Neil Bearse – Enlightenment through social media, analytics and acting like human beings

Posts Tagged ‘Facebook’

Where’s the manual for always on?

When I started high school, I didn’t know how to touch-type. I hunted and pecked my way around the keyboard in a way that would be embarrassing to see now. In 9th grade, as part of a business curriculum, my fingers were introduced to...

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What’s in a name?

When I was younger, I wrote a lot of letters. Most of them were to professional athletes. The pattern was always the same: Write a letter, stuff a baseball card or photo into the envelope, send it and wait. I was after one thing:...

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Architects, Carpenters and Hammer Swingers

Hammers are great tools. There’s something satisfying about a nice sharp nail sinking into wood. That’s the great thing about hammers – repetitive simplicity, with great results: as long as you swing hard enough, you’ll accomplish your goal every time. Wonderfully, mindless work. Swing...

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Keep it simple, but not stupid

People hate complexity. When things get complicated its harder to make decisions, and easier to get frustrated. As an interface designer, your mantra should always be: simplify. But don’t make it too simple Have a look at the screenshot above. This is the new...

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The Like Button Makes You Better

Since Facebook unveiled their new Like Button and associated social plugins several weeks ago at their F8 Conference, they’ve been the talk of the social media town. In efforts to leverage the social tidal wave of Facebook recommendations, more than 100,000 sites have installed...

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OK Go – This too shall pass. State Farm swings and misses

By now you’ve probably already seen it, but in case you’ve been in hiding for the last few days, viral video masterminds Ok Go have struck youtube gold for the second time in three years with their latest single “This Too Shall Pass”. Over...

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Let's make social media good for society

Social media has armed companies with the ability to find, engage with and connect with customers in ways that would have seemed impossible just a few years ago. Build your twitter account and get thousands of followers. Set up a facebook fan page, get...

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