Facebook/LinkedIn

27Jun09

Is Facebook is using the LinkedIn API to make friend suggestions?  I’ve had several “recommended” friends on Facebook that:
- share no mutual Facebook friends with me.
- I haven’t talked to since 2004/2005.
- I’m connected to “professionally” on LinkedIn.
I can’t come up with any logic for the recommendations outside of FB using my network and/or email [...]

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What Makes A Good Facebook App?

11Jan08

Here’s a fairly fascinating article from Inc about ChipIn, the makers of the incredibly popular – and incredibly irritating and pointless – “Pirates vs. Ninjas” and “Werewolves vs. Vampires” Facebook apps.
Props to them for having the courage and focus to junk the apps to instead focus on their core business, which seems like it has [...]

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Interviews

04Jan08

In a span of about 6 hours today, I had interviews with Google in San Francisco and Facebook in Palo Alto. I’m completely exhausted.
Google: “How many basketballs are there in the US?”
Facebook: “How many gas stations are there in the US?”
Clearly, Google is evaluating options in the sporting equipment industry and Facebook [...]

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3 Game Changers

07Nov07

Three game-changers hit the street over the past week or so. I can’t sleep, so I figured I’d drop a few thoughts on each.
OpenSocial doesn’t pose any threat to Facebook, but it does pose a threat to users, such as myself, that have a low tolerance for stupid, pointless online apps. (Does this [...]

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A Facebook Intern Dinged My Ad?

01Nov07

I tried to run an ad on Facebook this afternoon as a simple experiment and also as a means to sniff out a venture idea that I’ve started tossing around. Here’s my ad:

Obviously, the ad linked to my Aerosmith post and unquestionably stepped into a gray area regarding acceptable content.
Here’s my target demographic:

I bid [...]

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Microsoft? $15B?

24Oct07

Wow – not really what I expected. From the WSJ:
Microsoft Corp. agreed to invest $240 million for a 1.6% stake in Facebook Inc. that values the social-networking site at $15 billion, beating Google Inc. in a closely watched contest.
I’m a big believer in Facebook’s long-term prospects, but still have serious trouble digesting a [...]

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