by Brian Wallace | Oct 25, 2007 | Google, Social Media, StumbleUpon
With all the attention that Google Pagerank is getting now *yawn*… it’s a good time to talk of about the effectiveness of StumbleUpon. SU has really been on a tear lately. According to Alexa, Stumbleupon has never ranked higher in its history, currently... by Brian Wallace | Oct 22, 2007 | Social Media
(image credit – tycity) The more I use and observe social media, the more it seems like psychology to me. I had the pleasure of attending SMX New York last week, and one of the highlights of it for me was listening in on the panel featuring the founders of... by Brian Wallace | Oct 17, 2007 | Social Media
A computer can’t think like a person. You can program a computer to mimic human response, but this falls short. The concept of artificial artificial intelligence, such as the Human Turk attempts to have humans fill in the subjective gaps for machines, but this... by Brian Wallace | Oct 15, 2007 | Social Media
As previously stated, I’m heading off to the SMX Social Media 2 day conference in New York. You might ask, “Why on earth would someone spend over $1,000 just to sit around for 2 days in a conference?” I’ll tell you why. Strengthen your network.... by Brian Wallace | Oct 15, 2007 | Social Media
I’ll be attending the 2 day SMX Social Media New York event this Tuesday and Wednesday. You can still register here, although it will be more expensive at the door (use promo code SMX10offSM for a 10% discount). I’m also pleased to be going to a charity... by Brian Wallace | Oct 12, 2007 | Interviews, Wordpress
Here with me is Dan Milward, CEO of Instinct Entertainment LTD – makers of the E-Commerce plugin for WordPress. Thank you for taking the time. 1 – What made you decide to go out and write an E-Commerce plugin for WordPress? Years ago I wrote a WordPress wish list on... by Brian Wallace | Oct 11, 2007 | Digg, Social Media
Yesterday, NowSourcing hit the Digg homepage with this post on the difference in negative remarks on StumbleUpon and Digg for about 2 hours. I quickly found that the blog wasn’t ready for the traffic spike. (for those Diggers reading this, here’s your... by Brian Wallace | Oct 8, 2007 | Digg, Social Media, StumbleUpon
Surely, if you have ever posted anything to Digg that didn’t make the front page, you’ve been hit with comments such as lame, fail, old news, or something like that. I’ve found that StumbleUpon has some interesting folks that expand quite a bit on... by Brian Wallace | Oct 3, 2007 | Social Media, StumbleUpon
Here’s a different angle of looking at social media entirely – by personality type. In case you missed it, when you are filling out your profile in StumbleUpon, you can put what personality type you are. Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), there... by Brian Wallace | Oct 2, 2007 | Interviews, Social Media, StumbleUpon
For those of you that don’t already know her, Anna (Aivsdog) is a power user over at StumbleUpon with over 500 fans and 5,000 pages liked. Hey Aivsdog, it’s a pleasure interviewing you. Thanks for making the time. It is my pleasure to do this for you and...