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12-14-2007
The main stock market indexes got off to a negative start yesterday, but held support of the previous day’s lows. After trading in a narrow, sideways range throughout most of the day, buying interest in the final thirty minutes lifted ...
12-13-2007
If you missed yesterday’s trading session and only picked up a newspaper to see the closing gains in the broad market, you might reasonably have assumed it was just a normal bounce off of the previous day’s losses. ...
12-11-2007
Like the previous day, the major indices traded in a tight, sideways range ahead of today’s Fed meeting. This time, however, strength in the first hour of the session enabled stocks to finish with decent gains. The S&P 500 gained 0.8%, ...
12-12-2007
A quarter-point rate cut by the Federal Reserve Board yesterday afternoon triggered a massive sell-off that sent stocks tumbling into the close. Although practically all of Wall Street expected at least a quarter-point reduction in the ...
12-09-2007
Stocks wrapped up a strong week of gains with a quiet day of consolidation last Friday, closing slightly lower on lighter volume. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2%, the Nasdaq Composite lost 0.1%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was ...
03-07-2006
Dear Ready to Retire (2006-03-06). by David John Marotta. Dear Marotta Asset Management,. My wife and I are hoping to retire soon. What percentage of our investments can we withdraw each year? And, do you recommend a high-yield ...
03-27-2006
Long aapl here, looking for $70 in the next 6 months. Thoughts? [Slashdot] [Digg] [Reddit] [del.icio.us] [Facebook] [Technorati] [Google] [StumbleUpon]
Kamasutra Advanced
700 euros se estrena en julio. Posted: 30 Jun 2008 12:55 PM CDT. Cuando ya parecía que 700 euros había desaparecido ahora salta la noticia de que Antena 3 la estrenará a mediados de julio en prime time. El recorrido de esta serie ha ...
Facebook
Because I can plan events and it is much better designed, I am now using face book for all the stuff i use to use here. I have sent everyone semi-important an invite. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=573890491 (thats me)
African Twats
ANDORRA. Dear,. Complement, this is to inform you that due to your inability to send the registration fee of your cashier cheque worth of $1.5m usd (ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS ONLY) and i have waited for long ...
The 463: Inside Tech Policy
Commentary and criticism about the arts in Montreal. Includes links to like-minded sites and blogs.
Multi-Tasking
Here is a short list of all the things I've been know to do while working:. watch episodes of Chuck and 30 Rock; write an English paper; read textbooks and novels; work puzzles; email back and forth; Facebook; watch old Home Shopping ...
4sight now on Facebook
4sight now has a page on Facebook. Click on here to visit. Please feel free to add us.
[转]摘录点东西
等咱中国强大了，全叫老外考中文四六级！文言文太简单，全用毛笔答题，这是便宜他们。惹急了一人一把刀一个龟壳，刻甲骨文！论文题目就叫：论三个代表！到了考听力的时候全用周杰伦的歌，《双截棍》听两遍，《菊花台》只能听一遍。告诉他们这是中国人说话 ...
Rewind #37
No Whoppers? What did you say Mother Fucker?
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bad blogger, no donut
You know, I've come to terms that a blog just goes through phases. It's just the way it is. Some of us bloggers are better at announcing the silent moments then others. I'm not one of those that makes good announcements I suppose. ...
Two Fantastic Reasons My Community Group Should Use Twitter
1. Its not Arbonne or Amway (We do not make money on you signing up) 2. It is a fantastic way to connect, evangelize and grow closer. If the fact that its NOT a network marketing scheme is not enough then I give up. ...
Abbyland » For serious.
[IMG Abby R. Wanserski Rheaume's Facebook profile]
Soweto Kinch underneath a flyover, for one night only
Facebook blocks content containing the keyword “wadja.com”
Om Shanti Om
Seeing as how I greatly doubt I'll ever get around to resizing, uploading and then writing an entire post about the very rich four days we've just spent in India, please feel free to take a look at these photo albums. ...
Highlight of my week. Seriously.
I am so easily amused. I am trying to study for the GREs and I have established an incentive program that lets me stalk one person on Facebook for every hour that I study. Jeff was was the man of the hour. Enjoy -- shenanigans de Jefe. ...
The K List
The following was posted on Facebook in a group called “Kasper Rocks.” It’sa group dedicated to a beloved high school English teacher. If I can write anything at all it is because of his influence. When I screw up it is due to residual ...
Over a month later...
...and what do we see on my blog? A trail of broken promises. Right, I have finally figured out how I am going to fit this blog into my life, as at one time I kept this thing regularly updated. Update on life: Law is quite hard, ...
nerd-ing
time since i've updated my blog. blame it on facebook. that place is addictive. heh.
My Social Networking Bookmarks
Having begun to explore the indepth world of social networking, I thought it prudent and hopefully relevant in the slightest, to share with you the contents of… My Social Networking Bookmarks! Here goes, a brief run down… ...
George Clooney Appointed UN Messenger of Peace
Originally published at adultmnml.com. Please leave any comments there. The Oscar-winner is honored for his work bringing attention to the crisis in Darfur. del.icio.us Reddit Slashdot Digg Facebook Technorati Google StumbleUpon Windows ...
Miley Cyrus Stops Traffic in Hollywood
Originally published at adultmnml.com. Please leave any comments there. Plus: The teen advises Britney to learn who her friends are and rely on family. del.icio.us Reddit Slashdot Digg Facebook Technorati Google StumbleUpon Windows Live ...
AJ McLean: I Believe in Britney Spears 110%
Originally published at adultmnml.com. Please leave any comments there. “I just want to sit down with her and have it out,” says the Backstreet Boy. del.icio.us Reddit Slashdot Digg Facebook Technorati Google StumbleUpon Windows Live ...
Paula, Randy & Ryan Unveil Her New Single
Originally published at adultmnml.com. Please leave any comments there. Hear it: Only Simon is missing from the world premiere of Abdul’s comeback record. del.icio.us Reddit Slashdot Digg Facebook Technorati Google StumbleUpon Windows ...
Facebook | Shawn Jamieson
This is Shawn Jamieson's public search listing on Facebook. Shawn's friends can view photos, videos and more. Everyone can join Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/people/Shawn_Jamieson/739404602.
Feel free to abandon me...
It's 1:30 am, it's Friday night, and for some reason I come home from a party and I get online looking for social marketing sites. Am I in withdrawal from class? Whatever. I've discovered Deborah Schultz, a friend of Hugh's, ...
