Facebook

Believe it or not this is (or will be) the first time Facebook has graced the cover of TIME Magazine.

This is the cover that is set to hit newstands on May 31^st. The full article is already on the website. If you're not into reading four web pages worth, I've boiled it down to the salient points below, plus my take on certain bits. 

Does Facebook privacy even matter anymore?

That's the question I'm asking myself after polling the Victoria BC online community in preparation for my interview on CBC Radio (On The Island). 

QuitFacebookDay

By now you have no doubt heard the hoopla about Facebook's new "Like" button and how it's taking over the world, dethroning Google, yada, yada...  

There are plenty of elements of the new like phenomena to discuss, review and blog about. The one that concerns me and I'm getting the most questions about from clients is about the privacy issues - no surprise.

Our first Social Media Success Story of 2010 is "small in a BIG way". 

I've been reading about James Stuart's Twelve Cubed creations and following him on Twitter for a while now. He is inspiring from both an environmental and social media perspective.

I came across what appears to be a fairly new development in television advertising. It's the first time I've seen it anyway. 

For years now advertisers have promoted their website URL in TV spots, usually at the end. However, at the end of this TV spot from Honda they display their Facebook page URL http://www.facebook.com/Honda which lands you on their "Wall" page (mistake #1 - more on that later).