photo credit: Ric Dragon
One day into it’s release, the hubbub over Facebook Places continues. The reactions range from those of Facebook fanboys who are thrilled to check out the next big thing, to angry slams coming from the privacy groups once again offended by Facebook’s developers.
Did you hear? Facebook traffic Beat Google! Yes, I am a day late and a dollar short, but as much as this is all the rage in geek news, and a great piece of link juice; I didn’t really feel like getting up on the band wagon.
I have rolling it over in my head and wondering.. ok, ok, Facebook has beaten out Google..well, what does it all mean?
So we’ll start with reporting some facts that, if you had read anything in the past week, you already knew:
I think it’s fair to say that Social Networking is more than a flash in the pan. (more…)
It must be in the air with Valentine’s Day right around the corner. Danielle Hearts Wordpress and I am infatuated with Foursquare. Maybe we are just freely admitting ou true Geekiness, but I will confess too.
Foursquare has gotten under my skin. Even if I don’t quite “get” him yet. I think that is a part of the intrigue. Foursquare and I are just at the beginning of our relationship and I am not sure where it will go. It’s kind of nerve racking really. Foursquare is playing hard to get, making me wonder and keeping me on my toes.
Like so many of my internet infatuations, Foursquare gave me that special tingle right from the get go. I can’t even recall when I first heard about him whether it was some blog, or at the office. I t doesn’t matter anymore. I know I sought him out to see what the buzz was about. While I was curious, once I did meet him, I wasn’t sure what to do next.
He was on my desk top, out of his element, looking like little more than some cute Twitter like directory. I joined anyway. I had to know. And before I knew it, he had my profile.
A tourism blog discusses topics related to recreational, leisure and business travel. Travel and tourism are often used in place of one another; however tourism seems to point to traveling with a purpose. So chances are these travelers “with a mission” are doing some research before their trip. Oftentimes, they consult multiple sources when planning travel, accommodation and attractions. The number of tourists using the Internet and tourism blogs to gather information and also book their trips is growing exponentially. However, the most trusted source of information is still friends and family.
One of my hikes at Mohonk
So what if there was a way to combine the Internet and information from real people… wait, there is! A tourism blog lets you use your voice to (more…)
