Since June ’07, a MyBlogLog user can add services to his profile. These are the user’s online identities on over 30 popular social services (Digg, Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, del.icio.us and others). This is very useful and creates a richer profile.
But viewing someone’s profile and figuring out which username belongs to which service is a frustrating process that involves trial and error. Labels (text or favicons) would greatly help here.
Make labels for data fields distinctive, so that they will not be readily confused with data entries, labeled control options, guidance messages, or other displayed material.” (Jakob Nielsen, Sixty Guidelines)
Technorati Tags: Usability, MyBlogLog, Social Media, Jakob Nielsen, Online Identity, Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Digg, Labels
Categories: Social Media, Usability Tags: Digg, Facebook, Flickr, Jakob Nielsen, Labels, MyBlogLog, Online Identity, Social Media, Twitter, Usability, YouTube
While most the Israeli Internet scene got together to shomooze at iDrink 7 in Tel Aviv, a selected group of them showed up last night on the red carpet of the Beverly Hilton for the reception event. I had the pleasure to be there and meet in person very smart and creative folks who came to LA to impress the local media giants with their ideas, products and passionate personalities.
The reception was the end of a long day which started early in the morning in a breakfast/panel with a few Israelis who work in US media companies: Nimrod Lev, Shaul Olmert, Roy Bahat, Tal Pink, Sam Gonen, Itzik Ben Bassat, Ofer Shaked and myself. Later on, the delegation hopped on busses and went to visit MTV, Sony and other media companies. The format of all the meetings was very similar to speed dating – each company had two minutes to pitch their product to a group of executives, and then companies and executives could spend more time together in one on one meetings.
Personally I find three companies to be very interesting and with great potential: Prime Sense (technology/device that can see, track and react to user movements outside the computer), Musestorm (widget creation, syndication & distribution) and InnerActive (advertising in mobile gaming – check out Adidas ads inside the Fifa game).
I look forward to meeting the participants of the 2008 delegation which I am sure will be even more successful.
Technorati Tags: Hollywood, Digital Media, Israel, iDrink7, Musestorm, InnerActive, PrimeSense, Ofer Shaked, Current.TV, Nimrod Lev, KSolo, Shaul Olmert, MTV, Roy Bahat, News Corp, IGN, Talk Pink, Sam Gonen, TeleSign, Itzik Ben Bassat, Blizzard Entertainment, Vivendi, Sony
Categories: Entrepreneurship, events, Social Media Tags: Blizzard Entertainment, Current.TV, Digital Media, Hollywood, iDrink7, IGN, InnerActive, Israel, Itzik Ben Bassat, KSolo, MTV, Musestorm, News Corp, Nimrod Lev, Ofer Shaked, PrimeSense, Roy Bahat, Sam Gonen, Shaul Olmert, Sony, Talk Pink, TeleSign, Vivendi
Today, over 15,000 bloggers around the web participate in the Blog Action Day, and unite to put a single important issue on everyone?s mind – the environment.
I would like to use this day as an opportunity and remind everyone about CO2 Saver. It is a lightweight application that automatically adjusts computer?s power settings when the computer is idle in order to reduce electricity usage (and bills) and by that decrease CO2 omission.
CO2 Saver was released nearly 6 months ago (on April 25th 2007) and since then helped save over 429,000 lbs of emission which equals to nearly 5000 tree seedlings grown for 10 years. Very impressive!
Those of you who have not installed CO2 Saver on their desktop and/or laptop yet should do it by clicking here.
Technorati Tags: Blog Action Day, CO2 Saver, Eco-friendly, Blogesphere events
