Oh, hi…Happy Friday! Welcome to our 24th show! Speaking of “24,” you know Chris, if my last name was Bauer, I’d only have 23 hours and 59 minutes from now to save the world from terrorists…
Chris: Get goin!
Facebook Timeline Will Soon Be Mandatory
Last December Facebook introduced Timeline, a new kind of profile that lets you highlight photos, posts and life events in a more visually narrative layout. Over the next few weeks, everyone on Facebook will get timeline, whether they “Like” it or not. Luckily, while you’re switching, you’ll have a 7-day preview period before your Friends see your new timeline. According to Facebook’s Blog, Timeline will eventually come out for Fan Page pages to so that users have a consistent experience across the social network, and they hope to make Pages more consistent with the Timeline in the future, but they have nothing further to share at this time.
Really Remarkable Report: ThinFilm Food Sensor
Ugh, suddenly I’m not feeling so well. I wonder if I should’ve eaten that two-week-old beef stroganoff last night. Makes you wonder how your local supermarket makes sure you’re not buying expired perishables! Well, soon, they could have help…
Sensors are currently in development that monitor perishable items like food and pharmaceuticals by tracking its temperature to determine if it’s ok to eat or use. The so-called “ThinFilm” resembles a thin, transparent sticker that would be placed on such items and track their shelf life – triggering a notice to dispose of expired foodstuffs when necessary. The sensors could start appearing in your local supermarket as early as next year.
Pro Tip: Switch to Timeline, right now.
Although Facebook will soon mandate that everyone switch to Timeline, if you set it up early, you’ll have a 7-day preview period to make changes to your new Timeline profile before your friends can see it.
We recommend working on it this soon. To learn more about how to switch to Timeline before it’s mandated, visit Facebook.com/about/timeline
And if you really want to learn how the new changes to Facebook will impact your business, come to our Facebook + Email Marketing Workshop with Constant Contact at the University of Denver’s Craig Hall on February 8th. Learn more about that and watch our video at RamblinJackson.com/events
That’s all the time we have for this week, we hope you have a great weekend! We’ll be back next week with a regular show. As always, please let us know what you think in the comments or on our Facebook Page.
Jan Said,
January 27, 2012 at 4:43 pm
Great job Jack! How do you do it? Do you have cards to read just in case? Looks like it was sunny but I guess you can’t wear sunglasses!
It was really interesting as well-I learned alot!
Thanks
Mary Huron Hunter Said,
January 29, 2012 at 2:15 pm
Fantastico! Thanks for the insights, as always…
Jack Jostes Said,
January 30, 2012 at 3:10 pm
Jan, we always print out the script, and I memorize most of it. Some of it, however, is just a voice over, and I read directly from the script while we’re showing other footage.