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December 7, 2010

The Real Reason for the new Facebook Profile Style

Filed under: Observations — Tyler @ 11:20 pm

new Facebook profile style increases focus on the ads - click for enlarged view

The real reason for the new Facebook Profile Style is because it increases the visual focus of the user on the ADS section of Facebook. If you click on the image to the left, it will get bigger. You will notice that the old style of Facebook has the ads in a very predictable area on the right hand of the page. But the right hand side where the ads are has very limited interactivity for the user. There isn’t a lot of buttons over here except for account control and it is very easy to ignore this section all together. But if you notice the New Style of the facebook profile shows two new things. First of all there is a medium sized button that says, “Edit Profile.” This button is very important and many active users will utilize this button quite often. And it is conveniently located as far right as possible. If this was the only change then I would consider myself to be overreacting but there is more. If you are looking at your own main page, then the area where you can edit and upload your photos is directly above the ads. And that makes it very hard to ignore the advertisements. It is a genius decision on the part of the ROI executives because it will definitely get people to look at and interact with the advertisements much more.

The interesting thing is that when you are looking at someone else’s Facebook page who has the new profile style, then there is a different option where the Upload Photo are was on your page. On a friend who has the new profile style you will see an intriguing, “You and *your friend*” area. This will show some of your basic commonalities and information. The fact that this information is always changing from friend to friend is a definite attention-getter.

So if you want to be subconciously drawn to more ads then I recommend that you use this new Facebook Profile Style. Another fun tidbit is that once you change your profile style to the new one and “upgrade” then everyone on Facebook will appear to have the new style.

Also I am not complaining about this. I’m the kind of guy who’ll buy Rihanna’s “Umbrella” from Amazon MP3 even though I can listen to it on YouTube as much as I want for free. I just felt like drawing a fun diagram.

PS: If you would like to read about some “Concerns About the Like Button” then you might enjoy THIS article.

-Tyler

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Pasta Pomodoro in Newport Coast scrumptious souffle and pasta

Filed under: Reviews — Tyler @ 2:44 pm

Souffle - Pomodoro Newport Coast

Pasta Pomodoro

Newport Coast
21133 Newport Coast Drive
Newport Coast, CA 92657

(949) 759-1303

Hours:
11:30 AM – 10PM weekdays
12 NOON to 10PM weekends

Last weekend I was really hungry. I got so hungry that I didn’t even want to wait to drive somewhere for lunch. So we decided to go somewhere completely new to me. The place was Pasta Pomodoro. The food was beyond excellent and the prices were very reasonable for the quality of the food and the portions. As you can see from the picture above we shared a Chocolate Souffle for desert and coffee. The souffle was cakey and warm on the outside and fudgy and soft in the center. It came with some small bit of ice cream or gelato or something. It just was a small thing that contrasted with the chocolate. The coffee was the perfect addition to the souffle.

Penne Portobello

The dish that I ate was Penne Portobello. It was a penne pasta with creamy garlic sauce. This dish is $10.50 and it is 1043 calories. And this was a good thing because I was extremely hungry at the time. But the real gem of this dish was the perfectly cooked sausage pieces. I usually don’t even like sausage in my pasta at all. But this Penne Portobello tasted so god with it. I think the sausage was cooked in a pan because it had this delicious texture that was slightly blackened and crispy and chewy on the outside. While on the inside the sausage was tender. And as if that wasn’t enough to love the dish, there was these juicy pieces of portobello mushrooms floating around. And they had this exquisite dark color. Each bite was a great blend of tenderness and squishy mushroom goodness. The flavor of the portobello mushrooms was slightly meaty with a tiny bit of saltiness. There was even grilled chicken in the pasta. The pieces were small but well prepared. They did a good job not overpowering the other ingredients. The chicken just added a little more substance to this hearty dish.

Overall the customer service was well above par at Pasta Pomodoro. The waitress gave us fresh bread and pesto oil dip that was some of the best bread I’ve ever had at an Italian restaurant. She was friendly and did a great job refilling our drinks and water. And our food came to us nice and hot and with the utmost excellent presentation.

-Tyler

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