Author: Howard Yermish (page 10)

Would Google Sell the Doodle? Google has a long history of changing it’s logo to commemorate historical events. And some have been quite elaborate. Certainly, they always get noticed by its users…

With networks like Facebook exploding, I’ve noticed that the popular kids are still popular on these networks for one simple reason: popular kids are good at being popular. So what do you do with that popularity? Why not change the world.

When Twitterfeed made some programming changes and flooded Twitter streams with mountains of old posts, sometimes several times over, one realizes the danger of automating conversation opportunities. Seriously, how hard is it to create 140 characters. If you are posting something to your blog, you already have a good title (cut and paste) and you can create a nice short link through Bit.ly to track the number of clicks. And that is the whole process, unless you add a couple of extra words as editorial.

From time to time (okay, all of the time) I try out new web services. Some are useful, some are quirky, some are life changing and some are awful. A couple of days ago, I decided to give Pingdom a try. Pingdom is a service that monitors the uptime and performance of your website.

The record labels are trying to figure out ways to sell more while the consumers like being able to buy single tracks. The answer is in the old 45 single with an extra digital twist.

If you are annoyed by all of the application junk clogging up your Facebook News Feed, I’m here with a little Roadside Assistance for the Information Superhighway.

When Wacom announced the new Bamboo Pen & Touch tablet, I was very eager to get my hands on the product. This was to be the perfect enhancement to my MacBook Pro setup at the desk where I already have a great external keyboard and a tolerable mouse. My goal was to have the multitouch that I love so much on the laptop alone extend to the desktop setup and replace the mouse.

There are certain principles in social networks that people in business need to understand. Many of these are what I often refer to as “Attack of the Obvious” but there is one in particular that I see intelligent people try to resist. “You don’t get to choose whether people talk about you or not, but you can choose to be part of the conversation.”

Just wanted to congratulate my friends Jeff Backal of Team Builders Plus (#45) and Anthony Mongeluzo of Pro Computer Service (#70) for being among the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Philadelphia area.