الصحافة الصفراء
فجأة اصبح التدوين وأهله والفيس بوك وناسه مادة خصبة لمنتسبي الصحافة الصفراء في بلدنا ولم يعد لهم هم ولا شاغل إلا كتابة مقالات عن القلة المندسة ومندوبيها المنتشرين في كل مكان لتكدير السلم والأمن العام . وبعد أن كانت المدونة مصدر لمقالات ...
News of Global Peace Festival Malaysia
Dear friends and supporters, Please join the network of Global Peace Festival in facebook or friendster to receive updates of events and news. Also you can join the official newsletter of Global Peace Festival Malaysia at our website: ...
Afriville a true African Social Network in Colours
This week or last, I got an email announcing the death of Caramellounge.com. At first, I tought the lack of traffic had forced its owners to shut down. And then there was a mail about it being sold. Why anyone would want to sell at this ...
The Ideas Bucket
when we go to every democrat dinner event in the city. They're jealous- they just won't admit it. Mostly though, we're just lazy bums. So go take action and add him. Oh yeah, and we should all poke him at once so that his campaign managers are really annoyed and have to continually poke
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Not to be left out…
Not to be left out, here are some pics of Vanilla.
You Must Supply
Colbert for President! Mercer for Prime Minister! MTV too
Stephen T Colbert is a Facebook phenomenon. At 6:29 pm Eastern time today, a Facebook group “1000000 Strong for Stephen T Colbert” had 922983 members. This group has grown from nothing to nearly 1 million in just over a week. ...
Apple (AAPL)
Apple (AAPL) debuted the MacBook Air and digital movie rental service on Jan. 15 but its stock continues to slide along with the market. At $160.89 (Jan. 17), it has slid 20% since it’s high ($199.83) on Dec. 28. ...
mi biografia por facebook
pegar aqui los grupos a los cuales pertenezco en mi perfil de facebook es increiblemente revelador... Feed a Child with just a Click! ▪ Me dan miedo los Colombianos de bien ▪ FeMiNisTaS a MucHo HoNoRRRrrrr! ...
.day1 of Comic Con*
Facebook is scary
Recently, Facebook added a requirement: each profile must include the full birthday of the user. It won't let you edit your profile if you don't include that. As if they didn't have enough info on you. They'll keep the year private if ...
Managementul timpului online, episodul I
Tin foarte mult la mobilitate si managementul timpului pe internet, de aceea sunt intr-o continua cautare dupa noi solutii de imbunatatire a procesului de lucru. Ma folosesc de cateva addon-uri si servicii pentru a castiga cat mai mult ...
a full head
I have a full head...fluffy cotton wool head with too much going on and not enough being achieved to lessen the fullness! Aaaah! Let me write a list, in no particular order: article on Harriet Tubman (to be finished), ...
Can You Lose Your Account And Get Kicked Off Facebook
Of course you can get kicked off Facebook, but for some strange reason I get asked this quite often. The Facebook Terms of Service makes interesting reading, and I am sure that many people don’t really read them until they are in ...
The King Is Holding a Millstone
"Look at the animals roaming the forest: God's spirit dwells within them. Look at the birds flying across the sky: God's spirit dwells within them. Look at the tiny insects crawling in the grass: God's spirit dwells within them. ...
ALLIED by Jeneane Sessum
OMG OMG OMG - KAT!!! Whoa. [IMG Jeremy Outerbridge's Facebook profile] Tags: KatHerding, KHM, Jermy Outerbridge - Powered by Qumana posted by Jeneane Sessum at 9:52 PM -- | View blog reactions
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Sohan Vineet Alva's Facebook profile
Sohan Vineet Alva's Facebook profile.
Hot exposition of sweet butts
I know exactly now how to heat student bimbo!:) Just ask her to dance strip tease and she will eagerly show you all her treasures as these girls do! They dance around exposing sweet round butts and making guys extremely horny for fuck! ...
links for 2007-10-25
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18613.htm. Assassination of Sheikh Shakes US Claims. (tags: news article iraq war). IRAQ: Assassination of Sheikh Shakes US Claims. (tags: iraq war article). The Roll-Out Presses On ...
Lei è - Paolo Meneguzzi
Till er som inte tror på oss
"The Top 8"
There is a new fad called "myspace." I heard about it around 10 months or so ago and I decided to sign up. I wasn't really sure what it was all about but a friend recommended it and I started using it. If you aren't familiar with it ...
Identity Construction
Literature Review Introduction to Identity Construction on the Internet According to Burbules (2002), what the net is doing to us is in fact making our lives worse rather than better. He argues, “The loss of meaning and authentic ...
Facebook
What is up with all Swedish peeps on facebook all of a sudden? Don't get it. Go away.
TimesMachine - New York Times
andreasviklund.com
andreasviklund.com - musician | web designer | writer ... Everyone who happened to see the live test of the updated site a day ago could ...
BLC 2008 - Day 1
Facebook
I have so much MySpace spam it kills me. I'm giving facebook a try, come join me:. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=500182327.
Week 4 Michaelmas (Halfway through)
Yes, its true, this Friday marked the halfway point of Michealmas term for us. Where has the time gone? It was another 'double assignment' week which made it rather busy, however the good news is that next week there is only one to hand ...
I'm here. I'm in Paris. More importantly, I'm no longer in Seoul ...
I'm here. I'm in Paris. More importantly, I'm no longer in Seoul. I feel a tingly sensation swelling with in me...is that?....could that be?...vitality!!! I'm sending you a link to a photo album that shows just how amazing my welcome to ...
Facebook
I’m beginning to really enjoy Facebook! I think its great, its the mutation of multiply + friendster. Moreover, you can put the RSS feed of your blog there too…. Join it if you haven’t!
Site Of the Moment
Site Of the Moment: PSPandIncredimailCwazy This is an INCREDIMAIL and PSP Group. For everything and anything relating to psp and incredimail. This is a fun, laid back group where we share anything and everything for incredimail and ...
Ida sjöstedt
Kamerabekymmer
Hej.
Kreta nästa.
Updade fron Kreta.
Climbing in KL
Excuse me, Mother Nature
But, I thought this was Spring? The calendar says March 21st was the first day of Spring and we did have a couple of nice, warm, sunny days last week. It was very nice. I even turned off the heater. So, why then, is it snowing today? ...
Open Question: How do I put an animated image on www.facebook.com?
When I upload an animated image, it only displays the first frame of the animation and the animation does not work. I dont see it that often but I do see people on facebook with animated images on there profile so I know it can be done.
