Corporate Headquarters

Have you ever seriously thought about a company's corporate headquarters, the way it's designed and set up?

For most people, the answer to this question is usually no, "I have more important things to think about." But for some reason, this is something that has caught my interest lately. Especially with the advent of recent articles pertaining to some of the greatest company offices around the world; to name a few, these include Google's office (of course) in Zurich equipped with a slide and free gourmet meals three times a day, Facebook's office in Palo Alto, which includes its very own DJ booth, and YouTube's office in San Bruno, where indoor put-put, Segway riding, and swimming is not uncommon.

But to those of us who don't work there, this means nothing to us, right? I would have to disagree. A company's headquarters and the way it's set up is actually a lot more important than one would think. The way in which different departments are set up and the flow of information is crucial for a company to consider.

According to the late Steve Jobs (I know, I'm going on an Apple rant again), the power of space is pressing when it comes to enhancing the work of groups. In 1999, when Jobs was planning Pixar's headquarters, he had the building arranged around a central atrium, so that Pixar's diverse staff of artists, writers, and computer scientists would run into each other more often. He soon realized that simply creating an airy atrium  isn't enough, he needed to force people to go there. He began with the mailboxes, which he shifted to the lobby. Then he moved the meeting rooms to the center of the building, followed by the cafeteria, the coffee bar, and the gift shop. Finally, he decided that the atrium should contain the only set of bathrooms in the entire building... Until the women had a complete uproar. He was then later forced to compromise and install a second pair of bathrooms. Darla Anderson, a producer of several Pixar films, said "I didn't want to have to walk all the way to the atrium every time I needed to do something. That's just a waste of time. But Steve said, 'Everybody has to run into each other.' He really believed that the best meetings happened by accident, in the hallway or parking lot. And you know what? He was right. I get more done having a cup of coffee and striking up a conversation or walking to the bathroom and running into unexpected people than I do sitting at my desk."

One of my absolute favorite Steve Jobs quotes comes from "The Lost Interview", a television interview filmed in 1995. He starts out with a story of a widowed old man that lived in the same neighborhood as him when he was young. He got to know him a little bit through mowing his lawn for him. One day the old man invited him to his garage and showed him a can of rocks, just plain old, common, dirty rocks. He closed the can and put it in a motor and told young Jobs to come back the next day. So he did, and they took out the rocks to find these amazingly beautiful, polished rocks; the same old, dirty rocks that went in through rubbing against each other, creating a little bit of friction and a little bit of noise, thus producing these beautiful rocks. "This has always been my metaphor for a team working really hard on something that they're really passionate about. It's through the team that you've got really talented people working together, bumping up against each other, having arguments, having fights sometimes, making some noise, and working together they polish each other and polish ideas, so what ends up coming out are these beautiful and innovative ideas."

So, the importance placed upon the people is huge for a company to really get great ideas flowing, thus the layout of the office is critical. So what is Apple's office like then? In fact, this was one of Steve's last projects that he was determined to make come true. On June 7, 2011 Jobs stood before the Cupertino City Council to present plans for the new corporate campus for Apple. The headquarters is intended to accommodate more than 12,000 employees in a single, circular building. It would look a little bit like a spaceship and two-thirds the size of the Pentagon. The budget for the Apple Campus 2 originally was planned at $3 billion, but has recently ballooned to nearly $5 billion, which would eclipse the spending on the new World Trade Center complex as well as many top-of-the-line downtown corporate towers. Jobs passed four months later and the move-in date was pushed back from 2015 to 2016. The multibillion-dollar budget for Campus 2 could add fuel to the debate about what Apple's doing with all its money. Shares have fallen 38% since September amid rising competition and critics are sure to question whether curved glass is the best use of funds. Although this is a legitimate question, Jobs has clearly proved that the people come first, thus the office is important. Nonetheless, I wouldn't mind working at 1 Infinite Loop in Cupertino, California!

With the Help of an iPad

The amount of technological advancements, in some American's eyes, may be hindering the social setting or just over-complicating life in general. I take the opposite point of view; technology has helped us in a vast amount of ways and may even be one of the most important advancements of the 21st century.

One of the most important ways technology has helped us, in my opinion, is in the education arena. The ability for information to travel instantaneously and across borders has enabled us to know so much more and in such a less amount of time. Specifically, I have been intrigued by the amount of work done with children with disabilities and the iPad.

