Headed to Pubcon
Well, this week is finally over and we will be leaving Monday morning for Pubcon. We are staying at the Wynn along with almost all of the conference attendees thanks to an incredible room rate. 
Our plans for the week include the Yahoo Cocktail party and the MSN adcenter party followed by the Poker Tournament at the Venetian (hosted by some of the most awesome SEO peeps ever and then some).
I will have my camera so if you see me, be ready to say cheese!
As always I’ll have a full recap of my week and hopefully a couple new celeb look-a-likes as well as at least one new favorite peep.
Viva Las Vegas!!!
Facebook Adds Opt In to Beacon
After much controversy over Facebook’s Beacon and its privacy issues, the FB crew modified Beacon and turned it into an option for users to ‘opt-in’ to.
I’ll be very curious to see how many users actually do this. Usually, people ‘opt-out’ so this will be a test to see how loyal FB users are and how much they want to share their purchase history with their online buddies.
Personally, I don’t think most people care what I am buying and I don’t really care too much what my friends are buying or what movie they are renting, etc.
I am however still a fan of Facebook Ads and think that Beacon is not really necessary, however since it is an option, it’s good to know that FB acknowledged what its users wanted and made a much needed change fairly quickly.
Dr. Stephen Covey is a Blogger
There was a time in my life when I would have not been caught dead without my Franklin Covey binder. I had my life in that thing and lived and breathed by it.
I am a huge fan of Dr. Covey and his philosophy. Anyone that has been in business for a while most likely knows who he is and he has written several amazing books that have influenced how thousands of companies both big and small are run whether the employees know it or not.
And now…
He blogs! On November 21st, Stephen Covey started blogging. It looks like he will be posting weekly on his blog and discussing topics related to what he knows best (life, business and leadership). His topic last week was on ‘becoming the leader of your boss’. Now that’s good stuff. Who couldn’t use some tips on how to do that? Even if you’re your own boss, you’re always going to answer to someone, whether it’s a client, board of directors, spouse, parent, etc. The beauty about what Dr. Covey preaches is that you can apply it to how it relates to you.
If there is one RSS feed I recommend you subscribe to it is this one.
StumbleUpon and Myers Briggs
StumbleUpon is made up of over 3 million users whom are all different, but share one thing in common. They like to Stumble and they all have to build a profile page on SU. Stumble asks a question I have yet to see on any other social network.
What is your personality?
When you set your profile up in StumbleUpon it allows you to choose your personality type. Stumble uses the Myers Briggs personality type so its users can display what they are (as far as the MBTI goes). The Myers Briggs Type Indicator is a test that you can take online to determine your personality type. Once you take the test you are given 4 letters that represent your personality. The letters represent the following…
E=Extraversion I=Introversion
S=Sensing N=Intuition
T=Thinking F=Feeling
J=Judging P=Perceiving
Myers Briggs has an extensive test that you can take to determine this on their website (there is usually a fee), but if you want a quick answer to put in your Stumble profile, you can take a quick (unofficial) test here or a longer test here to determine your letters. Mind you, these aren’t ‘official’ MB tests, but they should work just fine for the sake of your Stumble profile.
Are Digg Shouts Changing?
It seems as though something is changing with Digg shouts. For the past two days mass shouts have not gone through. Normally when you send a mass shout, you get a ’success’ screen. This doesn’t seem to be working anymore. You don’t get any indication that anything has happened on mass shouts.
I asked around a bit today and it seems as though a few people are having the same problem.
It appears that shouts to small groups (under 20) still work. Just keep in mind that when you send a shout to a group, you usually need to wait about a half hour before you can send another shout.
Digg’s continues to keep its users on their toes. It’s such a love hate relationship for me, but what can I say? I’m hooked.