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Re: 500,000 Beautiful Social Media Images Later: Introducing Pablo 2.0, Perfect Images to Fit All Networks

Andy Sternberg — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 13:35:45 -0000

All recommendations say horizontal for Facebook - I know that's true for ads. But look at your News Feed and you'll see MANY square images appearing in full. Do these really not perform as well as narrow horizontal ones?

Also, Twitter -- the way an image appears in feed is different for mobile/app and desktop. So if you have text on the image, you'll lose some of it in either mobile or desktop. It seems the default settings posted here are best for desktop display but in fact most people access Twitter via mobile/app.

Thoughts? Square on Facebook or no? IS there a size that works on both desktop + app (without having to click to expand) on Twitter?

Re: SXSW Is Dead, Long Live SXSW!

Andy Sternberg — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 10:58:22 -0000

It was never about social media to me, however many people found out about it as a result of social, most especially the March 2007 & 2008 Twitter breakouts. SXSW has always been about shared experience, learning and discovery for me -- I started going purely for Music. Today it's also very much about experiential brand marketing - especially for Interactive & music.

Re: Update: 30,000 People Really Did Buy Poop On Black Friday

Andy Sternberg — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 01:19:47 -0000

Highland Park the Chicago suburb in this case, not 90042.

Re: Cross Campus Member on KTLA Segment on Ello

Andy Sternberg — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 19:17:29 -0000

Thanks for posting this!

Re: Easing Up on the Blog Throttle

Andy Sternberg — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 11:19:33 -0000

Great call Geoff. At the end of the day, a hobby. It is to some extent biz dev, a creative outlet and a Launchpad for debate, conversation, rabble rousing and changing the game. But if you're not blogging for YOURSELF first and foremost, you're better off not blogging at all.

Regular conversation is one thing but it's never worth being addicted to traffic or the expectation that the real value of your content is driving that. 2004 was 10 years ago and we now have multiple platforms to get our thoughts, theories and biz ideas in front of our target audience. You also have the acumen and access to guest post and opine on mainstream blogs/publications.

It's interesting to see that you get more hits on Flickr. But you'd likely also be amazed to find more daily traffic to a RebelMouse (or similar) site aggregating your existing online and social presence.

But does traffic mean engagement (commenting, sharing)? It appears not in this current era of blogging as we know it. Seth Godin being the exception -- his blog posts get shared as much as many top mainstream media articles do at the top of each morning. And I mean no disrespect when I point to Godin as a great model for how to not overthink/reinvent the wheel every time you publish (blog or book)

Re: Moving On…Hello Orange

Andy Sternberg — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 18:09:05 -0000

Awesome. Congrats Ken, see you in Austin!

Re: when the bears lose all i wanna do is play piano and make lists

Andy Sternberg — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 19:56:49 -0000

that's one helluva list!

Re: The #1 Fantasy Football Player Most Discussed On Social Media For 2013

Andy Sternberg — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 11:56:47 -0000

Should be an asterisk next to Tebow's name as his existence as a football player is in itself a fantasy ;-)

Re: UCSB #2 in partying to Iowa???

Andy Sternberg — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 03:38:56 -0000

gotta party even harder when you're that far from a beach. Go Hawkeyes!

Re: yesterday seemed to be “love tony as hard as you can” day

Andy Sternberg — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 03:46:20 -0000

In this instance "team" obviously != Cubs or Bears. Or else headache++

Re: Five Podcasts Perfect For Commuting

Andy Sternberg — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 14:20:39 -0000

:-) constantly flirting with the idea. Let's start one!

Re: Five Podcasts Perfect For Commuting

Andy Sternberg — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:47:00 -0000

Good picks! I rarely miss an episode of WNYC's On the Media and also highly recommend Sound Opinions, for Siskel & Ebert style music commentary, reviews and interviews. I also like TWiT's Tech News Today for daily tech news.

Re: Sunil Tripathi, missing man falsely ID’d as Boston bombing suspect, found dead

Andy Sternberg — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:53:00 -0000

thanks for being receptive and updating, Andrew. Good stuff!

Re: Sunil Tripathi, missing man falsely ID’d as Boston bombing suspect, found dead

Andy Sternberg — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:59:43 -0000

now it does ;-)

I was mostly just disappointed to see Poynter, of all places, use such bad taste in writing this headline. One might speculate that he committed suicide because... Reddit.

Re: Sunil Tripathi, missing man falsely ID’d as Boston bombing suspect, found dead

Andy Sternberg — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:18:57 -0000

You failed to mention that Tripathi was reported missing March 16. http://abcnews.go.com/US/su...

Shouldn't we accept Reddit's mea culpa and clear Tripathi (and his surviving family's name)?

Re: Unroot Nexus 4 to Stock 4.2 on Mac! ~ Android Rootz | Source for Android Rooting, ROMS, Tricks and more!

Andy Sternberg — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:28:40 -0000

i had the same issue, but then it worked when i used the fastboot (not fastboot-mac) from the Android SDK to execute the command.

Re: RIP, Aaron Swartz

Andy Sternberg — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 08:17:50 -0000

Sadly beautiful obit. Thank you Cory.

Re: Groupon partners with Major League Baseball to become its official daily deals site for its 30 clubs

Andy Sternberg — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:46:13 -0000

brilliant Mason quote ;)

Re: andy sternberg is moving from echo park to venice

Andy Sternberg — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 04:08:44 -0000

Ha! Thanks TP! Anything to give you a reason to post this sultry pic.

Re: the los angeles press club was founded on september 24, 1946

Andy Sternberg — Tue, 22 May 2012 02:49:41 -0000

crazy not one bit. congrats!

Re: Video: To Honor MCA, Coldplay Covers "Fight For Your Right"

Andy Sternberg — Sat, 05 May 2012 15:55:32 -0000

I despise Coldplay but respect an attempt to show some class. However, playing "Fight For Your Right" to the tune of Bob Dylan's "Girl from the North Country" somehow manages to ridicule a song and MCA, who was a serious, prolific and passionate artist, by taking a song that was obviously intended to be a joke and playing it in a serious context. Stay soulless, Chris Martin.

Re: Days Before L.A. Riots Anniversary, Rodney King Says He's Lucky Compared to Trayvon Martin

Andy Sternberg — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:05:01 -0000

He's on a book tour, surely he's been briefed that comparing himself to Trayvon Martin will generate better SEO leading to increased book sales.

Re: How BuzzFeed’s Andrew Kaczynski mines the Internet for video gold

Andy Sternberg — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:05:35 -0000

My reaction was similar to Matthew's -- is it status quo these days to completely disregard copyright (and YouTube terms of service) unless issued a c&d or pulled by YT bots? Did Andrew or BuzzFeed have anything to say about this? What's Poynter's stance?

Re: Where You Can Find Pliny the Younger on Tap (While It Lasts)

Andy Sternberg — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:24:13 -0000

Thanks for the heads up!

Re: Scripting News: Bugs in Android?

Andy Sternberg — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:44:38 -0000

I use Doggcatcher for podcasts. Syncs over the air and auto-deletes old ones as you wish. I've used Google's "Listen" app for audio podcasts. BeyondPod is also good.