FriendFeed

Talk shows are using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and many other social networking sites. One important network site most are forgetting is called FriendFeed. Here is a short video, which explains exactly what it is and what is can do for your business.

It’s true, Facebook and other social networking sites such as that allow the user to do many things with the application. But FriendFeed is simply a way to connect and maintain relationships with people. This is especially important when it comes to companies trying to maintain their relationships with their customers. FriendFeed would be a great social networking site to use solely for the purpose of their customers. The customers would like this approach used by companies because customers would view this approach as a way to communicate with their company. It’s an easy way to stay connected and reach people.

According to Duncan Riley’s blog, many people are saying FriendFeed is the new Twitter. FriendFeed aggregates to blogs and social networking services so you can follow your friends and they can follow you. It’s easy to use and allows you to read more than just tweets. Now, companies such as talk shows can follow their audiences and vice versa, to see what their audience is doing, wants, and then act on that feedback. This relationship is more personal and takes less time/interference for both the company and viewer to communicate. More talk shows should begin to use FriendFeed to connect to more of their viewers to form a better relationship.

The Next Largest Country!

Why do designers often say they want in interfaceless interface?  According to Logic of Transparent Immediacy, an interfaceless interface in one in which there is no recognizable electronic tools, no buttons, windows, scroll bars, or icons. The viewer instead will move through the space interacting more naturally as he or she would do as if they were out in the everyday world.   In a sense, this is more of a virtual reality where three-dimensional graphics help to make digital technology transparent. A transparent interface would erase itself, meaning the viewer is no longer aware of confronting a medium.  Instead the viewer stands in an direct, immediate relationship that connects to the contents of that medium.

Morning talk shows such as Good Morning America and the Today Show each provide links in their websites to social media such as twitter or Facebook. That immediate relationship to their customers on Facebook or whichever social media outlets provides an effective way for Good Morning America or the Today Show to directly connect with their viewers. It also provides another way for their viewers to connect to their show to show their support as fans, and to receive daily updates.

Facebook is still growing today and becoming increasingly popular. Facebook allows viral communication in many different forms which can boost your company’s appearance and relationships with customers.  As you saw in the video, if Myspace was a country, it would be the eighth largest in the world. Who knows how big of a country Facebook will become next year!