The image above, which looks like a broken Death Star, is actually a visual representation of my Social Graph (at least on Facebook).
Rather than explain what a Social Graph is, I’ll just tell you this. First, there’s a new kind of geek in the world now. I’ll call them the Social Geeks™. These are the people who are dubbed “social media gurus“. Second, the Social Geeks® have come up with a fancy sounding term (so they/we can charge more per hour) called a “Social Graph”. You know it as your “friends”.
Now, if I can stop using quotations for a minute, the real point of the Social Graph isn’t for the generic person who uses the internet. It’s an analytical tool so that those Social Geeks∞ can sell their souls to the devil (a.k.a. marketing departments), telling them how to get in touch with your friends so that you can be sold that 4th burrito you really shouldn’t have eaten at lunch (and then the 24 hour fitness membership you’ll use for 2 weeks).
Ok, it’s not all bad. Plenty of academics use Social Graphs to determine behavior, affinity, and other academic stuff. And, as we all know, 99% of what academics study don’t cross over into the business world where it becomes applicable to the generic public.
All that to say….
Pretty cool picture huh?
I’ve admitted I’m an affiliate marketer in the past, and other than the money this fact doesn’t give me warm fuzzies because of a few unscrupulous folks who give it a bad name. But, every now and then I run across a decent soul who I thank for inspiration. Jonathan Volk is [...]
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May
07
Posted by nate within Uncategorized
Shared bookmarks from nateritter
iDemocracy3 - Automated Jailbreak, Activation and Unlocking of iPhones with complete Media management for Applications, Ringtones and Wallpapers. —
iPhone jailbreak app. Looks nice at least.
How to stay plugged in while traveling —
WebCron: Create cron jobs without using your own server —
Addictomatic —
The all-in-one search engine. Brilliant.
99designs ยป Need [...]
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The image to the left was created using Google Maps on Sunday, May 4th 2008. Although this map is static, it’s a replica of the map shown on the right sidebar of our Traveling Europe blog. This post will explain how I use my iPhone, a new service called BrightKite, and a [...]
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May
02
Posted by nate within Business
Amazing. Two days ago I had my biggest day ever for PPC affiliate marketing. The very next day my Google campaigns were slapped to oblivion. I thought I was playing the right way.
First, I saw my commissions drop to practically zilch. Then my stats program showed the same for traffic [...]
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May
01
Posted by nate within General
That’s right, BarCamp San Diego 3. Unfortunately, I can’t make it this time, but if you’re around, you should definitely hit that puppy up.
Free beer. Need I say more?
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