http://www.schneidermike.com a blog about technology and analysis Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:53:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en SXSW has its share of great big parties. Why does everyone really flock to Austin? The volume of quality content per hour is staggering. And if you are not engaged in a session, the hall way conversations are just as beneficial (if not more in some cases). Everyone is ... http://www.schneidermike.com/socialmedia/sxsw-create-meet-learn-equals-gym-tan-laundry/682/ Or, Why i'm F***ED in the Cogaoke Competition Why am I doing this competition? I do like Karaoke. A lot. But I'm also way more than a little curious about response rates in social media. Climbing a BIG Hill I appreciate your votes friends, but let's take a look at what your friendly, neighborhood Schneider-man ... http://www.schneidermike.com/socialmedia/the-numbers-do-not-lie/665/ Google Buzz has the potential to be THE ultimate social media dialogue and content aggregation machine. Here are three short-term ideas that will make it infinitely more usable and convert the skeptics. Compact the Content Problem: Showing the buzz and all the comments (even just 10 - and how are they decided?) ... http://www.schneidermike.com/technology/3-free-tips-for-google-how-to-make-buzz-a-killer/643/ The Chinese Spring Festival (Chun Jie 春节), what we call Chinese New Year, is currently in progress. This is the biggest holiday in China and has many awesome traditions. One of these is the Lion Dance. Often mistaken for Dragons, the Lions will be in Chinatown this Sunday, ... http://www.schneidermike.com/culture/enjoying-chinese-new-year-lion-dances-in-boston/619/ FriendFeed is the ultimate Social Media communication and aggregation tool and Google recognizes this. Enter Google Buzz 1.0 which is basically a clone. The big advantage over FriendFeed is that it has an instant, enormous audience. FriendFeed is like fine china. It's beautiful. It's elegant. It makes you feel happy to ... http://www.schneidermike.com/socialmedia/3-step-homicide-how-buzz-can-kill-twitter/598/ Google's social network killer is upon us and it is called Buzz. It is the tool that has Facebook screaming in agony, twitter paralyzed with terror and tumblr, posterous, gowalla, and foursquare raising a collective eyebrow. The first iteration of Buzz is nothing more than a light version of my ... http://www.schneidermike.com/technology/google-buzzs-differentiating-feature/579/ everybody loves merit badges [gallery] http://www.schneidermike.com/socialmedia/when-did-social-networks-become-the-girl-scouts/545/ This year's Boston Wine Expo was not at all what I was expecting. Never having been to one, I figured it would be a pleasant affair where well mannered folks waited patiently to taste and discuss their favorite expensive grape juices*. Instead it was ravenous wine fans pushing their way ... http://www.schneidermike.com/culture/gary-vaynerchuk-expanded-my-palate/533/ Caveat: This is fun and non-scientific and directional. It took me about 15 minutes. I created three groups of posts: all posts about Scott Brown all about Martha Coakley ... http://www.schneidermike.com/technology/brown-leads-coakley-according-to-social-media/517/ Are old product advertisements burned into your mind the way they are into mine? I randomly recall several every day. This morning, it was Keebler Suncheros. In fact, that one is on medium rotation. I hope someday that I will be able to access my brain as if it were ... http://www.schneidermike.com/culture/what-discontinued-products-and-brands-do-you-miss/497/