Archive for August, 2007
I Kick You Application Kicks Off Facebook Funny Friday
2 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford August 31st, 2007 in Facebook, Facebook Applications, Facebook Fun. Rating:
During the week we feature more serious reviews and content that is focused on looking at useful facebook applications and relevant business issues. So we have decided to add a lighthearted piece on Friday’s called “Facebook Funny Friday’s”. These Funny Friday blog posts will review applications that are for pure fun and entertainment. […]
Top Friends Gets Demoted: Socialistics is Now My Favorite
6 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford August 31st, 2007 in Facebook, Facebook Applications.Rating: I am a very analytical person and I value the ability to look at information from different perspectives. Socialistics is a new analytical application that lets users look at their facebook network data in very interesting ways. I can slice and dice data from many different criteria sets of my facebook […]
Facebook Interviews: RockYou CEO Lance Tokuda Part1
2 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford August 30th, 2007 in Facebook, Facebook Applications, Facebook Interviews. While at the facebook developers garage in Palo Alto I had a chance to catch up with RockYou CEO & Cofounder Lance Tokuda. This is the first interview in a 2 part segment. RockYou is a social network widget developer for many social networks; not just facebook.
They happen to have the largest user […]
New Measurement for Facebook Applications is Greatly Improved
1 Comment Published by Rodney Rumford August 29th, 2007 in Facebook, Facebook Applications, Facebook News.I posted earlier this week that “The times are a changin’” as to how facebook measures and displays applications geared towards “Engagement”. The change for measurement that brings to the surface engagement metrics & measurement was just implemented. My verdict on the new measurement for facebook applications: Great Execution!
ILike is engaging and has […]
Google Facebook Application a Hoax?
6 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford August 28th, 2007 in Facebook, Facebook Applications.So there have been several prominent bloggers posting about a purported “Official” Google application on facebook. First spotted here, then here on Mashable. I seriously doubt that this application even exists. That is a little insight into how some of these bloggers (Mashable specifically) really do not fully test or use apps before blogging about […]
Facebook Interviews: Altura Ventures 2 - Facebook VC
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford August 28th, 2007 in Facebook, Facebook Applications, Facebook Interviews, Facebook Video. I had the pleasure of speaking with Lee Lorenzen from Altura Ventures while we were both at Facebook on Saturday.
This is the second segment of a 2 part Interview. Lee is the CEO of the first Facebook VC Fund (Altura Ventures) that is purely focused on the facebook environment.
They have rebranded Appaholic as […]
Facebook Interviews: Altura Ventures 1 - Facebook VC
2 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford August 28th, 2007 in Facebook, Facebook Applications, Facebook Interviews.I had the pleasure of speaking with Lee Lorenzen from Altura Ventures while we were both at Facebook on Saturday. This is the first segment of a 2 part Interview. Lee is the CEO of the first Facebook VC Fund (Altura Ventures) that is purely focused on the facebook environment.
They have acquired facebook centric […]
Facebook Applications: The Times They Are a Changin’
2 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford August 28th, 2007 in Facebook, Facebook Applications, Facebook News. The only constant in life on Facebook is change. This is a good thing. This is how platforms and ecosystems evolve and find the best possible balance of usefulness, visibility, engagement, awareness and non spammy behavior.
Dave Morin at Facebook recently announced that there are more changes coming in how applications can behave as […]
Facebook Interview Series: Intro Rodney Rumford
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford August 27th, 2007 in Facebook, Facebook Applications, Facebook News, Facebook f8 platform, facebook developer.We were at the facebook developers garage in Palo Alto this weekend and had an amazing time.
The room was packed and standing room only. We had several hundred people crammed into the room and I thought for sure the Fire Marshall was going to show up and shut the event down.
There were […]
Appaholic is Now Adonomics: Facebook Analytics & Advertising Business
7 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford August 25th, 2007 in Facebook, Facebook Applications, Facebook Marketing.There has always been confusion between appaholic and appsaholic. Drives me nuts. Major brand confusion. Well not any more: Introducing Adonomics™ (formerly Appaholic) has now changed their name. Smart move guys.
Appaholic is now Adonomics™, a portfolio company of Altura Ventures LLC. The change in name signifies a shift in focus from a website dedicated […]
