Best of Social: 12/7-12/11
Posted by Analisa, Monday, December 14th, 2009 at 4:56 pm, under Our Favorites.
This week was full of Google news, like the release and reviews of Real Time Search, as well as the first item on the Best of list:
GOOGLE’S GOGGLES
Use pictures to search the web.
A picture is worth a thousand words.No need to type your search anymore. Just take a picture.
HUMOR
Blogger Anil Dash does some fact checking…for Britney. My suggestion for new lyrics: “1, 2, 3. Rachel, Ross and Phoebe.” Anil approved.
DESIGN
Gorgeous and brilliant, I really want me one of these calendars from designer Yurko Gutsulyak.
BLOGGING
5
It seems like “5″ is the new blog list number of choice. I found several lists last week with the number 5 in the title. These two were actually interesting, proving that just because 5 is trendy, doesn’t mean that it’s useless:
5 Ways to Improve your Cooking with Twitter
PASSION (for cell phones?)
Blogger Nate Riggs wrote an impassioned letter to the people in charge of AT&T’s social media presence. I admired his attempt to confront a big company about their poor methods of social engagement. And I agree with him, they are really doing a poor job on Facebook and elsewhere.
Then I found this article posted by Posterous.com creator Sachin Agarwal, titled “You can be passionate about anything you want. Why do so many people choose to be passionate about their cell carrier?” Funny. Not sure I agree with his reasoning, but it’s an interesting point, quite different from Nate’s…
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