The signs are there: Facebook is slowly but surely overtaking MySpace and it’s only a matter of time until MySpace goes the way of Friendster. While some claim that Friendster isn’t dead yet and shouldn’t be written off, the signs seem pretty clear to me that, at least in the US, Friendster isn’t even on […]
Archives for January 2009
Writer’s Block=Link Time
I don’t know what’s up with me but I’m just drawing a blogging blank these days. But I’ve been reading plenty of stuff, so rather than continue my blogging dry spell, I’ll at least steer you to some good posts other people are writing. My favorite new blog, Inside Facebook. Great–albeit pretty geeky–information about all […]
It’s A New Day for New Media Too
Today is a new day for Americans for an obvious reason–the first ever African-American President, a new sense of hope after what has felt to many like an 8-year free-fall, and just an overall feeling of happiness and excitment at a time when many people have little else to feel happy or excited about. But […]
Facebook Demographic Is Growing Older Every Day
According to iStrategyLabs, “a digital agency focused on providing clients with interactive strategy, experiential marketing and content creation services,”Facebook’s “older” demographic is growing at an exponential rate. According to their 2008 data, the 35-54 year old segment grew 172.9% in 10 months. Their newly-updated data for 2009 shows a 276% Growth in 35-54 Year Old […]
Watching Old Media Die, One Tweet At A Time
I’ve blogged about it before: old media is dying. A few days ago, Brian Solis had a great, statistics-laden post documenting “the looming exit of print newspapers as a primary source of national and international news.” Don’t want to take the time to read either one of those posts? Or just don’t believe it? Just […]