The Steve Rubel Lifestream

Stats: Bit.ly Surpasses TinyURL in Traffic

Short URL services are a key part of the infrastructure that powers the Age of the Stream. Think of them like railroad tracks. TinyURL was king for awhile. But then Twitter ditched it for Bit.ly back...

Tools: Google Trends Goes Mobile

I'm not exactly sure when this was launched, but Google Trends now has a handy mobile version, which you can access here. The site, like it's desktop sibling, features links to the top...

White Paper: Engaging the New Influencers

Download now or preview on posterous 2009 NMAS White Paper - Engaging the New Influencers FINAL.pdf (2442 KB) One of the most remarkable things my employer does is host a...

Lifestreaming: Its Impact on Blogs, Brands and Beyond, a SXSW Panel

What is Lifestreaming? Will Lifestreaming kill long form blogs? What does Lifestreaming mean to brands? Lifestreaming aftermath: how to cope with information overload? How to aggregate...

Video: The Wall of Headlines

via youtube.com This week we moved into our new offices in New York City. Among the highlights, is a giant wall of headlines. Richard Edelman gives us a tour. There's something about headlines...

Conversation of the Day: Facebook is the New Address Book

Image credit: The All New Facebook app 3.0 for iPhone by inaleemz When it comes to personal information like email, calendars, to- do's and notes, I have super systems that keep all the data...

Lifestreaming: Newspaper Uses Posterous to Solicit and Publish Reader Photos

You're probably sick of me talking about Posterous, but it's been about a year since I have been this excited by a new platform and its potential to change how we publish. I don't know...

Screencast: Google Reader Isn't Just for News, It's Also an Awesome Database

Think RSS is dead? Think it's too slow for the age of streams? Perhaps that's true for news. But have you ever considered using Google Reader as a private database? In this screencast I will show you...

Quote: "In the future, everybody will be anonymous for 15 minutes."

During a recent interview with Personal Branding magazine, the writer asked me what I thought about this amusing quote, which is the inverse of Andy Wharhol's more famous one. I am not...

Lifestreaming: Follow Your Posterous Peeps with RSS

As I mentioned last night, as more of my friends join Posterous and use it as a hub to populate their I am becoming a huge fan of their built in reader. It's helping me discover all kinds of new,...