The DLD 2012 conference in Munich was a great place to mingle and network with social media super stars and online entrepreneurs.  At the conference I had the opportunity to speak with Casey Fenton, CEO and Co-founder of CouchSurfing, who sat with me and discussed his company’s completely unique business model. The idea of CouchSurfing was fueled by Casey’s own experiences while traveling the world.  Casey found  that by networking with people all over the world, he could [...]

With the Internet revolt over SOPA and PIPA in full swing, we at Blonde 2.0 could not stand idly by and let this critical moment in the history of the Internet pass with adding our voice to those defending free expression on the web. We have decided to take action, and to that end we are responding to SOPA and PIPA with a proposed legislative initiative of our own: the Stop Online Boredom Act (SOBA). [...]

  In the time that I have been working in social media, I have seen how social media has been used to help launch a company, promote a product or even to help organize a protest. Last week I saw how social media directly impacted an event in my life by making the world that much smaller. This past Wednesday, I was lucky enough to marry the most incredible woman in the world, okay so [...]

This post was originally posted on socialmedia.biz on December 28th. You and your friends from all over the world walk into a bar on New Year’s Eve. The music is great, the bartender is friendly, and you and all your friends are dressed up in your favorite outfits. Your friend from London decides to pick a different song from the jukebox, your friend from Brazil decides to listen to the band instead, while the buddy [...]

Post written by Kevin Swaine I am not ashamed to say that I am, and always have been fascinated by time travel. Be it Doc Brown’s Delorean or the Doctor’s TARDIS, anything to do with time travel has me jumping up and down for more. You can imagine my joy when Facebook rolled out the Timeline option. One of the great things about working in a new media firm is that we found out about [...]

Post written by Joanna Ezekiel Twitter can be a confusing place. There are so many people, and so much content being shared. Don’t get me wrong, that’s an amazing thing – it makes Twitter one of the most exciting social networks around. But it can be difficult to know where to start, who to follow, and where to get the best content. I’m not going to tell you that this is the definitive list of [...]

This post was originally posted on the LeWeb blog on November 13th   How was your experience last year at LeWeb? “I have been to every LeWeb thus far and have enjoyed it immensely each year. Geraldine and Loic are the perfect hosts. From the amazing speakers to the insightful content to the delicious gourmet food, LeWeb is an event that I never miss. Specifically last year, I enjoyed watching Gary Vaynerchuk’s talk with Loic [...]

Post written by Noam Fixler I recently stumbled upon an application called “Take This Lollipop“. In order to enter this application, one has to allow access to their Facebook account and to their details. In the application, a serial killer is sitting in a dingy apartment logging into Facebook. But this creepy man isn’t logging into his own account, he is logging into your account (remember? You granted him access…). You are now looking over [...]

As Summer turns into Autumn and the leaves of the trees turn brown in color, so begins the countdown to the holiday season. The beginning of the countdown has traditionally started at the end of October each year with the celebration of Halloween. As has become tradition in the Apple App Store, a special Halloween Apps and Games tab has appeared on the Featured page of the iPhone app store listing the top apps and [...]

Post written by Jonah Balfour This was a very exciting morning in Israel. After more than five years in captivity, Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was returned to Israel. It was amazing how all of Israel tuned-in to the news, whether on TV, the Internet, or the social Web. At one point it felt like all Web access had somehow slowed down, probably due to everyone simultaneously refreshing their browsers for more news. As the events [...]