The Social Media Experiment

So you would expect something spectacular to come out of SXSW. So far, I have not seen it but maybe it is brewing on the laptop of what seems to be thousands of  startups that are hoping to get recognition here.  For me, the best part of SXSW has been checking in on foursquare. I [...]

Disclaimer: I am the proud owner of a leased 2010 RAV4 and am not writing this in a bid to salvage resale value. Recent News for Toyota has not been good. Their upscale brand Lexus had an issue with the gas pedal being constrained and leading to the deaths of a family in California. It was a tragedy with [...]

For those of you who have not noticed, the recession has had an impact on the restaurant industry. Filling those seats with paying customers is the mission of every small, medium and large eatery hoping to survive through this economic downturn. What some restaurants, and many other small businesses are noticing,  is that people are [...]

Making a pretty strong case for paying attention to user uptake among Facebook, Twiiter, blogs, iPhone applications, and other user applications, Gary Hayes has created a flash application that displays some pretty compelling data as well as some interesting lack of usage as well. Facebook “Cause” giving had many non-profit organizations licking their chops over what could have been [...]

It’s True. While Facebook has over 300 million active users and growing and trends indicating that the world is migrating to this online social media metropolis, there may be change in the air. Facebook is really popular with an average user having 130 friends and their lives injected into the daily routine of reading, writing, [...]