There are several stories out there about the iPad helping disabled children around the world, but one in particular caught my eye. SNApps4Kids, a community of parents, therapists, and educators, taps into a burgeoning trend for people with disabilities. Touch devices are revolutionizing the lives of children, adults, and seniors with special needs. An estimated 40,000 apps have been developed for this demographic.

Take for example, Noah Rahman, who has moderate Cerebral Palsy. The disease affects his communication, cognition and upper and lower body movement. When he turned two, his language, cognitive ability and fine motor skills were diagnosed by a developmental specialist as being at least 12 months behind...Then he got an iPad.

Four months later, his language and cognition were on par with his age level. His fine motor skills had made significant leaps. Today, the 3-year-old spends an hour or two on his iPad each day. He switches his apps between reading and writing in English, Arabic, and Spanish -- that's more than I know!! His dad explained that "the iPad unlocked his motivation and his desire to learn because it's fun." For people lacking motor skills, touch screens are more intuitive devices. There is no mouse, keyboard, or pen intercepting their communication with the screen.

An article I found on Mashable laid out 4 ways that the iPad is changing the lives of people with disabilities. First and foremost, they explain how it is changing lives as a communicator. Before the iPad, touch-to-speak technology was incredibly expensive. Now, the relative affordability of the iPad has made the technology more available for children and adults that cannot use their voice. With the simple touch of an iPad, a hungry non-verbal person can easily communicate exactly what they would like to eat. Those apps can then be customized with photos or features to suit an individual's life and needs.And the fact that these are applications and not full-blown software systems, explains the ability to easily update and change things around if need be.

The second reason they lay out is as a therapeutic device. If you're someone with a disability,  having something that other people are using makes you feel like part of the in-crowd. Another co-founder of SNApps4Kids' son, Vincent, a young boy with Down syndrome has found the iPad most useful. While he can walk, Vincent prefers to sit still most of the time. Throughout his life, his parents and therapists have tried to help him be more active. It was not until his physical therapist placed an iPad on a treadmill that Vincent was motivated to walk. He now stays on for almost 10 minutes -- an incredible feat for him -- interacting with his iPad while he's in motion.

The fact that the iPad can be used as an educational tool is also another important reason as to how it is changing the lives of not only disabled persons, but people around the world in general too. A number of apps out there address academic subjects from math to language to reading and writing. In Ocotober 2010, Apple even featured an 'Apps for Special Education' section in the App Store. Even the iTunesU app puts the world's largest online catalog of free education content into an easily accessible form. The iPad is also more intuitive for children, it's like fish to water. I've seen kids being introduced to the iPad for the first time and it is incredible how quickly they catch on and adapt to the new technology.

Finally, the iPad is a great behavior monitor. Several apps out there can take notes, record good and bad behavior to be later reviewed, and then turn this information into visual graphs and charts. It can also be a great way to strengthen and reinforce memory for seniors with Alzheimer's or memory loss. Other apps can tell users and remind them when it is time to take medication. There even has been stories of how hospitals have begun using FaceTime for moms with infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. "BabyTime" as they call it, can help bridge communication with the family and the baby's medical team and is an excellent use of technology to help new mothers bond with their babies, even when they cannot be physically at their babies' bedside.

As you can see, these new technological advances have actually done quite a lot for us. Not just the iPad alone, Androiders I'm including you in here too. Some may look at it as a disruption to the family dinner time but others look at it as a once in a lifetime opportunity to defeat the odds with several different types of disabilities. As time moves on, I believe technology will evolve even more and make more breakthroughs in this area. I believe it is honestly one of the greatest inventions of my generation.

Cars with Attitude- 'Eyes Free' Siri Integration

The geniuses of our generation have done it again-- using technology to make our lives easier.

Honda, Acura, and Chevrolet are now offering 'Eyes Free' Siri integration into some of their new 2013 vehicles to allow drivers to interact with their phones while driving. This could totally revolutionize the way we drive in that, perhaps we could get a lot more done while dealing with the daily commute to work.

As Apple puts it, "with the Eyes Free feature, ask Siri to call people, select and play music, hear and compose text messages, use Maps and get directions, read your notifications, find calendar information, add reminders, and more."

The "Eyes Free" function is a way to use Apple's iOS voice assistant without having to rely on visual cues, or interact with on-screen menus. The functionality, which was introduced last year, works over Bluetooth and connects through Honda's HandsFreeLink setup just like other mobile phones.

