I’ve been beta-testing WeSeed.com recently and I want to help get the word out for the site. Essentially, WeSeed takes investing in the stock market with fake money, but with real-time prices and updates, and combines this with the best of social media and web 2.0. They have a solid video that explains why WeSeed exists. Take a look.

I’ve only been on Twitter for a few months, but already I feel I have a great sense of how people and brands should be using the service. For me, the easiest thing is to model yourself after @chrisbrogan or @guykawasaki. They are very smart, offer plenty of content/links/info and are not boring. They are professional, transparent and come across as nice guys. This should be no different if you are a large corporation.

Ogilvy PR has developed a Twitter best practices of sorts, highlighting the best do’s and don’ts to being a successful Twitterer.

Here’s a little taste:

DO be dedicated to Twitter. Chris Brogan recommends having more than one employee on Twitter so ensure an ongoing presence. (@BaskinRobbins could have continued to grow their presence on Twitter, but instead lasted only 1 month)

DON’T use Twitter to tell your everyday tasks, make sure your Tweets are resourceful, entertaining and/or valuable to your followers

I wouldn’t say anything on this post is anything ground breaking, but it is definitely a good collection of practices to keep in mind, and would be a great guide for the new user/social media dud. Be sure to follow me on Twitter! @brandonzeman

Yahoo and Microsoft have ended talks for good, and maybe its not much of a surprise that Yahoo is testing out a new logo. Tech Crunch broke the story yesterday of users reporting seeing an updated, purple version of the classic. It looks like Yahoo is testing the logo in various spots, as I still see the old logo.

I don’t know much about design, and I’m not a branding expert, but I like the redesign. A lot. Yahoo has taken a lot of flack lately, stemming from how Yahoo execs handled the Microsoft deal. The redesign is a great way to break through the negative publicity and show the world you are moving forward stronger than ever. Additionally, the new logo is 21st century, Web 2.0 worthy. The old logo is stodgy and screams late nineties web start up.

Mark Hendrickson from Tech Crunch was able to find the new logo today using Firefox 3.0, but then couldn’t find it anymore. I also have yet to see the new version. Check out the Mark’s sighting and my failed attempt.

I took some time off from writing, and don’t really have a good explanation as to why. Wasn’t quite feeling it, I guess. But I’m back now, and have a very interesting topic for today.

I came across a web clip in my GMail this afternoon that the world is on pace to reach capacity on the internet by 2010. For those not well versed in math, that is just over a year and a half away! I imagine for a lot of people, this doesn’t make a lot of sense. The internet is so large and expansive, and you are free to add pictures and video and create sites as you please, so how could we reach the edge?

The problem isn’t in the internet itself, rather, its the infrastructures set up by communications companies that are reaching a breaking point. The article is based on a speech from AT&T VP of Legislative Affairs Jim Cicconi at an eForum on Web 2.0 from England . Here are some of the highlights:

“The surge in online content is at the center of the most dramatic changes affecting the Internet today,” he said. “In three years’ time, 20 typical households will generate more traffic than the entire Internet today.”

…said that at least $55 billion worth of investment was needed in new infrastructure in the next three years in the U.S. alone, with the figure rising to $130 billion to improve the network worldwide. “We are going to be butting up against the physical capacity of the Internet by 2010,”

“Eight hours of video is loaded onto YouTube every minute. Everything will become HD very soon, and HD is 7 to 10 times more bandwidth-hungry than typical video today. Video will be 80 percent of all traffic by 2010, up from 30 percent today,”

For me, the most interesting detail from the article is the prediction that 80% of online content will be video by 2010. While the current trends certaintly support this, I think that figure might be a little steep. I feel the technology and capabilities will be there, even if the infrastructure can’t support it. I think we’ll see most online advertisements in video by then, and even more sports, news and entertainment via video.

Hopefully we can build up the infrastructure by then so we can have a wide-open internet for years to come!