by Jeff Yablon | Nov 9, 2010 | Business Process
I tell my (adult) kids: stop talking on Facebook and Twitter about how drunk they are. I tell you that, too. And it’s a good idea; nobody needs to be hanging their dirty laundry in public. Of course, if you think that laundry isn’t dirty, things get...
by Jeff Yablon | Nov 8, 2010 | Business Process, Media
If you’ve ever been in an orchard, seen a yummy-looking apple just above your head, picked it, and taken a bite, you may have experienced the problem with doing things the easy way. Low-hanging fruit may be easy to lay your hands on, but that doesn’t make...
by Jeff Yablon | Nov 5, 2010 | Business Process
You didn’t think Facebook was done with social networking and software patents, did you? The United States Office of Patents and Trademarks has just issued Patent # 7,827,208. It covers Facebook’s news feed feature. But unlike Patent 7,669,123 issued to...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 22, 2010 | Design
This morning I came across a post by Fred Wilson. Fred’s a venture capitalist in New York City, and while we sometimes see things exactly the same way, this morning was not one of those times. Fred was bemoaning a problem he’s been having lately: like me,...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 21, 2010 | Business Process
Do you know how I keep you up on business change? I read a lot. And when I saw this piece in The Huffington Post, I got to thinking: Social Networking is broken. OK, so it wasn’t the first time I though that about social networking. But it was enough to get me...