Facebook and MySpace release targeted advertising.
I absolutely believe that social network advertising potential has only barely been realized. These targeted advertising moves by Facebook and MySpace advance the ball. But I…
Open Social or Open Warfare?
clipped from http://www.nytimes.com On Thursday, an alliance of companies led by Google plans to begin introducing a common set of standards to allow software developers to…
Facebook opens profiles up to search engines
This week, Facebook announced it will open up its profiles to search engine spiders. What does that mean? At a practical, detail level, it means a…
Community Service: further pondering
Update: I’ve been thinking more about the funny experience my son had with the soccer camp. The British coach really thought this mandated community service idea was…
Netvibes: a new tool for the Web’s most socially networked
The first person who showed me Netvibes about a year ago was my former boss, Meg Whitman. I paid attention. Recently, my techie pal Jane Childs…
Men are from Mars, Women are from Business
As a woman in business, there is one topic I avoid addressing. Namely, women in business. Crazy, I know. Cowardly, too. But I’d rather focus on…
Google and eBay spat–yikes!
Really fascinated by the eBay decision to pull its search advertising off of Google, in retaliation for Google’s holding a “Freedom Party” to promote its Google…
What’s in a name…don’t let a search engine decide about yours
Ziggs has been a pioneer in helping professional people create an accurate and authorized presence on the Web. People increasingly understand that any recruiter or hiring manager worth…
What Irish schools are really like
“So what were Irish Schools like?” is a question I always hear when people find out that our family spent four years in Ireland. It’s…
Ebony and ivory, for real
At last night’s Earth Wind and Fire concert, something rare—for Boston—happened. There were several groups of black and white people attending together. As friends. I hardly…
Jules Pieri 