Digi Jeff

"Hot Potato" is better than FourSquare - share with friends more than just your location

I'm all about hearing new startups and ideas in the tech scene. This one really caught my eye when I heard Facebook Closing In On Acquiring Check-In Service Hot Potato. I am an avid FourSquare user when I leave the house.  FourSquare is a great way to show my Facebook and Twitter friends where I'm at with brag posts (example: Playboy Mansion...If I ever get invited).  I think what FourSquare lacks is the ability to do more than just GPS checkins.  Hot Potato blew me away when I visited their site and saw their iPhone app. 

Not only does Hot Potato (@hotpotatoapp) let you checkin to a GPS location it also lets me tell my friends what I'm doing with other activities like: tv, music, location, reading, thinking about, video games etc. Once this catches wind from users, this is going to blow FourSquare away with users. 

Another great iPhone app that I like to use is Miso where I can checkin to what I'm watching on tv or at a movie theater. The part that I really like about Miso over Hot Potato is they post a wall post with the movie poster I'm watching, with Hot Potato it changes my status update, which I don't like.  I think Miso's idea of posting the movie poster is great because it's visual and sticks out more to increase engagement with my Facebook friends. 

Twitter Trends is a great way to see what everyone on Twitter is currently talking about.  With Hot Potato it has a great way of showing "What's hot right now..." based on the activities.  This is better than Twitter trends simply because you can monetize per activity.   A perfect example is when the World Cup was on, it was filling up all 10 spots on Twitter trends. What happens if you wanted to know what people are saying about new movies that came out but the World Cup was filling up all the spots on Twitter trends?  With Hot Potato I can just click the movie activity and see what people are watching and saying. 

Hot Potato is the next biggest thing you will hear about once Facebook starts marketing and integrating it into Facebook.  In a perfect world it would be great to see Hot Potato buy out Miso, FourSquare and GoWalla. There will always be competition and someone already wire-framing the next big idea or taking someone's idea and making it better.

Find me on Hot Potato http://hotpotato.com/digijeff.

DefJam official Twitter (@defjam) was hacked and quickly fixed

Some of you will never even hear about @defjam account being hacked but I quickly noticed it.  After 15 minutes some inappropriate tweets were posted on @defjam and deleted. It happened so quick that I doubt this will even make a buzz in the news, but I got screenshots.  

  
 
  

Gary Vaynerchuk Web Expo video one of the best videos I seen "you need to know how to hustle"

This video is one of the best videos I have seen in a while. Why? Because they give up.  "If you like smurfs, smurf it up."  Anybody that had a conversation with me about the digital stuff I do can easily tell how passionate I am.  I'm on my daily grind and will not stop until I do some really big moves.  

Some people will watch this video and not even get what he is saying, I fully understand it, do you?  

YouTube Facebook page profile app, display your channel or playlist

 I just recently updated my YouTube facebook app that lets facebook users display their YouTube channel on their page or profile.  I just updated the app to allow playlists or a channel. 

You can get the YouTube Facebook app for pages or profiles or see a demo on my Digi Jeff facebook page.

Funny or Die videos on Facebook page / profile

Now you can show your Funny or Die videos right on your Facebook page / profile. This is great for comedians to display their new videos right on their page / profile.  

 

My nephew "I got so many girlfriends"

Intervention parody of being addicted to Old Spice videos

Ever since Old Spice started going crazy with making new videos for their marketing campaign I couldn't stop watching the video responses. They did an awesome job and I became addicted to watching every one of them! The Old Spice guy is awesome!

Paul Wall Facebook innovation - Only fans can hear snippets

I try to be as innovative as possible with everything I do.  Always trying things that have never been done before.

What I decided to do with Paul Wall is have snippets from his new album Heart of a Champion available exclusively on his facebook page http://www.facebook.com/paulwall.  At the end of the day this will increase his facebook fans.

 I made a facebook application that prompts users that have not clicked "like" on his page an image:

   

Fans of his page can click the snippets tab which loads daily snippets and informs them which snippets are coming out next.

 
 
 

Now you can sync your TwitPic photos right to your facebook wall with TwitPic Sync

I had to build this because I always got frustrated with being on Twitter and posting a cool picture and then I would have to login to my facebook iphone app and do the same thing.  Now I created a way to easily have my facebook profile and pages sync with my TwitPic uploads.  Whenever I upload a picture to twitpic, this new facebook application will automatically post it right to your facebook wall!  I just made one for TweetPhoto Sync and the next one I will be making is for Yfrog users.  I don't see how anyone would not use this if they use Twitter & Facebook.  Makes it super easy to share photos between both your accounts.

 You can add TwitPic Sync to your facebook profile or facebook page. 

The application is free for use on profiles but a small one-time fee for facebook pages.

Please report any bugs/errors to me and I will promptly fix them. Thanks for using!

Available now @TweetPhoto Sync your photos on your Facebook wall!

The moment every Twitter/Facebook nerd has been waiting for, a way to sync your photos you Tweet on Twitter from TweetPhoto on your Facebook Wall!  Now you don't have to constantly repost pictures from Twitter and Facebook, it's really simple!

This is a quick screen shot of the app in action.

   

This is available for both facebook profiles and facebook pages. Hope to hear feedback of how you think the app is! 

Now available TwitPic, TweetPhoto, Yfrog facebook applications for profiles and pages

I developed three new Facebook Applications for TwitPic, TweetPhoto and Yfrog.  Each of the applications are very similar which displays your photos from the site on a tab for your Facebook profile and/or Facebook page.  To install the applications on your Facebook profile it's FREE and for Facebook pages it's a minimum fee at the link provided.  Hope you find these useful. I made a quick video below to demonstrate the applications.

TwitPic for Pages and TwitPic for Profiles allows you to show your Twitpic account directly on your Facebook Fan Page.  Setting up your account is simple. All you need is your Twitter login and the tab automatically integrates the pictures you've uploaded to Twitpic.  The app has a few really cool features. The coolest is the ability to share individual pictures with Facebook Users via message or Facebook News Feed. The tab works both on Facebook Profiles and Pages.  Layout for this tab is simple, but organized. Pictures are arranged in thumbnail'd 5x4 columns. This tab currently shows your last twenty pictures uploaded to Twitpic.

TweetPhoto for Pages and TweetPhoto for Profiles allows you to display your TweetPhoto account directly on your Facebook Fan Page.  Setting up your account is simple. All you need is your Twitter login and the tab automatically integrates the pictures you've uploaded to TweetPhoto.  The app has a few really cool features. One cool feature is the ability to share individual pictures with Facebook Users via message or Facebook News Feed. The coolest feature is that you can click and enlarge photos directly within the tab. What makes this so cool though is not the enlarged photo itself, but the fact that users can view each Photo's Tweetphoto comments as well as make Facebook comments for each. This adds an important viral aspect to your TweetPhoto account.Layout for this tab is simple, but organized. Pictures are arranged in thumbnail'd columns and rows. This tab currently shows your last 50 pictures uploaded to TweetPhoto.

Yfrog Photos for Pages and Yfrog Photos for Profiles allows you to display your Yfrog account directly on your Facebook Fan Page.Setting up your account is simple. All you need is your Twitter login and the tab automatically integrates the pictures you've uploaded to Yfrog.  The app has a few great features. First of all, it allows users to share individual pictures with their Facebook Friends via message or Facebook News Feed.Users are able to enlarge photos directly in the tab. What makes this great is that they can view each Photo's Yfrog comments and make Facebook comments for each photo. This adds an important viral aspect to your Yfrog account.