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It's an industry that changes every day, and sometimes overnight. On the Daylight Blog, we keep pace, and we share our perspective on some of the big developments of the day.
April 25, 2013
Keep Facebook Timeline Images Under 100K
Topics: Social Media
A brief public service social media announcement from FINE Traverse City: Your Facebook Timeline Images should be under 100K.
There’s not a lot of talk about this online anywhere. You can visit pages like https://www.facebook.com/CoverPhotoSize to see what the basic image dimensions should be, but you won’t find much about image file size in terms of kilobytes.
Why is this important? Because if your file is larger than 100K, Facebook will reinterpolate the image. I’m not actually sure if reinterpolate is a real word. Hwever, it seems like the perfect infuriatingly inaccurate term to describe the experience of uploading a gorgeous high-resolution file to Facebook, only to have it smushed into timeline mush because it’s too big.
I had a friend who recently searched for hours trying to figure out why his Facebook Timeline Image for the Dragon Wagon wasn’t working. It was the correct “size” in terms of dimensions, but it was way larger than 100 kilobytes. So every time he tried to upload it, it resulted in a blurry, messy image because it was just too large.
So now we know. Keep your Facebook Timeline Images under 100K so they load as clearly and cleanly as possible! There’s a lot more to the “size” of any image file than just the dimensions in pixels.
March 14, 2013
The Death of Google Reader
Topics: Social Media
If you’ve not heard by now (and I’m pretty sure you have), Google is going to kill Google Reader on July 1, 2013. Kill it. Dead. As someone who allowed himself to rely on the service, that news is a giant drag; however, it’s not entirely surprising. Google supports a ton of free products – [...]
March 13, 2013
The Search for Authenticity in Social Networks
Topics: Social Media
What is the difference between what someone says, and what they really think? According to new social network Pencourage, a lot: Their About page is a fascinating scroll through what is presented as a new type of truly authentic social network. Instead of having to show your best face via a public persona under your [...]
January 11, 2013
8 Social Media New Year’s Resolutions
Topics: Social Media
Back in December I put together my Social Media Holiday Wish List, and now that we’re over a week into 2013 I thought I’d follow up with a few “resolutions” to consider for making your social media presence better in 2013. These aren’t ground-breaking insights, but the list below are things I try to do [...]
January 3, 2013
Creating a Secret, Private Event on Facebook
Topics: Social Media
About two years ago, I wrote a post which posed the question: How can I create a public event that blocks certain users? I wanted to create a public event that everyone could see *except* the person whose surprise party it was. I still don’t have the answer! In the meantime, however, that post continues [...]
December 20, 2012
A Social Media Holiday Wish List
Topics: Social Media
Every year the emails start just after Thanksgiving. From my mom. From my sisters and brother. “What do you want for Christmas?” I’m never good at providing a definitive answer. Music? Ski gear? A new fly rod? A Chia Pet? This year while pondering the question, I realized that I had a few things on [...]