Facebook
Anthony Sylvester's Facebook profileI just have to say that I'm starting to really get into this FaceBook thing. I like blogging, but I'm starting to love FaceBook (don't know how long this will last). Yesterday a co-worker called me ...
Saving the Planet one Facebook Ad at a Time
Several people have sent me invitations to this Facebook application called (Lil) Green Patch. The invitation says “Here is a Jenny Appleseed plant for your (Lil) Green Patch. Could you help me by sending a plant back? ...
Il nuovo ARG di Lost
Con il nuovo sito Find815 si apre un nuovo gioco interattivo(Alternate Reality Game)sulla scia di quello dell'estate 2006..vi ricordate Rachel Blacke il video di Halvar Hanso, la cioccolata Apollo. Bene questa volta si basa tutto su Sam ...
Custom List: My Links
My Links. Facebook: connects you to people; Bored?: Are you bored? Than visit this website. What career suits your personality?: take a survey to see what career suits your personality.
Upcoming Concerts
I’m going to: Snow Patrol - Edmonton Shaw Conference Centre [Facebook Event]. I want to go to: Incubus - Edmonton Shaw Conference Centre [Facebook Event] Finger Eleven - Whenever they start their Canadian tour [Ticketmaster Profile] ...
Apple’s Piping Hot Innovation for the iPhone & handheld wireless ...
Apple (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) Chief Executive Steve Jobs wants to patent a process that will save customers the hassle of waiting to order a cup of coffee at a local Starbucks (nasdaq: SBUX - news - people ) or a fresh burger at ...
twinity parties with twinizens - itsReal
Every month twinity holds an event for its beta members at Twinity Lounge, here’sa machinima video of what we missed. By all accounts the party was a blast! Twinity Lounge events happen on the last Thursday of every month, ...
Lots o' pics
I've posted some photos from our Honeymoon in California on my Facebook account... since my Flickr is full. Check them out here. Also kitty pics here.
Holiday is Coming, Holiday is Coming!
.......Sorry oh, I just remembered one razz song we sang in our primary school and I dare not say which! (But if you want the lyrics to the song just email me). Hehehe so Happy Holidays everyone! This is the first time I am celebrating ...
I may be addicted to facebook.
So I created an account with facebook today, and then got all excited with seeing new friends pop up every so often. My siblings have been on for a long time and I always thought it was kind of stupid, but now, I sit waiting. Hoping. ...
Bloggers Unite with Ark of Hope against child abuse
Wow! What a great idea is this "Bloggers Unite, Blogging for hope" event! Don't know what that is? On September 27th bloggers all over the world are blogging to stop abuse of many kinds. Please post your replies to our blog. ...
Birthday Wiike
I arrived at my parents house today to see them for my birthday, I’m currently working out of my old bedroom which is very odd indeed. I booked tomorrow off with Dan to see my friends for my 21st birthday then its back to my house to ...
Update uit Toulouse
Freundesuchmaschine!
Ich muss mal sagen, das Internet hat viele gute Seiten! Ich habe nach meinem Umzug nach Deutschland, eine sehr lange Zeit nichts von meinen ehemaligen Klassenkameraden und Freunden aus Kolumbien gehört. Es ist so, der Kontakt bricht ab. ...
C&O canal tow path & Billy Goat Trail
Pascal published photos of our walk at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=7656&l=b4724&id=587473374.
The Rise of Mr Splashy Pants
Fourteen days ago, the following message appeared on The Internet,. "Greenpeace are having a vote to name a whale they have 'adopted'. All the options are the names of ancient gods of the sea. And then there's 'Mister Splashy Pants'. ...
IMPORT DEFICIT DISORDER: THE WAVE PICTURES
With song titles like “Now You Are Pregnant”, “We Dress Up Like Snowmen” and “I Love You Like A Madman” one might think this band cranks out nothing but novelty tunes, but a listen reveals so much more. ...
A New Leader After Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Some views that Pak Lah Cakap Suka Tipu! Tipu!! Tipu Lagi!!! Check Here. At this moment whether we like it or not, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is still the Prime Minister of Malaysia. He also sits on the Chair as the President of UMNO, ...
Facebook Me!
Well, I finally did it. I created a facebook account on the Alvernia network. It is rather sparse right now, but I hope to add to it in the next few days. Click here to see it!
A VC
My Personality Profile My MySpace Profile My MyBlogLog Profile My Tribe Profile My Facebook Profile My LinkedIn Profile
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Wii Virtual Console Recommendations
One of the big draws of the Nintendo Wii is its ability to download games from past consoles. The NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, Sega Genesis, NEOGEO, and TurboGrafx 16 are all represented. If you’re lucky enough to have a Wii, you’ve probably ...
Face Book Info
About Facebook Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, ...
26 new messages in 12 topics - digest
rec.music.beatles http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.beatles?hl=en. rec.music.beatles@googlegroups.com. Today's topics:. * Would John and George have been OK if they had guns? - 2 messages, 2 authors ...
WANTED: designer for the new 2018 Mazda3
b - s i d e
if it is virtual - that has never been possible before. Apart from the kind of Web 2.0 examples of social networking, such as MySpace and Facebook , that now seem a bit hackneyed, a newer wave of social networking sites are surfacing. Instead of bringing people together for social reasons
Oi Vey
Apologies for the absence of posts; I've been keeping myself busy (but not necessarily out of trouble). Here's hoping a couple of dot points will act as a sufficient catch up... Sexual health conference was good (but light on content), ...