Not only would this make driving safer by keeping drivers' eyes on the road more, it could lessen the amount of work that you would have to do by the time you actually get to work. Think about it. The first thing most people do when they go to work is check their email-- meaning boot up the computer, log in the outlook, wait for outlook... What if you were able to check it hands free with Siri, all while driving to work? This would save on time and could possibly even increase productivity.

Could this be forshadowing to an even bigger technology breakthrough in the future? Once Siri, or other voice command software, become more common in cars, what would be the next big breakthrough? The ability to run apps through your car? Should we expect to see iPads being built into cars? A car that can drive itself? It's almost a little scary to think about but at the rate that technology is growing and becoming more commonly used, it may be a realistic prediction. Time will only tell how fast this sort of technology will catch on and what it will mean for our society.

Here's just a taste of what Siri's Eyes Free function will be like in the Chevy Sonic:

All I know is that my next car will have Siri in it :)

Patently Apple

As you all know, I am quite the Apple head. For me, that means keeping up to date with their current products, products that are about to be released, and -- you guessed it -- products that don't even exist yet.

Recently while I was doing research for my Social Media Marketing paper, analyzing Apple and Microsoft from a social aspect, I came across a wonderful site that I thought I should share.

Patently Apple is a Apple-centric blog focused on dissecting Apple's latest Intellectual Property including filed patents, granted patents, trademarks, and any hot news going on with the company, in order to celebrate 'Apple's spirit of invention'. It is a site that I personally have bookmarked and now consult regularly to get me excited and thinking about the new technologies waiting to grace the world. I wanted to highlight a few great ideas the company may have in the process as well as some recent stories on what Apple is up to.

1. This is the product that I am most excited about and most anxiously waiting for-- Apple's very own television. We all knew it was only a matter of time before Apple got into the television market, and not much longer until they have totally dominated it just as they have with the mobile phone market and tablet market. According to a new report, Apple is supposedly continuing to develop a TV rumored to be called the iTV, which is likely to support Ultra HD (3840 by 2160) along with voice and motion control functions and Internet connectivity, according to industry supply chain sources. As always with Apple, their TV would more than likely be the central hub for your Apple products at the house. By using iCloud, everything could easily be synced through the TV, such as messages, contacts, etc. We can only guess that the TV would come fully equipped with FaceTime capability, multi-touch screen, Siri, PhotoBooth, and the power of every app in the App Store. Time will only tell if this is what everyone will be running to the stores to get for an upcoming Christmas in our short future...

2. This patent application totally blew me away. A future iPhone with wraparound display... GENIUS! Thus far, most of the iPhones have had the same physical design, only with minor improvements upon the last. This new design could totally revolutionize the phone market... again. The idea behind the wraparound display is so that both sides of the iPhone will be able to display content either individually or as one continuous display. The invention focuses on the flexible wraparound display that could be fashioned in aluminum, aluminum and glass, or a fully transparent design (mostly seen in futuristic movies). The future iPhone design won't have any physical buttons so controlling the audio will simply require you to hover your hand over the side of the display to temporarily illustrate the controls. The new design could also produce 3D visuals through its unique dual display design. The amount of advanced technology to make this happen seems to be a current challenge to getting the product to the actual market. Regardless, I think we can expect to see something like this somewhere down the road with Apple.

3. FINALLY!! The US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals a waterproofing idea for small portable devices. Apple has shown to have been working on a waterproof, or at the very least, a water resistant solution for over a year now. The new patent application illustrates that they're also working on a different angle to creating water resistant devices using a multi-layered ceramic enclosure mixed with Alumina to provide the enclosure with a good RF transmission capability. If they make a break through with this idea, it could be the one feature that could convince Androiders and Windowers to make the switch to the iPhone. For me, this would be a grace from God, since I've done everything possible to my iPhone, including dropping it in the toilet... Perhaps this could be the solution to the clunky $100 lifeproof case that I will forever despise.

