by Rob Cottingham | Jan 3, 2011 | Social Media, Social Signal
The year that started with Angry Birds and wrapped up with Angry Delicious Users is finally over.
I’ve spent the past week (between meals of turkey leftovers) doodling my cartoon retrospective of the year in social media – and I think I showed tremendo…
by Rob Cottingham | Nov 11, 2010 | Online Community, Social Media, Technology
Whenever we see a thing that does something we’d like to do, and does it really well, we get a powerful – and often healthy – urge to imitate it. (Or to crush it. Or to belittle it on Twitter. Or to ask, with an arched eyebrow, “Mmm. But does... by Rob Cottingham | Jun 12, 2010 | Social Signal
Tod Maffin noted recently that the ubiquity of Starbucks, with the chain’s next-to-worthless Foursquare offer, poses a serious challenge to the app’s usefulness. He calls it “location spam”:
I live in Vancouver. There are more Starbucks in this city th…
by Rob Cottingham | Mar 28, 2010 | Social Signal
Those little tidbits you’re sharing with the world could add up to a much more intrusive picture of your private life than you think.