconds channel. I've tried Tweetdeck, but keep coming back to the web interface for Twitter for some reason. I think it was the ease of just being in my browser all the time, tabbing over to a different app just never worked. Congrats to the team over at 12seconds. And get well soon, Beach.

Re: Why Social Media Won't Get You Hired In A Recession | Social Media Explorer

JasonFalls — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:09:13 -0000

Totally agree, Ryan. Social media is helpful in establishing connections and credibility, but it's the off-line connection and in-person networking that wins the job. Thanks for the thoughts.

Re: Why Social Media Won't Get You Hired In A Recession | Social Media Explorer

ryankuder — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:41:48 -0000

Agree and disagree, Jason. Social media won't get you a job in and of itself, but what it can do is grease the connections. For example, if I was coming to look for work in Louisville, I'd probably send you a note on Twitter. We've never met, but I know who you are, you may know who I am, and I've commented on your blog (as of today).

Where I agree is that I'm not going to get the job unless I've got the right follow up and that's the emails and handshakes and phone calls. But social media, if done well can provide the introductions that you may never have otherwise had. I've had short "conversations" with people all over the world in all kinds of industries via social media who I otherwise wouldn't have had the opportunity to connect with.

Not only that, but your participation online in any kind of discussions can help improve what people find when they search for you. If you're talking about the right topics with the right people, anyone doing a very cursory background check on you on Google will get an instant feel for who you are and what you're interested in.

The biggest piece of advice I'd add is to build your network when you don't think you'd need it. You can do that pretty simply just by participating and engaging with people. You're going to still need to do the hard work when you're out looking for a job, but you should be building the connections along the way. Because who knows when I might need a contact in Louisville?

Re: Jenn Live

Ryan Kuder — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:23:35 -0000

Brilliant.

Re: How to Destroy Your Twitter Brand in Minutes

Ryan Kuder — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:09:57 -0000

A new verb for the Twitter lexicon:

Astrospace (v.) Totally meltdown on Twitter resulting in massive sudden unfollowing. "She astrospaced about something and lost 50 followers." See also: Pull an astrospace.

Re: 2009/01/07/100-jobs-for-purple-people/

Ryan Kuder — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:24:16 -0000

Pete, It could be, if the ex-Yahoos land all the jobs. But it's not just for ex-Yahoos. We're really trying to help anyone who has been laid off recently. Thus the free to post jobs part.

Re: My first twitter post…

ryankuder — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:44:13 -0000

Fun. I wrote this same post a week or so ago. Although, I have to admit, I like yours better than mine.