This is my Tumblr home on the web. You can find my more serious blog at Marketing and my full profile at Eric Friedman page. Interested in getting in touch? Contact me or send me an email to firstnamelastname @ gmail .comTumblr (3.0; @ericfriedman)http://www.ericfriedman.net/<a href="http://www.marketing.fm/2010/03/10/thoughts-on-google-play/">Thoughts on Google Play</a>: <p><a href="http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2010/03/and-now-for-something-completely.html" target="_blank">Google rolled out a completely new way to consume</a> what is happening on the web, whether it be videos, pictures, text, basically anything all driven but a very new interface. If you have seen the…</p>http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/440052343http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/440052343Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:10:27 -0500<p>Congratulations to @carbonmade on launching the new site - it looks awesome! <a href="http://bit.ly/carbonmade" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/carbonmade</a></p>http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/439658036http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/439658036Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:42:57 -0500<a href="http://www.marketing.fm/2010/03/09/behavior-generated-content/">Behavior Generated Content</a>: <p><a href="http://www.mikesingleton.net/2010/01/24/the-rise-of-behavior-generated-content/" target="_blank">Behavior generated content</a> is the by product, or <a href="http://www.marketing.fm/2009/11/05/data-exhaust/" target="_blank">data exhaust</a>(as I like to call it), or using a product or service the way you normally would only now some data is collected in the background….</p>http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/437078439http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/437078439Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:55:57 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/exmwSxv7XJI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/exmwSxv7XJI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>“Social networks what dreams are made of”</p> <p>This is amazing.</p>http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/435968889http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/435968889Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:16:13 -0500<a href="http://www.marketing.fm/2010/03/08/advice-from-sxsw-pros/">Advice from SXSW Pros</a>: <p>I have never been to <a href="http://www.sxsw.com/" target="_blank">SXSW</a>, but excited to head down this year for SXSW 2010. In preparation for my time in Austin I polled a few friends to get their advice and thought I would share it here.</p> <p>…</p>http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/434759901http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/434759901Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:07:00 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyvz7eMnP11qzpwi0o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tumblrrinserepeat.tumblr.com/post/433614656/catinthewalleh-lilepo-thedailywhat-fukung" target="_blank">tumblrrinserepeat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://catinthewalleh.tumblr.com/post/433586062/lilepo-thedailywhat-fukung" target="_blank">catinthewalleh</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://lilepo.tumblr.com/post/431699989/thedailywhat-fukung" target="_blank">lilepo</a>:<a href="http://thedailywh.at/post/431391831/fukung" target="_blank">thedailywhat</a>:[<a href="http://fukung.net/v/26151/3e17b0baf9081ceebe2bcb6c600ec0a4.jpg" target="_blank">fukung</a>.]</p> <blockquote></blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>Gold.</p>http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/433822942http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/433822942Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:34:21 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyvqemf73r1qz78qqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Union Square pre spring</p>http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/430904723http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/430904723Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:30:26 -0500<a href="http://www.marketing.fm/2010/03/03/working-in-the-cloud/">Working in the Cloud</a>: <p>For the past few months I have been looking into how to best migrate off of Microsoft Exchange and onto Google Apps. The first step in that process was to determine the needs of everyone that would…</p>http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/425305361http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/425305361Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:22:46 -0500<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="225" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9679622&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9679622&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9679622&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://dpstyles.tumblr.com/post/422232242/i-heart-this-via-beautiful-new-york-in" target="_blank">dpstyles</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I heart this.