Wanneer klassiek web 2.0 ontmoet…
Race-Baiting on Campus
Recently an undergraduate student began circulating on Facebook a 10 + 1 point plan for the "liberation of students at the University of Illinois." Apparently I didn't get the memo that there was still slavery going on in Champaign. This movement started in a response to a suggestion that the various cultural houses be combined to help end self-segregation on campus.Now much can be said about the under-representation of minorities on campus (or other racial problems in town) but this goes far beyond affirmative action in admission. This list of demands wants affirmative action in grading. Demand #2 stats "We demand that the percentage of undergraduate GRADUATION RATES for Black, Latino/a, Native American, and Asian American students from the University of Illinois at the very least match their percentage of the population of the state of Illinois." How exactly would the University affect this demand? Once you get into college it's up to you to graduate, why is it oppressive to demand the same for minorities (who do benefit from programs designed to help those with remedial problems catch up)?Quota systems are illegal in hiring and admissions, is the University supposed to adopt a quota system in grading? How is this going to work, tiered grading? If you are white: A – 98-100%, B – 96-98%, C – 94-96%, D- 92-94%, F – 0-92%. If you are a minority: A-70-100%, B – 40-70%, C- 10-40%, D- 0-10%. As long as you show up, you don't fail.Its one thing to have everyone start at the same point (i.e. equal opportunity), it's an entirely different matter to insist on equality of result. The later always punishes the successful rather than lift up the bottom.The under-representation of minorities on college campuses is not a problem for the universities to fix. It is a failure of the K-12 system, especially in poor areas, to educate those students to compete for entrance into college.Lastly, there is one problem with this student's demands and that is the subtle threat of violence in another post (called This School is Insane) regarding this issue:Motha****as say I talk too much…but I listen even more. Thats why I have so much to say to begin with.“I hope you wake up in time before the revolution/ or your going to be like/ I can’t believe it/ I got SHOT†- CommonOk I’m DonePeacePS-I been raising hell going on 4 years now. If I get suckered into staying here for grad school…I’ma make mothafuckas real uneasyIt isn't a stretch to read this as saying "give us our quotas are we're going to be violent", especially when the organization effort is being called a "resistance" movement.
My Facebook Outreach Presentation
Another dispatch from the Web Community Forum conference on Facebook. I was added, last-minute, to a panel on using Facebook for outreach and marketing. I shared the stage with Jason Preston, who marketed this very conference almost ...
John Battelle's Searchblog
Thoughts on the intersection of search, media, technology, and more.
Joan McIntyre parade, Reception with the Premier and Social with ...
Photos are up for the Community Day Parade with MLA Joan McIntyre, which many members of the BCYL participated in. There are also photos up for all previous events (Believe to come soon...). We also have two events on the horizon - on ...
Cape Breton Update
well being back in cape breton has actually been awesome this time around! hanging out with people who actually like to do stuff always helps. a bunch of us got together for a big dinner beech street represent! old roomates me, giselle, ...
Birthday-Christmas Season
I blew the dust off my facebook account. and tossed a whack of pictures up. Here are a few of 'em for those of you not inclined to book your face.
Midterms are over
Finally midterms are over. :) And I am alive and back to posting. This weekend I watched the football game against UW . BOOYA we beat them 34-14 {Take that all you udubers! =p}. I am glad there isn'ta home football game this week cuz I ...
Metro Boy | Brap.fm | 26/02/08
'Super Extendo' bleep-fest of a show this week from the Metro Boy on Brap.fm. All the classics plus loads of new tunes from Great Stuff, Wagon Repair and Faste. Jamthechannel will be doing the show throughout March with there brand of ...
Forbidden to use Wikipedia and Facebook as sources
PÃ¥skeharen og facebook
Som sikkert omtrent alle i den vide verden har forstått, så er facebook den nye greia. Eg for min del hoppa på bølga med ein gong den kom, då eg allikavel var plent nødt til det visst eg ville sjå alle dei fantastiske bilda andre har ...
FACEBOOK NEW BAND LINK
Your new band can create their own website!Looks like a great way to advertise the BEAST MUSIC IN JAX.................... http://www.facebook.com/pages/create CHECK IT OUT!
SIPA Mid-Year Conference
I hope you had a good Thanksgiving. April and I m...
I hope you had a good Thanksgiving. April and I made it safely to Pennsylvania after a rather exciting drive home. My queen size mattress on her small pickup truck blocked the entire back window. Add to that the missing side mirror and ...
Facebook
Ruh, roh. Babs got roped into putting up a profile, now she made me join. Hell, it's tough enough to blog, now I have to maintain my face?! Oh yeah, I only work 10 minutes every hour driving the Zamboni. I can do it! ...
Can God Use You?
Me la como… Y que?
Los últimos serán los primeros
Dice un abitante (sí, sin hache) que su país, llamado "a", es el "primer" experimento social de creación de un país en la red (escuchen el corte de audio). Bueno, de países sin territorio hay un montón, como prueba esta guía de Lonely ...
Should Blogger and Reader Merge?
Blogger is not a generic web site creator, it's more of a social phenomenon and it's one of Google's biggest products. So what does Google's new "features not products" initiative mean for Blogger? The social features of Facebook are a natural direction for the Blogger juggernaut to start steering towards. However, if that happens, Blogger competes with Google's social networking service, Orkut, which has been gaining serious ground lately. The Google Reader team was formed when two Blogger team members Jason Shellen and Chris Wetherell spun off to another building on campus and built a separate product. But reading blogs and writing blogs goes so well together in blogging community sites like LiveJournal and Xanga. Here's an idea for Google: Merge the Reader and Blogger teams and products. Also, consider assigning employees Jeff Veen and Doug Bowman on overall visual look and feel detail of the newly combined offering to come up with something that's not too heavy UI wise but works and feels right. Now you have a Blogger positioned firmly as a blogging community which is in the neighborhood of a social network but still different enough that it doesn't have to compete directly with Orkut. In fact, Orkut and Blogger can compliment one another—there's a nice integration opportunity with the unexplored Blogger Profiles feature.
Friend Groups within Social Networks
There's been some chit-chat in the blogosphere about how online social networks have "built-in self-destructs." This was started when InformationWeek columnist Cory Doctorow wrote the article "How Your Creepy Ex-Co-Workers Will Kill ...
Restaurants in Prague and Vienna
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Today is a hard day. In my years on this planet, I haven't known much death. So when it touches me, I get extremely emotional and don't really know how to grieve. I become a child lost in a store with many aisles. Searching. ...
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Why DoGooderTV if we have YouTube?
