I'm CEO, B*tch

Mark Zuckerberg, you funny little man you. But would we even care about you had Jonathan Abrams known what you were up to?

Jonathan Abrams was the founder of Friendster (and also then CEO), the happening social media site around then minus the rising Myspace.com. In the first ever article written about Facebook.com by the Harvard Crimson on Feb. 9, 2004, Zuckerberg had said he used Friendster as a model.

Just as with the popular website Friendster, which Zuckerberg said was a model for his new website, members can search for people according to their interests and can create an online network of friends.

An interesting tidbit if you do ask me. If only Jonathan Abrams of Friendster had heard about Zuckerberg's thefacebook.com, maybe he would have changed the Face of social media.

You had me at Crime Fighting Network

For those of you who don't personally know me, I want to tell you very quickly about my fast-paced romance with the show Castle. A few weeks ago I was bored and wanted to get into a new show. I had heard about Castle but thought better of watching it. Until, one fateful night, I broke down and watched the first episode.

Honey(s), I watched all four seasons within two weeks.

Since then I have been utterly obsessed with crime. Not in the ways of committing them, but in the ways of attempting to solve them. Now, I haven't taken my skills (the term used loosely of course) to the streets but I did manage to figure out the who done it in a few mysteries I recently finished.

So, when I read about Morgan Wright wanting to use social media to solve crimes, you better believe I wanted to know more.

Here's looking at you, Facebook.

Of all the profiles, on all the Pages, in all the world, Casablanca will be on Facebook. Wednesday (May 16) at 7 p.m. PST/ET Casablanca's Page will have one of the arguably best movies of all time avaible for streaming. This is a one time deal (one screening per FB account) and, if I do say so myself (and again, I do) a pretty nifty way to follow the release of their recent launch of Casablanca’s 70th Anniversary three-disc Blu-ray and DVD combo edition from Warner Home Video.

Was that cannon fire, or is it my heart pounding? Oh, no. It was just another company doing social media right.

10 Examples of Stars Leveraging Their Fame on Twitter

By: InternetService.net 

As a tool for building a large following in a short time, Twitter is hard to beat. That’s why so many celebrities are using their profiles to such great effect. It provides a venue for communicating with their fan base, and building their brand. The following are ten examples of stars leveraging their fame on Twitter:

1. Wil Wheaton @Wilw – Known to trekkies as Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: TNG, Wheaton has reinvented himself as an online personality as well. Regularly interacting with his followers, as well as following back, he has generated a following in large part because of his techie persona as well as his on-screen celebrity.
2. Stephen Fry @stephenfry – British actor and comedian, Fry is another example of engaging celebrity who follows and tweets quite often. His tweets are genuine, funny, informative and a lot more frequent than you might expect from a busy star.

Guest Blog: The breaking down the 61

By: Steven Caldwell

Social Spaz note: Last December I revisited thesixtyone.com in THIS article. Since then I've asked Steven, a Social Spaz intern, to find an old site that was reviewed and break it down in his own words. The following article is his way of showing us that he knows what he's talking about! 

While researching the social media sites that Social Spaz reviewed I was instantly enthralled by thesixtyone.com, it appeals to the eclectic, Indie music lover within.

Guest Blog: Confessions from a Twitter-hater convert

By: Holli Keaton

When Twitter first came out, I had no idea what it was. I would hear people talk about “tweeting” and thought they were crazy people who played some strange bird-related game together.

Eventually, I found out what Twitter really was, and my first reaction was, “Well, that seems stupid.” That remained my response for years. 

On the other hand, when Facebook first came out my freshman year of college, I was quick to jump on board and immediately grew to love it. I could keep in touch with old friends from high school and shamelessly stalk the photos of those with whom I wasn’t so chummy. With Facebook, I was connected. 

And through the years, my enjoyment of Facebook has only grown. Sure, it changes its template or other features all the time, but I’ve never wavered. What started as a way to keep in touch with old friends turned into a way to connect with people I see everyday to what it is today: an absolute necessity to anyone who wants to be a communicator.

While I was living in Facebook la-la land, I guess Twitter was growing right along with it. But principally, I vowed to stay away forever. Everything I could do on Twitter, I could do on Facebook in a much more interesting way. The Twitterverse had other plans.

While working for a newspaper, my boss approached me one day and told me I had to get a Twitter account. After some protesting, I saw that nothing would change her mind. So, I asked someone else to set it up for me, and I cleverly would post something about a random news story every so often.

Looking back, I was the most boring Twitter-user in the world.

Eventually, I left my job at the newspaper, leaving with it, my Twitter account. But a few months later, I came crawling back with my own account @hollikeaton (follow me and I’ll follow you. Come on, it’ll be fun). The truth was, even though I hadn’t quite gotten the hang of the Twitter lingo—shorter sentences and hashtags—I was now intrigued.

Here’s why:

-Unlike my biased beliefs, the majority of people did not use Twitter to simply post updates about every move they make. Legitimate news sources and businesses posted information I wanted to know, and I only had to look one place to find it.

-Looking at updates on Twitter was much easier than Facebook. My iPad, in fact, marks the spot I leave off reading tweets, so I can easily stay away from Twitter for days and catch up within five minutes. #thatsboss

-It’s socially unacceptable to update your Facebook page every hour. Tweeting is just fine. (If you are live-tweeting an event you can even post every five minutes).

-Sometimes you accept Facebook friend requests from people you aren’t super interested in. On Twitter, you choose who you follow and no one sends you constant reminders that you aren’t one of their followers.

-Twitter is simple. You post updates. You interact with others who update. And you put up the occasional picture. That’s all you have to learn to do with Twitter. #digit?

-Because many people get tweets sent right to their phone, Twitter is one of the most effective ways to mass communicate to a lot of people at one time. If you are a business not using Twitter, then you are failing to utilize a very effective advertising tool.

-Last but not least, Twitter lingo is more fun than Facebook #amiright? The way I talk in real life includes side bar points. Twitter accounts for that with its hashtags (aka #signs). #thanksTwitter

So here I am, a once Twitter hater now advocating the site for the entire world. If you are where I used to be, maybe it’s time you think about coming around. If you are a business owner who is where I used to be, you need to put aside those notions immediately. #itstime #youarelosingbusiness

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Holli Keaton is a freelance writer and social media consultant. Tweet @hollikeaton and she promises she’ll tweet back to you.