Zahid Lilani – Technology and Social Media

A Survival Guide for Facebook a.k.a Web within a Web

Posted on 25. Oct, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

Facebook’s new Timeline feature can be considered an ambitious, but not unrealistic, vision for future. A future of web, within a web. A social web within the larger context of the World Wide Web. Homepage. Friends. Videos. Music. Photos. News. Everything organized by year, month, day…

I joined Facebook in September 2006 when I got [...]

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Facebook is the new MySpace thanks to Google+

Posted on 05. Oct, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

Did Facebook just shoot itself in the foot by introducing it’s newest feature Timeline? According to this hilarious video, it sure did. Meet the new MySpace a.k.a Facebook. If it weren’t for Google+, Facebook would still be cool.

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Fresh New Social Media Icon Sets That Include Google+

Posted on 03. Oct, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

Bloggers, designers, creative nerds and everyone in between, it’s about time you have an all-you-can-eat resource of social media icons. These icons are those small, sometimes big, images and graphics you see all over the internet. Primary use includes linking them to your social media profile.
My list consists of icon sets that include [...]

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What happens in 60 seconds on the Internet?

Posted on 01. Oct, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

Here’s a snapshot of what happens in 60 seconds on the Internet. It’s probably outdated but gives a snapshot of how things are evolving as time goes by.

Image by Go-Gulf

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Listen Up Bloggers, Your Content Belongs on Google Plus

Posted on 30. Sep, 2011 by Zahid Lilani.

It doesn’t matter if you blog for money, fame, or because you don’t have anything better to do, your content belongs on Google Plus.
This is you: your own blog > content > readers > credibility > share-ability > popularity > engagement.
Engagement is, majority of the time, the ultimate goal and if you can eliminate [...]

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