Several people have asked me, or have written on blogs, about the need and potential for DoGooderTV when we have YouTube. I just want to share what we are thinking about here on this subject. First, YouTube is great. Free hosting, free embedding, not much in terms of advertising. (YouTube will get more commercial and you will begin to see a lot more advertising on the site - it has to make back its $1.6 billion price tag.) But what’s not to like? I think any nonprofit with a video should stick it into their organizational channel on YouTube. There is no downside really, except maybe negative comments from the community – but that’s the entrance fee to social networking. But lets face the facts. Even if you’re video is pretty good, you’re no LonelyGirl15. Or Stewie. Or William Shatner’s interpretation of “Rocket Manâ€. Can your video compete with Betty White roasting William Shatner? Or Captain Kirk farting? (Notice a theme?) There are about 8 million videos on YouTube and it is growing by at least 60,000 per day. So saying that you added something to YouTube is like saying you added a website to the internet. If you don’t have something extremely viral, or make an investment in marketing it (something we manage for clients at See3), then you are unlikely to see much benefit. DoGooderTV, unlike YouTube, is being built as a social video community around issues and organizations. In addition to the hosting benefits of YouTube, we will provide organizations with access to a community of people who are talking and reading and sharing and discussing issues from Darfur to King Tut. We will give these folks, and organizations, a platform to organize, educate and raise money. To use marketing language, we will provide qualified leads - from an organization’s point of view. I am reminded of being back in my venture capital days when people would say about any software project… “Couldn’t Microsoft just do that?†Well, yeah. But they won’t do everything. And they won’t do everything well. In the social networking space, MySpace is king. But YouTube came along and built a social networking site (which is really what it is) around video. And LinkedIn built a social networking site around business, and Facebook around college students, and so on and so on. So…stay tuned. In the next month we will be releasing a lot more info about the progress and launch schedule for DoGooderTV. And… if you know about good nonprofit video, let us know because we want it up and online at launch time (which is after breakfast.)
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I’ve never been a big fan of MySpace. The interface is counterintuitive, the flashing ads are an eyesore and the code is a mess. The news that the site is over the proverbial hill doesn’t come as any shock.Social networks are very helpful for people that want to reach hip, tech-savvy young folks. But eventually, the walled-garden model will fall by the wayside entirely. In its place will be a set of easy-to-install widgets that attach to a server like add-ons attach to Firefox. These widgets will allow folks to blog, share and tag photos, respond to messages, generate feeds, network personally and professionally, or whatever else they want to do. Social networks as we know them will meld seamlessly with the other functions of the Web.So where does that leave musicians, record labels, clubs and other organizations that want to use MySpace, Facebook and other social networks to promote themselves? Back at square one: hosting their own blog.I couldn’t agree more with Flick of Puddlegum when he writes, “I’d rather focus my energies developing my own traffic than nursing off of a corporate monster.” Organizations should build out their own websites, host their own blogs and make social networks an offshoot. Building your own hub of information about yourself is always a better solution than scattering your information to the winds and hoping that your fan base will continue to frequent whichever site you’ve spent the most time and energy building a presence on.Via Digg.Technorati Tags: MySpace, Facebook, social networks, widgets, blogs
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According to Future Majority— my new favorite blog for all things at the intersection of Web “2.0” and politics — 69% of American women and 56% of American men ages 17-25 rate Facebook over MySpace and YouTube as their favorite social network. I’m a big fan of Facebook because the interface is clean, the privacy controls are spectacular, the photo sharing tool is fun and the sharing feature is great for “spitting” content along to people who will find it interesting. I am in the females 17-25 demographic and I visit Facebook at least 10 times a day on the average day.
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I joined Facebook last year as a crop of 30 and 40-somethings discovered this cool new thing that seemed slightly more respectable than myspace. I recognized the technology and social media implicatio...
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Promoting Your Blog [from "SMC:posts"]
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Businessleaders have a unique opportunity to connect customers to customers.However the typical reaction to this proposition is one of fear.Businessleaders fear that if you connect customers to custom...
The “pay for traffic” debate continues [from "SMC:posts"]
Via Lucas Grindley’s blog, I came across a fairly daft piece from the Miami Herald, written by journalism professor Edward Wasserman, about how compensating journalists based on the traffic they draw ...
Afrigator Out Of Private Beta [from "SMC:posts"]
Afrigator has finally launched out of private Beta and is looking pretty cool methinks. We’d love your honest and critical feedback as always. Justin has written a more detailed post, with a list of a...
Ushahidi - What Social Media Can Be [from "SMC:posts"]
Ushahidi means ‘witness’ in Swahili. This attempt to use social technology to chronicle incidences of violence in Kenya is the brainchild of Erik Hersman, Ory Okolloh and David Kobaya. The site is pai...
Zeta Broadband is about to lose me as a customer [from "SMC:posts"]
The internet connection at our office has been in and out since Tuesday morning. The irony is that it stayed on during our freak 70 mph winds last week. Now, it's out. The recorded message at their ...
What is the "it" of the Social Web? [from "SMC:posts"]
We were recently in a conversations with an executive of a global corporation and he said “ Social media and social networking reminds me of the dot com bubble and I am not buying the hype”. To which ...
Conclusion.
Early last week, I introduced you to the Tissue Project, a little observational endeavour adopted by my roommate Justin and I. You may recall, we had run out of toilet paper, and challenged ourselves to use facial tissues and make notes ...
Gay Marriage, It’s about time!
Good news! Gay couples are lining up to get married. It’s about time that gay people are recognized and afforded the same rights as everyone else. Now, if you have a problem with gay people getting married then don’t read this blog, ...
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Hairsniffer - Part VII
OK, I lied in my previous post. It’s too arduous to write about my trip to Europe. I’m gonna quit before I even start it. Pictures may or may not be posted on my Facebook account. We’ll see how things go. However, in lieu I will entertain you with a new story of Hairsniffer. Our tale begins with HS joining us for lunch because we felt incredibly sorry for him. Just before, he asked my friend T how he could become more sociable and friendly since whenever he creeps up in the middle of a conversation, it usually peters out into an uncomfortable silence. T didn’t know what to say, just like me in “Hairsniffer Part II”. Basically, he just said what I said: be yourself, don’t apologize so much, try to be more confident in yourself, etc. It was awkward for T and hilarious for me. Anyway, during lunch, I was eating a “fragrant pear” (its literal translation from Chinese since I don’t know its English name) and T asked me how it tasted like. Me: It sort of tastes like flowers, I guess. You know - a really floral scent. T: What do flowers taste like? Who eats flowers??? Me: Well, you know the smell of flowers? Like that but in taste form not scent. And lots of people eat flowers. For example, dandelions, chrysanthemums, rosehips…. T: Yeah, but no one eats the actual flower. That’d just be weird. We proceeded to argue the merits of my flower description and HS decides to put in his two cents. HS: T, I think the reason why you do not understand her is that because she is a woman. Women think in terms of emotion and not logic. That is why she is using the flower description. She does not know any better. (Shocked silence) OMG!!! Who thinks like that? Maybe if I said that the pear tasted like sunshine and bunnies, then that comment would have been warranted. But “flowers” was an actual description. That was the most sexist comment I have ever heard from someone. And it was not made in jest either. Ugh!
