http://www.facebookinsight.com Facebook Insight Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:23:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Facebook Developers' Blog recently published an update discussing, among other features, a brand new "Games Dashboard". In short, the games dashboard centralizes all the information about any Facebook game a user has played. This is a welcome change, as the current application organization scheme implemented by Facebook was ... http://www.facebookinsight.com/2010/01/22/facebooks-games-dashboard-find-your-friends-favorite-games/ I recently had a chance to sit down with ING Direct Canada CEO Peter Aceto and Mark Nicholson, Head of Online Experience to discuss ING Direct's social media campaign that has brought the financial services company to the forefront of the social media buzz.  I recommend all readers to checkout ... http://www.facebookinsight.com/2009/10/15/ing-direct-canada-races-to-the-forefront-of-the-social-media-world/ Celebrity Agent by TheInsider.com is a social game with a rewarding way of comparing your celebrity knowledge against your friends, but ultimately suffers from lack of depth. Overall Score: 6.0 (Just Above Mediocrity) [caption id="attachment_90" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Celebrity Agent by TheInsider.com"][/caption] Pros Effective tutorial screens make it easy to get started Core gameplay is simple, ... http://www.facebookinsight.com/2009/10/13/social-game-review-celebrity-agent-for-facebook/   [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="341" caption="Dr. Manhattan will be in all your friends' living rooms simultaneously."][/caption] This is an example of Facebook reaching far past its standard boundaries. The idea of watching a Blu-Ray in real-time with my Facebook friends is a truly social experience, something akin to having a distributed ... http://www.facebookinsight.com/2009/05/11/watchmen-on-blu-ray-and-facebook/ Arrr, Facebook recently launched the hottest new language - English (Pirate).  Go into your Settings and select Language to change it up.  A vast amount of standard headings have been pirate-icized, which definitely spices things up. A tip o' me bottle o' rum for them hearty Facebook marketing group on this ... http://www.facebookinsight.com/2008/09/19/facebook-pirates-language-what-arrr-ye-doin-right-now/ Facebook has been touting more change than Obama for the past few weeks.  First the layout switched on us, then the application interface was modified, the "home" button was re-added to the top pane, and now we've got the Facebook Application Bar. In short, in an almost Windows fashion, the bottom ... http://www.facebookinsight.com/2008/09/12/facebook-pulls-a-start-menu-with-their-application-bar/ The dawn of the electronic social age is upon us.  It exploded with PC-based Internet, but you may question, where is it headed next?  Mobile phones have gained mass-adoption by most demographics, but they have yet to really change the way that we engage in social networking.  They primarily exist ... http://www.facebookinsight.com/2008/07/10/the-apple-iphone-3g-changing-the-social-networking-paradigm/ Not directly related to social networking, but I ran across a great speech given by Steve Jobs to a Stanford graduating class on finding meaning in life and overcoming challenges. I highly, highly recommend listening to his speech if you're looking for any kind of inspiration. Inspiring quotes: "And the only ... http://www.facebookinsight.com/2008/05/21/steve-jobs-on-finding-meaning-in-life/ Google Press Center: News Announcement As is normal in the social networking space, an announcement with massive implications has snuck up on us overnight, and seeing as mainstream media has not the sense nor foresight to understand its implications, the big news drifts innocently along the formal news stream of the ... http://www.facebookinsight.com/2008/05/12/friendconnect-facebook-connect-and-the-next-few-years/ twistori is genius. Using Twitter's open technologies, Twistori is a tool that reads into the massive database of Twitter messages, and presents you with a live feed of messages using whatever word you can think of. A lot of its success and allure has to do with the presentation. ... http://www.facebookinsight.com/2008/04/29/facebook-visualizations-and-twistori/