Hey everyone hope you had a great week and are looking forward to the weekend. By the time you read this week’s edition of Five for Friday, I’ll be somewhere over the Atlantic on my way back home to Boston. It was a great week in Barcelona, but was definitely time to come back to see Mrs. & Baby Espo. Have a good one and hopefully we’ll connect next week.

An iPhone 4S Experience That Would Make Steve Jobs Cringe – not sure if you heard, but the new iPhone came out. Unfortunately for some folks in Boston, their coveted new handset came with a nightmare courtesy of UPS. I saw this event unfolding sitting at the airport and was shocked seeing the extent of the inefficiency along with video from Mike Schneider was just, well wow.

M.C. Hammer Announces WireDoo, a Search Start-Up – file this one under Weekend Update with Seth Meyers fodder. What the world really needs at this point in time is another search engine… especially one powered by M.C. Hammer.

Why more celebrities and public figures are turning to social media – while not surprising I find the phenomenon of celebrities hopping on social networks to drop news or updates to their fans fascinating. In some ways it is self-serving for their careers but on the other hand could be crippling to the careers of publicists or gossip rags.

Brands Lose Ground As Facebook Bug Penalizes Third Party Apps – this is a good post from Jason Falls that takes a look at the issue brands are facing with Facebook when updating their pages with third-party tools like HootSuite, CoTweet, etc.; a good piece to read if you own or manage a brand page.

95% Of Facebook Wall Posts Not Answered By Brands – I am somewhat unsurprised with the large number of unanswered posts from brands. While 5 percent response is lower than I would expect, it goes to show that the penetration and maturity of the social media space is not where big business needs it to be for their undivided attention. It also shows that there is work to be done on the corporate side to evangelize the need to focus on customers on their terms.

Hey everyone hope you had a great week and are looking forward to the weekend. By the time you read this week’s edition of Five for Friday, I’ll be somewhere over the Atlantic on my way back home to Boston. It was a great week in Barcelona, but was definitely time to come back to see Mrs. & Baby Espo. Have a good one and hopefully we’ll connect next week.

An iPhone 4S Experience That Would Make Steve Jobs Cringe – not sure if you heard, but the new iPhone came out. Unfortunately for some folks in Boston, their coveted new handset came with a nightmare courtesy of UPS. I saw this event unfolding sitting at the airport and was shocked seeing the extent of the inefficiency along with video from Mike Schneider was just, well wow.

M.C. Hammer Announces WireDoo, a Search Start-Up – file this one under Weekend Update with Seth Meyers fodder. What the world really needs at this point in time is another search engine… especially one powered by M.C. Hammer.

Why more celebrities and public figures are turning to social media – while not surprising I find the phenomenon of celebrities hopping on social networks to drop news or updates to their fans fascinating. In some ways it is self-serving for their careers but on the other hand could be crippling to the careers of publicists or gossip rags.

Brands Lose Ground As Facebook Bug Penalizes Third Party Apps – this is a good post from Jason Falls that takes a look at the issue brands are facing with Facebook when updating their pages with third-party tools like HootSuite, CoTweet, etc.; a good piece to read if you own or manage a brand page.

95% Of Facebook Wall Posts Not Answered By Brands – I am somewhat unsurprised with the large number of unanswered posts from brands. While 5 percent response is lower than I would expect, it goes to show that the penetration and maturity of the social media space is not where big business needs it to be for their undivided attention. It also shows that there is work to be done on the corporate side to evangelize the need to focus on customers on their terms.

Hey everyone hope you had a great week and are looking forward to the weekend. By the time you read this week’s edition of Five for Friday, I’ll be somewhere over the Atlantic on my way back home to Boston. It was a great week in Barcelona, but was definitely time to come back to see Mrs. & Baby Espo. Have a good one and hopefully we’ll connect next week.

An iPhone 4S Experience That Would Make Steve Jobs Cringe – not sure if you heard, but the new iPhone came out. Unfortunately for some folks in Boston, their coveted new handset came with a nightmare courtesy of UPS. I saw this event unfolding sitting at the airport and was shocked seeing the extent of the inefficiency along with video from Mike Schneider was just, well wow.

M.C. Hammer Announces WireDoo, a Search Start-Up – file this one under Weekend Update with Seth Meyers fodder. What the world really needs at this point in time is another search engine… especially one powered by M.C. Hammer.

Why more celebrities and public figures are turning to social media – while not surprising I find the phenomenon of celebrities hopping on social networks to drop news or updates to their fans fascinating. In some ways it is self-serving for their careers but on the other hand could be crippling to the careers of publicists or gossip rags.

Brands Lose Ground As Facebook Bug Penalizes Third Party Apps – this is a good post from Jason Falls that takes a look at the issue brands are facing with Facebook when updating their pages with third-party tools like HootSuite, CoTweet, etc.; a good piece to read if you own or manage a brand page.

95% Of Facebook Wall Posts Not Answered By Brands – I am somewhat unsurprised with the large number of unanswered posts from brands. While 5 percent response is lower than I would expect, it goes to show that the penetration and maturity of the social media space is not where big business needs it to be for their undivided attention. It also shows that there is work to be done on the corporate side to evangelize the need to focus on customers on their terms.

Hey everyone hope you had a great week and are looking forward to the weekend. By the time you read this week’s edition of Five for Friday, I’ll be somewhere over the Atlantic on my way back home to Boston. It was a great week in Barcelona, but was definitely time to come back to see Mrs. & Baby Espo. Have a good one and hopefully we’ll connect next week.

An iPhone 4S Experience That Would Make Steve Jobs Cringe – not sure if you heard, but the new iPhone came out. Unfortunately for some folks in Boston, their coveted new handset came with a nightmare courtesy of UPS. I saw this event unfolding sitting at the airport and was shocked seeing the extent of the inefficiency along with video from Mike Schneider was just, well wow.

M.C. Hammer Announces WireDoo, a Search Start-Up – file this one under Weekend Update with Seth Meyers fodder. What the world really needs at this point in time is another search engine… especially one powered by M.C. Hammer.

Why more celebrities and public figures are turning to social media – while not surprising I find the phenomenon of celebrities hopping on social networks to drop news or updates to their fans fascinating. In some ways it is self-serving for their careers but on the other hand could be crippling to the careers of publicists or gossip rags.

Brands Lose Ground As Facebook Bug Penalizes Third Party Apps – this is a good post from Jason Falls that takes a look at the issue brands are facing with Facebook when updating their pages with third-party tools like HootSuite, CoTweet, etc.; a good piece to read if you own or manage a brand page.

95% Of Facebook Wall Posts Not Answered By Brands – I am somewhat unsurprised with the large number of unanswered posts from brands. While 5 percent response is lower than I would expect, it goes to show that the penetration and maturity of the social media space is not where big business needs it to be for their undivided attention. It also shows that there is work to be done on the corporate side to evangelize the need to focus on customers on their terms.