The South Carolina primaries are over and the victory – seemingly impossible only a week ago yet surprising no one tonight – went to Mr. Gingrich. But if Mr. Romney needs someone to commiserate with over a glass of beer, he has a most unlikely partner: Stephen Colbert. Colbert flirted with the idea of a …
Continue reading ‘Misery loves company: Colbert’s new drinking buddy’ »
In my last post, I expressed my concern that Google+ has just too much to overcome to truly succeed as a newer social media. The two concerns I raised dealt with Facebook’s lock on the market due to Metcalfe’s law and the need for a flexible and malleable identity that moving to one social networking …
Continue reading ‘Google+: Why it might be worth the hassle’ »
As someone who was pretty enthusiastic about the potential of Google+, I’m sad to admit that I’ve been disenchanted lately. Although I have a lot of friends who relentlessly enumerate its benefits and try to convince everyone to join, I wonder if Google+ will be able to overcome its biggest challenge: the fact that Facebook simply …
There’s been a lot of debate about Klout and its success in achieving its goal of measuring social media influence. Some people are openly critical, arguing that it lacks transparency or is a superficial way of measuring expertise that promotes false self-confidence. Klout has its defenders also – those who point out no service measures offline influence and …