Archive for May, 2010

Would You “Like” To Become A Fan?

Posted 28 May 2010 | By | Categories: Uncategorized | 287 Comments

When Facebook unveiled its Open Graph platform in April, coined “the next evolution of Facebook,” perhaps the most important announcement was the introduction of the “Like” button.  “Like” is Facebook’s effort to socialize the web by leveraging the social graph across the internet one line of HTML at a time.  In doing so, Facebook also [...]

The Science of Word of Mouth (infographic)

Posted 14 May 2010 | By | Categories: Industry News, Research, Social Media | 409 Comments

Here’s a really nifty infographic I came across via the recent Smash Summit event’s blog. While it doesn’t contain much information I haven’t already read/seen elsewhere, it provides a nice at-a-glance visual overview (unfortunately, the chart doesn’t cite it’s data sources). Print it out and hang it over your water cooler (click to enlarge)

W3C HTML5 Draft

Empower Users by Implenting HTML5 Today

Posted 04 May 2010 | By | Categories: Industry News, Technology | 237 Comments

HTML5 has been around for a while. Yes, it is still in draft form and the formal specification hasn’t been published yet, but that didn’t stop all major modern browsers from implementing a decent set of HTML5 features. By now, the web is chock full of HTML5 examples showing off everything from latest JavaScript to [...]