Archive | February, 2008
leah.jpg

SOME PICTURES FROM FOWA

Me and Leah Culver (Pownce). Nice face, me.

Me and Kevin Rose (Digg) making the same stupid face.

Blaine Cook (Twitter) speaking in front of a broken Twitter.

The “How to Launch a Web App in 40 Minutes” panel (from left to right: Erick Schonfeld, TechCrunch; Blaine Cook, Twitter; Kevin Hale, Wufoo; Matt Mullenweg, [...]

Read full storyComments { 1 }
photo-3.jpg

SOCIAL GRAPHING AND OPENSOCIAL. OH YEAH.

Social network fatigue. If you’re reading this, you might already have it.
Ask yourself, “How many social networks do I belong to?” Do you have a Facebook account? Digg? Twitter? Last.fm? Flickr? Are you tired of having to log in, create your profiles and rebuild your friends list on [...]

Read full storyComments { 20 }
mgh1.jpg

THE FUTURE OF WEB APPS

So I’m here! Blogging live from the Future of Web Apps Conference in Miami.
First things first – the weather is amazing. I had a taxi driver complain about how cold it was last night; it was 65 degrees. I wish I had brought my bermuda shorts.
The conference started around 9AM this [...]

Read full storyComments { 1 }

BREAK OUT YOUR SUNTAN LOTION

Cuz I’m goin’ to Miami!
I’ll be blogging live from the Future of Web Apps Conference later today and all of tomorrow. You can follow me here at mghwom.com, and on Pownce or FriendFeed.
Scheduled to speak at the conference are all of my favorite internet superstars….Kevin Rose (Digg), Leah Culver (Pownce), Matt Mullenweg (WordPress), [...]

Read full storyComments { 12 }
digg231.jpg

DIGG TOWNHALL WEBCAST WRAP-UP

Digg.com is just wrapping up it’s first ever town hall webcast.
Hosted by Digg founders Jay Adelson and Kevin Rose, the virtual townhall was born out of some growing concerns among the social voting site’s users. For an hour and a half, the two tech idols sat and answered user-submitted questions that covered everything [...]

Read full storyComments { 31 }

WANT A JOB?

Our Word of Mouth division is growing faster than Abe Vigoda’s nose hairs. So we’re looking for some dynamic and knowledgeable folks to add to our team.
If you or someone you know may be suffering from a word of mouth and social media addiction, please forward a résumé along to me.
And be sure to [...]

Read full storyComments { 10 }
socialvibe4.jpg

TECH REVIEW: SOCIAL VIBE

My MySpace page is boring.
I don’t have a tiled background. My “About Me” section is not what most people would consider “interesting”. And you won’t find any glitter graphics on my page.
But I have to be honest – I kind of like it that way.
There’s nothing that I hate more than clicking on [...]

Read full storyComments { 20 }
google.bmp

DOODLE 4 GOOGLE

As you know from my previous entries, I’m not crazy about contests. I think they’re overused, do little to boost a brand and rarely produce the long-term results that clients desire.
But I just came across a solid contest launched by Google, and couldn’t resist blogging it out. It’s a perfect model of how [...]

Read full storyComments { 0 }

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!

Here’s wishing all you WOMMers a very Happy Valentine’s Day!
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=s7eTOnNBwYU[/youtube]

Read full storyComments { 10 }

SUPER BOWL ADS FAIL AT BEING SUPER

I’ve licked all of the buffalo wing sauce off of my fingers, so I can finally type this without worrying about screwing up my keyboard: this year’s Super Bowl commercials were more disappointing than blowing your team’s perfect season in the last 2 minutes of the game.
Yeah sure, there were a couple of funny ones, [...]

Read full storyComments { 137 }

FORGET SUPER TUESDAY – VOTE FOR ME

Mashable is running a Favorite Web Apps contest, and my entry (Pownce) is one of the top 10!
If I win, I’ll receive one of four tickets to the Future of Web Apps Conference in Miami, where I’ll be rubbing elbows with the tech elite, including Kevin Rose (Digg), Leah Culver (Pownce), Carl Henderson (Flickr), [...]

Read full storyComments { 80 }