4. Another interesting design I found on Patently Apple, as well as a hot topic among the press, is for the rumored iWatch, or some sort of 'wearable technology'. The patent application from Apple reveals an advanced wearable computer in the form of a bracelet that could double as a watch. Apple states that with a multitouch display, the user 'can accomplish a number of different tasks including adjusting the order of current playlists, or reviewing a list of recent phone calls. A response to a current text message can even be managed given a simple virtual keyboard configuration across the face of the flexible display.' Apple also contemplates utilizing a solar panel beneath the display as well as take advantage of kinetic energy. In yet another use, an iWatch owner riding a bike could mount it on an arm or leg with some kind of bright pattern running along the screen for increased visibility. They've actually already started the beginnings of a possible iWatch phenomenon with the recent iPod mini. It has a strap accessory to allow the user to wear it around the wrist while running or exercising. So, could the idea of 'wearable technology' already be catching on or is it too far-fetched? For me, it may be unavoidable, especially with competitors already in the game with such products as Google Glasses rumored to be releasing soon.

5. Besides super-future products, Apple is also trying to do its part in being environmentally friendly. According to Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's Chief Financial Officer, Apple now runs its largest U.S. data center entirely on renewable energy, with a majority of the power generated on-site from solar panels and fuel cells. That's creating energy equivalent to powering 17,600 homes a year! The data center in Maiden, North Carolina, which support Internet storage and Apple's service-hosting iCloud product, produces 167 million kilowatts from a 100-acre solar farm and fuel cell installations provided by Silicon Valley startup Bloom Energy. Overall, Apple said it has increased the proportion of renewable energy used throughout the company to 75%. Eventually, the company aims to use only renewable energy at all its facilities around the world. As the world becomes more environmentally conscious, I believe more companies will follow suit and will begin to make more thoughtful business decisions in the manufacturing of electronic products.

These are just a few among the millions of ideas from Apple that we could be expecting to see in our near future. For me personally, I am most excited about the iTV and most confident in its arrival. With social media on our side, soon these Apple-focused rumors could turn into legitimate product reviews. Time will only tell which of these designs make it and which ones are a flop!

Check out the Patently Apple websites for even more Apple patents and ideas:
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2013/03/index.html

My Dream Job Come True

I did it!! I got the job of my dreams-- working for Apple.

I am so excited to be working for a company that I truly look up to and something that I know I will love doing. I will be a part of the UGA At-Home Advisers that work remotely from home for AppleCare. I will be supplied with all the tools and knowledge base to answer the common problems and questions Apple users have about their products. Since I love technology and enjoy helping people, this job is the perfect match for me.

In light of my new job starting in May, I thought I would do some research on working from home, to see the ups and downs of it, and perhaps get some advice from people who already have worked from home. What I found was very interesting and offered me some great perspectives that I wanted to share.

Ever since CEO Marissa Mayer banned Yahoo employees from working from home, the topic has received extensive research and discussion, even some heated criticism. According to Mayer, she made the decision to boost morale for the rest of the staff. She found that full-timers who worked from home often 'did little work' for Yahoo. After receiving criticism over the ban, Yahoo responded saying "This isn't a broad industry view on working from home, this is about what is right for Yahoo right now." Seeing these different perspectives, I decided to look more into the cold hard facts about working from home.

In a study conducted through Evolv, done exclusively for Mashable, they found that working from home seems to make employees way more loyal to their company; however, the more months they stay at home, the less productive they are. The study was conducted on 21,000 hourly employees over 180 days; both at-home and in-office workers and then comparing the numbers. Employees who are allowed to work from home are significantly more likely to stick around with a median retention rate that is 28% higher than those that work in the office. However, they also found that after 90 days at the company, the office workers become faster than the work-at-homers. Those remote employees hit a plateau at day 120-- and after 150 days of logging in from their house, they actually start to get slower again. Here is a chart made available from the study where 'survival' is the likelihood that these hourly employees are still working up to par:

"People who work from home appear to get complacent at some point" said the managing director of analytics at Evolv. So does this mean we can expect that work-at-home jobs will start disappearing?

According to another Mashable post, as technology continues to evolve, via new access on mobile, social and collaboration, we can expect even more growth in working from home. The number of Americans working from home has jumped 41% since 1991.

While the work-from-home lifestyle brings significant perks, it's not without significant challenges. You may not deal with the daily commute or rush-hour traffic, but there'a new set of struggles that are unique to the home office. They lay out these challenges as:

• You can't stay focused
• You lose boundaries
• You work too much
• You feel isolated

These seem like legitimate challenges, ones you probably never would have thought about while in the office. Some reactions were expressed over Twitter from at-home workers, exemplifying the challenges listed above. "My experience from home-working is that, for me, it stopped being 'I work at home' and it became 'I sleep in my office'. I put in more and more hours and as an online marketeer/SEO was able to focus in the peaceful environment of home away from the distractions (and social contact/fun) of an office. So I was very productive... but I didn't enjoy it." 