Best superhero movies
With The Dark Knight raking in monster box-office and critical raves, Joe Bardi and I were inspired to each offer our lists of the best superhero flicks of all time. Joe offers 11 films in eight entries, while I give a traditional top ...
Air Loaf
Today’s Air Loaf features CL’s Chanté LaGon and Chad Radford chatting about the band Firewater, playing tomorrow night (Sat., June 14) with Bear in Heaven at the Earl. Air Loaf is broadcast weekdays on 1690 WMLB-AM at approximately 8:10 ...
Jacuzzi Boys hit Atlanta tonight
The Jacuzzi Boys hail from the not-so-sunny side of Florida, where a sleazy blend of noisy rock and roll and melodies is a reactionary lifestyle choice. The young trio crafts hazy and angst-ridden rock songs that fall somewhere between ...
Air Loaf: Urinetown: The Musical
Today’s Air Loaf features CL’s Chanté LaGon and Curt Holman discussin OnStage Atlanta’s production of Urinetown: The Musical. (Through July 12.) Air Loaf is broadcast weekdays on 1690 WMLB-AM at approximately 8:10 am, 12:20 pm and 6:20 ...
Is your favorite Starbucks closing?
Charlotte is lucky. We’re only losing five Starbucks stores! According to Starbucks.com: The stores closing in the QC are:. 9335 Center Lake Drive. 2921 Providence Road. 4620 Piedmont Row Road. 3220 Wilkinson Boulevard. ...
NIN release new album…for free
NIN, taking the Radiohead model a step further, has released their new album online…for free! Head on over to nin.com and you can get a link to download The Slip as a mp3, mp4, flac or other format. Bookmark to: ...
New Year’s reflections
The New Year always seems to lend itself to casting your mind back over the past 12 months and thinking about what you’ve achieved and what you need to do better. What I’ve been thinking about is how my online life has changed, ...
Web 2.0 Wine Tasting
Dave Roberson our CEO hosted a wine tasting event in San Francisco last night for the new “web 2.0†companies in our area. We were interested in meeting the people behind the Web pages, to understand their business models and their ...
Using Facebook to promote
About two months ago, after much provoking I took the plunge and signed up for Facebook. In that time, it has been great to catch up with over 100 people I haven't seen from University and high school (and in some cases even elementary school). The opportunities for connecting via Facebook seems endless, and it is something that my colleague Ian Barr mentioned in a recent post. Of late, I've been amazed by the entrepreneurial spirit that seems to be emerging via the website.There were two instances where I received e-mails promoting the opening of a new store, and a local event taking place in my area. But what I found interesting was that I hadn't "befriended" these people in person or virtually. Instead, here were two entrepreneurs essentially looking to expand their network by searching location and personal interests, and sending out emails based on it. While some would classify it as a virtual annoyance, I found it somewhat refreshing. In one sense it was the ambition, along with taking a very local approach to their promotions which is something you don't always see online. But the most memorable line of one email, was the reminder to mention Facebook to get 20% off at the store.As the mainstream interest around Facebook continues to grow at a rapid pace, it will be interesting to see how people/groups will market to local and/or niche markets.
Stupid People I Know
image. This image (which took me quite a few seconds to “get”, after which I laughed out loud), comes from one of my new favorite web sites, GraphJam. And what I love best about this graph is that it reveals how utterly clueless most of ...
Koha Interest Group at PLA
PLA is coming upon us very quickly! I just wanted to let you all know that I’ll be there probably at the booth most of the time - so stop by and see me. I also want to bring your attention to the Koha Interest Group meeting that we’re ...
IEBlog
Official blog for Internet Explorer, Microsoft's web browser, includes news on updates and upcoming features, technical details and tips, and user support.
Friend-o-Gen, for just $.99/month
Although they have "temporarily shut down their service", for legal reasons, you need look no further than http://www.fakeyourspace.com for proof that identity validation services like Opinity will survive, and possibly thrive in the online social networking era. Fakeyourspace intends to cater to socially-challenged users of Myspace, Facebook, Consumating, and Friendster. If that's not enough to convince you, re ad this: Online Personals Watch.
Facebook Catches MySpace In Social-Network Race
How to Save the World
environment economics politics stories business innovation knowledge management ... Dave Pollard's environmental philosophy, creative works, business papers ...
Daily Debate: BMW 760Li or Benz S600?
code and solutions (and a resume)
Via questo post del mio connazionale Cosmin Negruseri, sono venuto a conoscenza di questa idea tanto bella quanto semplice ed efficace: proprio nella pagina Jobs di Facebook c'e' una sezione di programming puzzles belli tosti, ...
Mapa da Putaria
Online Videos and Photos of Us at Whit Friday
Catholics and the War
The priest of my parish once opined in my hearing that the war is a “stupid war”. It was in the nature of an offhand comment, but I think it touched upon a core belief of this good priest - that war is stupid, and thus this war is ...
Pushing for Gore
I’m still betting on a late arriving Gore campaign (keeping in mind that I always have said that he’d announce late - even as late as the first week of January, 2008) - but, be that as it may, Seth Swirsky lays out a rational case for a ...
McCain the Sexist?
So says Kate Sheppard over at In These Times, by reason of McCain’s pro-life stance - calling a “war on women”:. McCain’s campaign has been making a clear play for women voters in recent weeks, hosting conference calls with Republican ...
Smearing Sarah Palin
The Democrats continue to plum the depths of unethical behavior in opposition to Governor Palin. Redstate has the goods:. The Politico has received an opposition research file from the Alaska Democrats. You can read it in PDF here. ...
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Facebook Comes To AiMA
What are you doing Wednesday night? If you're in Atlanta or near Atlanta and have any interest in social media the AiMA (Atlanta Interactive Marketing Assoc.) meeting is the place to be and be seen. Mike Murphy, Chief Revenue Officer, at Facebook is the event speaker. Facebook launched in February 2004, and the website now has over 9 million registered users across more than 40,000 regional, work, college and high school networks. According to comScore, Facebook is the seventh-most trafficked site on the web and is the number one photo-sharing site. However, I really want to know the story behind opening the doors to the world and Facebook's strategy for growing the business now that students are packing their virtual packpacks because it's not so cool to hang with your parents. When: Wednesday October 25,20066:30 PM - Networking7:30 PM - Keynote Speaker Where: GLCC84 5th ST NWAtlanta PricesPay at the DoorNon-Member - $35.00Basic Member - $25.00Advanced Member - $0.00Corporate Member - $0.00 (for up to 5 ppl)Advanced Online Registration Non-Member - $25.00Basic Member - $15.00Advanced Member - $0.00Corporate Member - $0.00 .
