Comments on: Facing Up to Facebook http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/10/09/facing-up-to-facebook/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:53:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Jules Pieri http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/10/09/facing-up-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-86247 Jules Pieri Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:47:46 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=45274#comment-86247 Wade, I don't look so much for creativity in my friends' Facebook usage as I do quality. Like you, my main Facebook time is spent on my home page wall, scanning my friends' updates. I value the people who say things I want to know, and blend the professional and the personal. (We all know the guy who does nothing but self-promote, and the gal who shares endless inane surveys and trivia.) So on that "signal to noise" ratio, I value David Cancel (Compete co-founder and former CTO). David always passes along interesting startup information and also gently paints a lovely picture of his personal interests. He's well-informed, thoughtful, and humble--as depicted by his Facebook posts. (And I only met him once so I really do form my impressions of him from Facebook.) He's in Boston. In your business, check out Rob Walker's "Consumed" fan page. He makes excellent use of FB to preview his upcoming NYT columns, get input on subjects he's researching, and stimulate dialogue on the things he covers (design, marketing, brands, and cultural anthropology). His is one of the few fan pages I visit daily, to check in on the conversation. Wade, I don’t look so much for creativity in my friends’ Facebook usage as I do quality. Like you, my main Facebook time is spent on my home page wall, scanning my friends’ updates. I value the people who say things I want to know, and blend the professional and the personal. (We all know the guy who does nothing but self-promote, and the gal who shares endless inane surveys and trivia.) So on that “signal to noise” ratio, I value David Cancel (Compete co-founder and former CTO). David always passes along interesting startup information and also gently paints a lovely picture of his personal interests. He’s well-informed, thoughtful, and humble–as depicted by his Facebook posts. (And I only met him once so I really do form my impressions of him from Facebook.) He’s in Boston.

In your business, check out Rob Walker’s “Consumed” fan page. He makes excellent use of FB to preview his upcoming NYT columns, get input on subjects he’s researching, and stimulate dialogue on the things he covers (design, marketing, brands, and cultural anthropology). His is one of the few fan pages I visit daily, to check in on the conversation.

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