From Apple's point of view, they may be using it to their advantage. This sort of decentralized approach is gaining a lot of steam in the tech industry, because it saves on overhead and allows them to recruit the most qualified individuals without worrying about geographic restrictions or relocation issues. And by recruiting college students at a young age, they are able to mold their minds for a future career at Apple. College students grew up with using Apple products so it makes sense that they seem to know them best and be able to support Apple's vast customer base. 

These two perspectives have given me a great well-rounded picture of what working from home might be like. I'm glad I now know some things to look out for and some perspectives from employees themselves. Despite the significant challenges, and because of the great perks, I really don't think I'm going to mind working from home like this...

Time will only tell how my experience plays out but I'm willing to take the ride! I will keep everyone posted on my Apple endeavors!

Sources:

http://gigaom.com/2009/05/18/work-from-home-field-apple-tech-support-calls/

http://mashable.com/2013/02/16/working-from-home/

http://mashable.com/2013/03/06/yahoo-work-from-home-ban/

http://mashable.com/2013/03/02/working-from-home-2/

http://mashable.com/2013/03/08/work-at-home-study/

Jawbone's Up Wristband

As environmental and healthy living concerns are becoming bigger issues in our generation, many companies are trying to invent creative ways to help combat obesity, lack of exercise, and laziness in general.

Recently, I came across a new and rather interesting piece of technology slowly creeping its way to the market. It is a wristband called Up, made by Jawbone. Not only is it a unique piece of jewelry, but also an iPhone app that helps track the daily activity of your life and from there give advice on healthy eating, living, and exercising.

The Up wristband has several features. First of all, it does sleep and nap tracking by intelligently tracking hours slept, light vs deep sleep, and waking moments. It does overall activity tracking 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by tracking distance, calories burned, active time, and activity intensity. Food and drink tracking makes it easier to keep track of what you eat and the calories taken in. Mood tracking logs moods and discover connections that affect how you feel. Insight engine discovers hidden connections and patterns in your day-to-day activities. When you've been sitting idle at a desk or chair for too long, the wristband gives you a gentle alert as a reminder to stay active throughout the day. The smart alarm gently wakes you up in the morning at the perfect moment in your sleeping cycle and also has a power nap function that allows for the perfect catnap (precisely 26.5 minutes) . The Up wristband has a 10 day battery so you don't miss a beating step and is waterproof to make it through life's messiest or dirtiest days. What makes this piece of technology so useful is that the jack hidden in the wristband plugs into your iPhone and loads all the data made throughout the day and puts it into a meaningful form.

The app lets the user know several things. The "Me" page, or the homepage, uses bars to represent progress towards sleep, step and food goals, and daily updates on your friends, or 'teammates'. This was the aspect of this savvy new piece of technology that I really loved. You connect with your other friends, or rather teammates, that also have the Up wristband to stay updated with their progress, or in fact their lack of progress. Say, for example, you enjoyed a 1,400-calorie Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Blizzard from Dairy Queen at 11 AM on a Wednesday. The UP wristband would of course track this and would be made available to your teammates on the app. Integrating social aspects through the app serves two purposes: to motivate you through a sense of companionship and competition, and to shame you through public humiliation. So in general, seeing your calories pile up in a public forum will make you think twice about what you are putting in your body. The app also tries to make meaningful summaries from your data, like are you getting the most sleep during the week or over the weekend? Or as the weather cools are you moving about less? Knowing this information can help you make healthier decisions or maybe break unhealthy habits.

Jawbone has come out with two 'prototypes' thus far, one last year that seemed to be a flop, and one this year that has improved on the bugs and lackings of the previous model. Only time will tell us if this new piece of 'healthy living' technology will survive in an obese-ridden America. If you asked my opinion, I believe this will start a revolution. With the integration of social and great technology, younger Americans will catch on and soon it will be the latest trend for which the older, baby-boomer generation will just remain struggling to catch on to. We can only wait and see.