</p> <p>via <a href="http://gawker.com/5483684/beautiful-new-york-in-miniature-sort-of" target="_blank">Beautiful New York in Miniature, Sort Of - New York - Gawker</a></p> </blockquote>http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/424708295http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/424708295Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:56:35 -0500<a href="http://www.marketing.fm/2010/03/01/game-dynamics-10/">Game Dynamics +10</a>: <p>Over the weekend I watched a great 30 minute presentation about past, present, and future game dynamics and points systems the exist (and will exist) within our world. I took away a few key points…</p>http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/419996600http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/419996600Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:31:58 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyh6kd0S5o1qz4sgqo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://lab111.tumblr.com/post/414258971/sensation-mario-doesnt-hit-the-blocks-with-his" target="_blank">lab111</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://haha.nu/entertainment/games/sensation-mario-doesnt-hit-the-blocks-with-his-head/" target="_blank">Sensation: Mario doesn’t hit the blocks with his head | haha.nu - the lifestyle blogzine</a></p> </blockquote>http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/415729437http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/415729437Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:09:29 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kygceiMGNa1qz5uado1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blakewhitman.tumblr.com/post/413283794/via-the-big-picture" target="_blank">blakewhitman</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(Via <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/02/vancouver_2010_part_1_of_2.html" target="_blank">The Big Picture</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/413366068http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/413366068Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:06:18 -0500<a href="http://www.marketing.fm/2010/02/25/mark-cuban-on-being-ready/">Mark Cuban on being ready…</a>: <p>Originally from <a href="http://blogmaverick.com/2010/02/23/how-to-get-rich-part-1a/" target="_blank">Blogmaverick</a> </p> <blockquote> <p>Now you wait for times of uncertainty and change in your business. The time will come. It may come quickly, it may take years and years. But it will come. The…</p> </blockquote>http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/411310937http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/411310937Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:50:59 -0500<p>Writing for humans and robots - a post on SEO: <a href="http://bit.ly/bXEc0t" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/bXEc0t</a></p>http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/409119737http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/409119737Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:29:51 -0500<p>My friend @andrewparker is taking a look back on his thoughts on mobile browsing - <a href="http://bit.ly/bdfJB2" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/bdfJB2</a></p>http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/409117035http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/409117035Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:27:29 -0500<a href="http://www.marketing.fm/2010/02/24/writing-for-humans-and-robots/">Writing for humans and robots</a>: <div class="zemanta-img" style="margin:1em;display:block"> <div> <dl class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px; "> <dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:NemoTurtle.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/68/NemoTurtle.jpg" alt="Larger-than-life puppets in a scene from the s..." title="Larger-than-life puppets in a scene from the s..." width="300" height="199"/></a></dt> <dd class="wp-caption-dd zemanta-img-attribution" style="font-size:0.8em">Image via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:NemoTurtle.jpg" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <p>One of the fundamental bits of SEO advice I give most people when talking to them is explaining the difference between the two audiences you are…</p>http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/409005699http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/409005699Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:50:54 -0500<a href="http://www.marketing.fm/2010/02/23/social-network-urls-the-future-of-advertising/">Social Network URLs – the future of advertising?</a>: <p>I have been watching a lot of the <a href="http://www.nbcolympics.com/" target="_blank">Olympics</a> and loving it. </p> <p>One thing I have noticed as I watch in real time is a growing trend of brands using social network URLs instead of their own. Below are…</p>http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/406890544http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/406890544Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:14:28 -0500<p>What do you do if you see someone you follow on Tumblr in the street?</p> <p>I recently saw someone I follow on Tumblr on a street corner, and immediately recognized her, but realized she would a. have no idea who I was b. would probably be weirded out and c. have to go through the motions of explaining the entire situation to her\my friends.  Not a good scenario for all parties involved.</p> <p>This has happened to me before but I always end up meeting the person through a mutual friend, and have some relevance to the person.  In this case there is almost no connective social group, no overlap in blogging topics, no clue about real life interests or any of that.  I think all those things are fine - but still leaves me with this conundrum.  That is a part of what makes the connective tissue of Tumblr so great.</p> <p>I told my group of friends afterwards about this and they were little help as to what you should or should not do.</p> <p>So, I ask you Tumblr community, what do you do if you see someone you follow in real life?</p>http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/405663247http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/405663247Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:58:21 -0500<p>My friend @msingleton asks Can you have algorithms as a service (AaaS)? <a href="http://bit.ly/cYkcZa" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/cYkcZa</a></p>http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/398912606http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/398912606Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:22:00 -0500<p>My thoughts on why the coming Google network is a big deal <a href="http://bit.ly/dg0BoW" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/dg0BoW</a></p>http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/394905200http://www.ericfriedman.net/post/394905200Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:52:30 -0500