Corporate Culture, Facebook Style

June 23, 2007 By

Facebook turned on its new video feature today. Its best evangelist? Chris Putnam.

Do you remember that name? Oldtimers here will. Five years ago, back when he was 16, he let me listen to his piano practice via a Web service. Today? He’s on Facebook.

He’s an engineer there and runs security. I’ve watched a bunch of his videos. They are fun, if not frivolous things. Facebook seems to have a fun culture.

What’s weird is I’m now dealing with Ami Vora, who works in Facebook’s PR department. Wait a second, I know Ami. She used to work at Microsoft and I’ve even interviewed her a time or two back on Channel 9.

Oh, and happy 21′st birthday Chris!

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  • http://sisirkoppaka.wordpress.com/ sisirkoppaka

    Is Facebook the next Google? What’s the bet Google will pay $3 billion to buy Facebook?

  • http://sisirkoppaka.wordpress.com sisirkoppaka

    Is Facebook the next Google? What’s the bet Google will pay $3 billion to buy Facebook?

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    sisirkoppaka: I was thinking Microsoft will buy it for $5 billion.

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    sisirkoppaka: I was thinking Microsoft will buy it for $5 billion.

  • http://sisirkoppaka.wordpress.com/ sisirkoppaka

    Hi Robert,
    I thought the same too. I actually typed 10 then thought that 5 would be nice but then changed it again to 3 because an underestimation is always better than an overestimation. ;-) Anyway, I am sure somebody or the other will definitely buy it and it will in all probability be above $5 billion and an extra $20million for each passing week! But the best option for me, if I were Facebook’s sole owner and not interested in money, would be to not to go for an aquisition and try not the get locked onto a particular network.

  • http://sisirkoppaka.wordpress.com sisirkoppaka

    Hi Robert,
    I thought the same too. I actually typed 10 then thought that 5 would be nice but then changed it again to 3 because an underestimation is always better than an overestimation. ;-) Anyway, I am sure somebody or the other will definitely buy it and it will in all probability be above $5 billion and an extra $20million for each passing week! But the best option for me, if I were Facebook’s sole owner and not interested in money, would be to not to go for an aquisition and try not the get locked onto a particular network.

  • http://www.blog.ethanbodnar.com/ Ethan Bodnar

    Facebook has had their Video application up for a while and you said they turned it on today?

  • http://www.beercosoftware.com/ Chris

    Why isn’t anybody talking about Hi5???

    http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_sites?ts_mode=global&lang=none
    They’re wooping facebook’s butt still.

  • http://www.beercosoftware.com/ Chris

    Why isn’t anybody talking about Hi5???

    http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_sites?ts_mode=global&lang=none
    They’re wooping facebook’s butt still.

  • http://www.blog.ethanbodnar.com Ethan Bodnar

    Facebook has had their Video application up for a while and you said they turned it on today?

  • http://www.rluxemburg.com rslux

    @ #4 — for the same reason nobody is talking about Orkut.

  • http://www.rluxemburg.com/ rslux

    @ #4 — for the same reason nobody is talking about Orkut.

  • http://www.facereviews.com/ Rodney Rumford

    Robert,
    They actually have had the video feature for about 4 weeks on facebook. I really do like their video application. It is interesting to note that videos in facebook look clearer than videos on youtube; we actually tested this with the same source file uploaded.

    They have added some additional functionality in this announcement on the facebook blog.

    You can see 3 videos reviews that I did for facereviews about 3 weeks ago.
    Graffiti Review: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2976410174

    Slide Review http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=3017150174

    Amazon Books Review Review:http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2963915174

  • http://www.facereviews.com Rodney Rumford

    Robert,
    They actually have had the video feature for about 4 weeks on facebook. I really do like their video application. It is interesting to note that videos in facebook look clearer than videos on youtube; we actually tested this with the same source file uploaded.

    They have added some additional functionality in this announcement on the facebook blog.

    You can see 3 videos reviews that I did for facereviews about 3 weeks ago.
    Graffiti Review: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2976410174

    Slide Review http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=3017150174

    Amazon Books Review Review:http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2963915174

  • http://www.beercosoftware.com/ Chris

    @6

    I see. Thank you.

  • http://www.beercosoftware.com Chris

    @6

    I see. Thank you.

  • http://sisirkoppaka.wordpress.com/ sisirkoppaka

    Well, Microsoft may buy Facebook rather than Google as I thought. I didn’t know all about the Microsoft-Facebook partnership and the MIX07 stuff before.

  • http://sisirkoppaka.wordpress.com sisirkoppaka

    Well, Microsoft may buy Facebook rather than Google as I thought. I didn’t know all about the Microsoft-Facebook partnership and the MIX07 stuff before.