Facebook Notes From AiMA
What's it like to be the 'old man' at 40 something? Just ask Facebook's Mike Murphy, Chief Revenue Office, who not only finds himself surrounded by 20 somethings but reports to visionary Mark Zuckerberg, who turned 22 years old this year. Mike loves it! He likes playing mentor and he likes the energy that is propelling Myface into a Web 2.0 success story. Mike was in town (Atlanta) yesterday to speak at an AiMA event. He shared his views about social media and insights about how the 18-24 demo views communication. He kicked off his talk with a great definition of social media - Social Media Is Active Sharing Online. Michael Anders' comment on Diva Marketing post Facebook Comes To AiMA was 110% aligned with Mike's views. Facebook is definitely a powerful relationship marketing tool. I am a college student/entrepreneur myself. I believe that facebook is so successful because my generation came of age with the internet. We love to use the internet as a facet for relating to our peers. We trust the internet (unlike our parents' generation who always asks "Is that safe to do online."). This is indeed the "Let it go generation." A phrase coined by P&G Chairman, President, and CEO, Alan G. (A.G.)Lafley. Mike heard Lafley speak at the ANA Conference where Lafley told attendees it was important to let consumers take over the brand's message by providing social media opportunities. Take Aways From Mike Murphy's Facebook Presentation 18 to 24 year olds are net natural while 25+ are immigrants to social media. FaceBook's success came from understanding that their users are building a brand. It's the brand of me. Best Practices To Building Social Media Campaigns For 18 to 25 Year Olds Bring users in as part of the experience Give users a reason to share The brand must be a part of the experience Relevancy is key Listen without fear (I love this one!)Benefits From Social Media Strategy Important feedback loop Endorsement of brand to friends Short cut to relationships Measure ROI Extent of sharing - How many times people share within a community. What's on the Facebook horizon? Direct upload of photos from your mobile phone to your Facebookpage. Surfing around Facebook and found that the perks at Facebook for the lucky engineers sound like a replay of the pre dot com bust. * Medical, dental and vision plans with no premium for employees * 401(k) plan * 21 vacation days per year, plus 8 company holidays and 2 floating holidays * Complimentary catered breakfast, lunch and dinner daily * Complimentary beverages and snacks * Dry cleaning and laundry service onsite * Free downtown parking permit * Subsidized gym membership * Catered Friday Happy Hours at the office * $600/month housing subsidy if you live within one mile of the office * Standard-issue 24" LCD monitors and your option of 15" Apple MacBook or IBM ThinkPad * Worldwide notoriety by having your face on sample Facebook flyers Sidebar: Not a mention of perks for the marketeers .. hmm. Thanks to Cameron from Yahoo! It was a great event.
It’s Alive!
Hey all: just christening boisterousnerd.com for its glorious return to the top of your Internet. Things have been busy. I discovered face-book at The Ohio State University and have never looked back. I’m active with my church here at ...
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the death of a refrigerator, and the start of some other stuff
Well, folks, after almost thirty years, the Perdue family hotpoint refrigerator has finally bitten the dust, and will most likely be replaced tomorrow. As I've never moved house once in my life, and this refrigerator has been around ...
Vermont
I have returned from an amazing trip-- rural Vermont is unlike any place I've ever been. Getting there was not without difficulty-- our flight from Memphis to Boston was cancelled. At first I was barely even ruffled (I travel with the ...
Facebook
I started a face book account! You can find me at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1348976017 or search for Braden C. Roberson-Mailloux!
Networking? Ah, yes.
Networking is defined in the dictionary as “the process or practice of building up or maintaining informal relationships, especially with people whose friendship could bring advantages such as job or business opportunities.” ...
I går var jag karatefull. I förrigår var jag också...
I går var jag karatefull. I förrigår var jag också karatefull. Men i går tog priset. Jag minns inte riktigt hur jag kom hem, när jag kom hem, vad som hände framåt slutet. Men jag minns att vi hoppade studsmatta och att vi sade saker som ...
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Мя на лыжах http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=3877&l=a2837&id=1050829018.
I'm gonna be on CBC Radio Moncton's Information Morning tomorrow!
Check out the 6:30 am, 7:30 am and 8:30 am newscasts on CBC Radio Moncton (1070 AM) tomorrow morning (Monday, November 19). I was interviewed regarding the Facebook group I set up for Dix aiguilles / Ten Needles, the book by Martin ...
Trying to squeeze water from a stone.
I’ve done a lot of thinking, and have written a number of draft posts on this topic, and I’m curious whether a centralized information source like the Galbijim Wiki is useful to the foreign community. I’ve spent countless hours writing ...
Broadstuff on Facebook
Out of curiosity we have set up Broadstuff on Facebook...very simple to do, and you can import one blog feed into the Notes section. We'll add to Broadstuff on Facebook over the weeks just to see what is possible for a blog / social ...
Facebook Foo-UP
Facebook made a boo-boo, and at least they have admitted their error in judgment, and furthermore, then have given you an easy out. This is all centered around their Beacon system, which is basically a mechanism for ad generation ...
Destroy Cowboy
Destroy Cowboy at ye Barfly, Monday 28th Jan. Facebook event page.
I’m at Facebook
Bruno Silva's Facebook profile The first and only invitation into a social network I had ever accepted was Hi5. And I don’t use it very often. From time to time I add a friend, which is someone that I know from real live! ...
Randomness
I discovered Facebook. While shopping at Banarepublic.com, I noticed that Gap has a new online shoe store called Piperlime. Corn Chex cereal is just awesome. Philadelphia Ready-To-Eat Cheesecake Filling may be just a little too ready-to-eat. I may end up going to Macworld 2007 with Adam and Ryan. © BryanSchwegler.com | Permalink | 3 comments | Add to del.icio.us
You Say Web 3.0, I Say Semantic Web
CNET hosts Lunch 2.0 with Mary Jo Foley
CNET hosted Lunch 2.0 with a question and answer session with Mary Jo Foley. She has been covering the tech industry for 25 years for a number of publications including her blog. She recently came out with her book, Microsoft 2.0, ...
Top 10 Sites for Students
I find this list a bit incomplete without MySpace or Bumpshack.com on it. Facebook; Flickr; Audio Lunchbox; College Humor; FinAid. The rest of the top 10 list.