Here's a picture of what the Jawbone's Up wristband looks like:

Sources:

http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/07/jawbone-up-review-2012/

https://jawbone.com/up#design

10 Most Liked Posts on Facebook

I believe it's plain and simple: people like to like. Especially me. I am a HUGE 'liker', often liking on average over 100 posts per week. However, I don't give my 'likes' out to just anyone, they have to earn it. If it's a company, I feel it has to be witty and smart, and it has to make me somewhat LOL (even though when half of the world writes 'lol' they never really laugh out loud...).

So I was navigating through a new site lately, Social Media Today, and found a great article that highlighted the 10 most liked photos on Facebook in January 2013. I'm going to start from the bottom up and give my personal opinion on each. I will then say if it is worthy of my like. Refer to the link at the end for the article.

10. BMW comes in last with 125,274 likes. To me this is a manly post, but I can appreciate it because of the quality of this car. Nothing is better than a company openly revealing their new products on social media for the world to get the first look at! Still not sure if it would receive a like from me.

9. Intel comes in at 9 with 131,179 likes, even though I think this photo is ABSOLUTELY GENIUS! What a great way to artistically illustrate the characteristics of our generation; technology is truly driving us in this crazy busy life that will never stop spinning. This by far was my favorite post on the list. In fact, I'm going to start following Intel and this would definitely receive my like! Definitely relevant to today and the company. Kudos to Intel!

8. Tiffany & Co received 136,242 likes with this photo, obviously very relevant since Valentine's Day is around the corner. Although the picture is beautiful and visually appealing, it doesn't have anything that really catches me. It just seems like another beautiful piece of jewelry I could never afford... not 'like worthy' for me.

7. Oreo has been recently hitting the ball out of the park with 141,044 likes for this hilarious photo. I, personally, have always struggled with this problem and its cute how they have utilized the 'meme' phenomenon in relation to their product. In fact, this post actually made me laugh out loud in the library, so definitely deserving of a like!

6. As always Starbucks does well with 155,816 likes on this trendy hipster photo. I like this photo because it shows soul and that the company is not forgetting where they came from. I 'like' and appreciate that.

5. Not too sure why Walmart received 156,069 likes for this post, completely irrelevant! Like we talked about in class, nothing is worse than companies who push out random content that is in no way relevant to their company. Some can pull it off, but to me, Walmart is not one of them. Don't get me wrong, the photo is cute, but it would never receive a like from me.

4. We've seen these 'please give me and my cute siblings likes for (fill in the blank)' before, but it's quickly getting old! The first one was cute, but how many times are people going to do this and expect likes?? There's a certain point when this idea just isn't original any more. Sorry, not worthy of a like. I never got a dog either :(

3. Am I missing something about this post? Louis Vuitton received 163,091 likes, putting it at the number 3 position on the list. It mentions a 'Monogram Story', but the picture doesn't necessarily illustrate anything about monograms. What is the 'Louis Vuitton Friends of the House'? Maybe I'm out of the loop on this one since I'm not a fan of designer purses, but personally, this just seems like a generic ad for me. Sorry Louis, no like for you!

2. Yet another manly post, WWE comes in at number 2 with 247,415 likes for just one photo! That's pretty impressive, and I have to give it up to the Rock for accomplishing both his World Championship and his 'Likeship". However, the amount of links and CAPS LOCK is too busy of a look for me. Considering I am completely out of their demographic, I highly doubt I would give this one a like. I have respect for the Rock though!

1. Nothing is better than being reminded of your childhood glory days with Disney. This classic photo came in first with 327,817 likes. It's nice to have something like this come up on your news feed that reminds you that life shouldn't get you down. Take the 'problem-free philosophy' into account and enjoy the life that you have. I think this would get a like out of me, especially on those days that I am down in the dumps.

So there you have it, the 10 most liked posts on Facebook for January 2013. Some are great examples of Social Media Marketing and some are complete flops that make me question how they even made it on the list. For me personally, my number one would be Intel and my number two would be Oreo. Both did a great job in being relevant and not being pushy in their content. Neither one of them were trying to sell you anything and just wanted to create a post that was either humorous or inspiring, both of which I appreciate greatly. 

All pictures and rankings were made available by Social Media Today.

Citation:

Arnold, Morgan J. "10 Most Liked Posts on Facebook." Social Media Today RSS. Social Media Today    LLC, 6 Feb. 2013. Web. 07 Feb. 2013. .