Facebook News Feed tweak: UI enhancement or ad platform?

If there’s one thing that drives me crazy about Facebook, it’s their penchant for making drastic changes without notice, or giving user the opportunity to opt out, or ease into said revisions. Their latest revamp of the Chat tool comes to mind; constantly logging me into Facebook Chat whenever I log into Facebook is not…

10 Questions on Social Media with Our Lady Peace’s Jeremy Taggart

While social media’s established a strong foothold in the sports world, I’m always fascinated by how every day people use it. You know, people who aren’t digital marketers, public relations reps, journalists, or @Ochocinco, for that matter. Along those lines, one of the cool things about Twitter is that you can interact with people of…

Upgrades and Happiness

My brother moved into a new apartment over the weekend and as we were gathering his stuff together, I realized he didn’t have a large HDTV for football season. As a student of ancient history and a starving academic, he’s grown accustomed to austerity. But seeing as we’ve both been NFL junkies since childhood, as…

Old School Social Networking: Meet Some People in Real Life

It’s been about a year since I made a major change in my professional life. Last summer, with another Celtics season behind me, I remember walking home from work and wondering to myself, “What am I going to do with myself this summer?” Working for a professional basketball team means late nights, 70-hour weeks, watching…

Forget Facebook – Why LinkedIn Should Be More Worried About Google+

After a much-ballyhooed private beta launch that’s reached 18 million users, where does Google+ fit into the social networking landscape? Or better yet, who should really be worried about the search behemoth’s social networking arrival? Google+ has drawn numerous comparisons to Facebook and the popular theme seems to be that Google is poised to take…