February 2009
49 posts
January 2009
37 posts
“**Facebook is, he told me, studying “sentiment” behavior. It hasn’t yet used...”
– Robert Scoble, sharing things he talked about with Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO.
Click the link below to read the full post.
Scobleizer — Zuckerberg: Facebook’s “intense” year
We Live in Public (and the end of empathy) « The... →
I’ve been thinking about empathy and the Internet non-stop for the past week. If you, the jury, will give me some room to operate, I think I’ve got a couple of important, if imperfect, points to share. It might take me some time to get there; two or three thousand words to be exact.
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WP-iGoogle: Create a dynamic Google gadget for... →
People can add your gadget to iGoogle or to their other pages across the web. When users add your gadget to their iGoogle homepage, they’ll see your content each time they visit Google. Your Google gadget will show your latest posts sorted by date and an avatar image (your Gravatar).
(note: I’m testing this on fearlessblogger.com)
Defendant rubs feces on lawyer; mistrial declared
(My question(s) - where did the defendant get the feces? And was it HUMAN feces? WTF?!?)
SAN DIEGO COURTS: A robbery trial abruptly ended yesterday when a defendant smeared feces on his lawyer and threw it at jurors, authorities said.
Weusi McGowan, 37, had apparently smuggled a plastic bag filled with excrement into the San Diego Superior Court building, said Paul Levikow, spokesman for the...
Information about hashtags (#hashtags) →
Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets. They’re like tags on Flickr, only added inline to your post. You create a hashtag simply by prefixing a word with a hash symbol: #hashtag. Hashtags were developed as a means to create ”groupings” on Twitter, without having to change the basic service. The hash symbol is a...
“What is RT (retweeting)? “RT” or “retweeting” is simply...”
– this is my website | Kevin Rose - blogg - What is RT (retweeting)?
Using The WordPress Video Player « Demo Girl →
As you may know, I use a lot of video in my blog posts. Well, up until now I’ve been using Viddler to display the videos and also linking to a video hosted on our server. Today I upgraded my WordPress.com space and will be using their player to show off my screencasts. I think visually, the WordPress player shows off my work in better detail, and that’s very important to me. In this screencast,...
The Senator Prank: Joke Letters Sent To The U.S.... →
Do politicians have a sense of humor? The common wisdom, of course, is that politicians are as funny as a groin injury. President Taft, for instance, was considered so unfunny that Senators were known to gnaw off their own limbs while listening to his jokes, giving rise to the term “stump speech.” But are all politicians devoid of humor? We at ZUG, the world’s only comedy site,...
HOW TO Sell Social Media to Cynics, Skeptics &... →
Trying to make the case to someone on the benefits of using social media? Maybe a boss or a client or a co-worker who’s a little resistant? Maybe a lot resistant? Here’s an arsenal of articles with solid advice, data, and tips to help you think through your sales strategy and put together some convincing arguments.
The Importance of Google PageRank: A Guide For... →
Useful info for newbies at SEO
fluidinfo » Blog Archive » FluidDB domain names... →
FluidDB domain names available early (and free) for Twitter users Sometime in the next few months, Fluidinfo will launch an alpha version of FluidDB, the database with the heart of a wiki. It’s a big engineering task, and there will still be a lot to do when we go into alpha, so we’ll initially only have a small number of applications being built on FluidDB. But that doesn’t mean you can’t get...
We became "poor" to help our daughter -... →
“We were lucky, because somehow Genevieve was approved for SSI (Supplemental Security Income) on the first try. Most people are rejected over and over, needing attorneys and appeals to get the help they need. But there was one little problem. Before we could access the benefits, we had to spend our entire savings account and cash in life insurance policies to make ourselves poor. You see,...
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Twilert - Twitter search alerts via email
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About Twilert Twilert is a free Twitter service that lets you receive regular email alerts containing tweets that contain specific keywords or phrases. It’s useful for those that want to track conversation and opinion on a brand, company or product on Twitter but don’t have the time to sit in front of a Twitter Search page 24 hours a day. In a nutshell, we’re like Google Alerts,...
About Us — BackType →
“BackType is a service that lets you find, follow and share comments from across the web. Whenever you fill out the “Website” or “URL” field in a comment form when you publish a comment on a blog or other website, BackType attributes it to you. We give comment authors a profile featuring all the comments they’ve written on the Internet. If you don’t have a...
Obama Staff Arrives to White House Stuck in Dark... →
Not surprising, I guess.
Love this quote:
“It is kind of like going from an Xbox to an Atari,” Obama spokesman Bill Burton said of his new digs.
Bush's Depressing Goodbye Party: One Staffer Gets... →
Greg Mitchell: Obama Owes Presidency To... Stephen... →
Cougars - unyoung women on the prowl →
While I resent the term “unyoung women” - I think it’s hilarious someone wrote this!
Men's Health - Eat This, Not That! - Best & Worst... →
The 20 Worst Foods in America The U.S. food industry has declared war on your waistline. Here’s how to disarm its weapons of mass inflation
Fanboy.com » Blog Archive » Social Media “Experts”... →
I think I’ve found a new blog to crush on :-)
Nearly a day goes by on Twitter without yet another social media “expert” choosing to stalk me. At first it started innocently — back in the day (about a year ago) various techie friends started to declare themselves social media gurus because they decided to hang out on Twitter and Facebook all day. And now an army of their offspring monitor...
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WatchIt’s Obama-mania!
Somewhat peculiar video of a Japanese factory making Barack Obama masks. I love when the guy tries the mask on and points!
The pile of Obama faces is a bit creepy - although amusing when mixed in with other face masks …
Also love that the masks have been used for “both business and pleasure”!
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Cassidy: Job-seeker trying to help others while... →
Congrats to KyNam Doan for getting featured in the San Jose Mercury News!
KyNam’s taken a unique approach to finding a job - worth a read to learn all about it!
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Mad Asthmatic: No Regrets
Just found out that one of my first readers, known as “Mad Asthmatic”, passed away this past weekend.
This was her last blog post, dated January 14, 2009.
I’m posting it here because the message is poignant, and also as my own way of keeping MA’s memory alive on my own humble part of the world wide web.
I’m not sure what will become of her blog, but for now it can...