Facebook hits 500 million

Congratulations to Facebook on gaining 500 million users! This is quite the milestone. I'm looking forward to see what happens in the future as it grows even further. Read the Facebook blogpost here.

Zuckerberg's Response:

"The Social Network" Debut Trailer

A new movie by Aaron Sorkin is coming out called "The Social Network" starring Jessie Eisenberg ("Zombieland") who plays Mark Zuckerberg and chronicles the creation of Facebook. The movie is based on Ben Mezrich's book "Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal." And for all the ladies, the film also stars Justin Timberlake. I can't wait to watch.

Networking Online

Networking is great for anyone looking for a job in any industry. One of the best ways to do so is through social networks. I'm sure you've already heard of LinkedIn (if you haven't, I highly suggest creating one. It's like Facebook, but much more professional), there are others that prove very beneficial as well.

I was surfing AdGabber the other day and came across a post about a new one called "Young Talent in Advertising." As it turns out it is a Ning site created by a young advertising graduate such as myself who is out looking for a job. In doing so, she created this website to help further her knowledge and meet new people. For those who don't know, Ning is a website where anyone anywhere can create their very own social network. It's a pretty neat idea, and a great tool to consider for those already in the industry for smaller clients to use to better their brand's interaction.

For those who blog, I've been a part of another Ning network called "20 Something Bloggers."

The Eternal Moonwalk

Michael Jackson is all over the news and all over the internet. Here is an amazing tribute website called the Eternal Moowalk. This is similar to the Uniqlo site I showed a while back, where various shots from different people around Tokyo passed clothing from one video to another and streamed eternally. For this, people from all over the world perform their own version of the moonwalk, from right to left. Some aren't very good, but some are legit, while others are just creative in their own way. This is powered by a company called Studio Brussel. It has a really cool social media tie-in also, allowing you to view each person's websites and add them from the site itself. Go ahead guys, submit your own version of the moonwalk and join the movement.

Check out the website here: http://www.eternalmoonwalk.com/

Twitter Tag

Ok, so I’m an advertising guy, and, I’m just still not convinced that Twitter is as amazing as everyone says. Sorry, I just don’t get it. So, in hopes of turning to the dark side, I’ve devised a little experiment.



This will be a game of Twitter Tag.
The idea is to see how the connections through followers works and can explode among cyberspace and the Twittersphere itself.

Here’s how it’ll go down:
I will begin by sending this message to just one person.
Tag, you’re it! Join the experiment: http://insidethetoybox.blogspot.com/2009/06/twitter-tag.html
The message will hopefully be read by that person, as well as show up on his feed, then each of his friends will see it and do the same. Everyone who sees it only needs to send it to just one other person. Important note: they must also click the link, because that’s how I will be tracking its effectiveness, through the amount of hits this particular post gets. Not only that, but if it actually does work, then naturally everyone’s statuses will have the message and be tagged.

Good luck, and Tag, you’re it!

**Edit** I JUST found out this was already done, damn. Whatever, this is a learning experience for me. So, please help out anyway. I still think it’s a good idea. (Ach, and only a month ago too! http://tweetcrunch.com/2009/01/05/the-twitter-tag-project/)

It's coming...What is this Zooloo?

It's coming...I have no idea what it is, but it's coming...It's something called Zooloo. As for exactly what it is or what it does, I haven't the slightest idea. But, it's coming.

So you're an ad man (or your not), and it's important to stay up on new digital offerings. Is this a new social network like Facebook, or is it a blog? (There is a blog section). Maybe it's the next Twitter, or something completely unrelated. Regardless, I know you. You want to be on the cutting edge of the digital landscape, walking into work and touting off your new find. You're so hip and trendy.

So here's what you do, you go online to Zooloo.com, and put in your email address. When more information arrives, you'll be the very first to know. Apparently there's even a facebook group you can join, to give you hints on the big secret. So that's it, you are then the first to tell all your buddies at work about how you were the first to hear about Zooloo. Congrats you cool cool person you.