Mysqldump example
Indonesia-The Sword Will Not Seperate
Hitch 50.com - Fubar Hits the States
Hitch50 Oh, to go back to the wreckless abandon of post-university youth. Two adventurous lads Scotty & Fiddy from Victoria, BC are hitting the 50 state capitals in 50 consecutive days. The caveat - they can't pay for their ...
Facebook | Aslı Kaya
Facebook Aslı Kaya.
MC-25 - Live on the Air
In this week's live uStream batch of Monster Cookies we give out a record number (7) of prizes, refer to Our First Marriage at least half a dozen times, the boys climb all over us, we talk about Webkinz pets, Amber finishes her book ...
A Campaign Diary
friends, family and co-workers was astounding. I randomly discovered that a college friend who I had not seen or talked to in ten years was now living in Cambridge.
The New Power of Facebook
The LA Times today profiles the power of Facebook in political campaigns, and notes:. "The 10 million members of Facebook.com — the social networking website that's a fixture on college campuses — aren't using it just to check out ...
The Canadian Small Business Technology Blog
Where am I?
Yeah, I have totally been neglecting my poor old LJ - but this is because while I've been extremely busy, I have been exploring many other sites and apps. Current favourite is Twitter, as it's basically a micro blog. ...
Today's BIG match - India Vs Sri Lanka - Predictometer
Hi people It is time for another exciting day at the world cup and as usual your favorite blog brings you today's prediction ... or the predictometer as I like to call it.. India Vs Sri Lanka is going to be a big match.. Really BIG. ...
Connected
Lately I've definitely been connected, relatively speaking. I blog (not frequently, but I wouldn't mind blogging more, recording a subset of my thoughts for posterity), gmail, gmail chat, twitter, wordie, del.icio.us, myspace, facebook, ...
yay!
okay.. so now i'll start blogging about eden gallery.. it was officially opened last sun.. and guess wat.. i feels so disappointed.. i dunno why i'll have this kind of feelings.. but never-mine, life's go on as usual.. busier then ...
4 Useful Home Business Opportunity Seeker Tips
6 Make Real Money At Home Tips
When you first start out with your own home business you will not have to spend a lot of hours on it. You do not even have to do a full time. You can do it before or after work, and without quitting your job. ...
EDC Does it Again!
Easy Daily Cash (EDC), the company considered the leading home based business opportunity in today’s market, just announced the pre-launch of EDC Diamond which is yet another program and level for generating income by marketing software ...
Home Based Business - A Little Work Can Make You A Lot of Money
Learn the Secret of over 100 Signups in Just 8 Weeks!
What exactly is this system about? I was introduced to the Perfect Wealth System by a Top Internet Marketer. The claim to fame in his marketing was “0 to $108000 in 8 Weeks!” I was highly skeptical yet curious. ...
Work At Home Phone Jobs
Telephone Answering Services from home is another new, popular, market place in the work at home arena. Many are looking to Answer Phones, process rebates, type from home or do simple data entry from the comfort of their home. ...
Facebook Group for New Book
Facebook is my new favorite hangout. Really. If you haven't heard of Facebook, you're really missing out. It's a new site developed to help friends connect. I'm not sure how it originally started, but it's exploded into a networking and ...
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the Benomenon's Benalog
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My World
Here is a link to photos I have on facebook. I got the photos from an e-mail and I enjoyed them....thought you guys might also... http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2267405&... God Bless and Gig'em!
Més sobre facebook i un altre enllaç
Facebook està de moda entre els internautes catalans. sgordillo | Observatori internauta | dimecres, 23 de gener de 2008 | 01:06h. Facebook ha triomfat durant el 2007. Segons recull Marc Roca en aquest apunt, alguns han considerat 2007 ...
Libby Decides To Drop Appeal
I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice President Cheney’s former chief of staff, dropped the appeal of his perjury conviction yesterday after concluding that it would be too costly and time-consuming to pursue the matter any further, ...
PICTURES FROM THE CRUISE!
Lots of pictures from the cruise on facebook.com! There are 4 different albums becasue i could only put up to 60 photos on each! Wishing i was back on the boat :( http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2075149&l=fb5d9&id=31205063 ...
Exposition « GIRLS ATTACK » ARTIFIZ au Dune Café,
Du 15 juillet au 1er Août 2008. Le Dune Café accueille la Galerie Artifiz et expose 31 artistes à travers des toiles produites en série limitée et des projections murales. Venez fêtez les vacances autour d’un verre et de bien belles ...
RIM Introduces Facebook for BlackBerry Smartphones
New software application runs natively on BlackBerry smartphones and provides an unparalleled mobile experience to users of the popular Facebook social utility. SAN FRANCISCO, CA - CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment 2007, ...
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Les attentes!!!
on Normal. Allo!!! Il arrive souvent que l'ont attend avec beaucoup d'impatience une soiree qui va nous offrir des souvenirs. Des soirees qui vont passee dans les livres des record!!! Mais malgre les attentes et toute l'enerevement qui ...
And the winner is...
The World Wide Web has transformed significantly over the past few years. As Lev Grossman (2006, 24) suggests, it has developed into a “tool for bringing together the small contributions of millions of people and making them matter. ...
Home again...
We are home from our vacation! The trip home was a little rough - our train was four hours late. The folks at the station in Culpeper were so nice though. They kept checking for updates on the internet for us , and fed us some oatmeal ...
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Situational Relevance and Facebook's Summer Traffic
A week or two ago, Comscore Media Metrix reported its new internet audience numbers. Fred Wilson covered the rankings, and created a nifty graph that compared the rank of a few social sites, Facebook amongst them (addt'l coverage from Read/Write Web, Silicon Beat, Jeff Clavier). For all the hype about Facebook, it was interesting to see that the traffic for the past few months was largely flat.Today, Stowe Boyd covered some of my recent Facebook research and came to pretty much the same conclusion that I did - things are looking very good for the Facebook. UNC's freshman Facebook adopters are signing on at better rate than last year, they've got many more friends in many more networks than last year. Since last year saw adoption top out a 94-95 percent (something I consider to be a virtual 100% adoption) - the Facebook appears to be on a course to hit these goals amongst their core audience even earlier this year than last.I found this situation to be quite interesting. On one hand, we have proof of a rapidly growing Facebook - but on the other, we've got numbers showing a stagnant Facebook. As it turns out, both numbers are correct - and they stand to tell us a good deal about situational relevance.Situational relevance is a fancy-sounding word I've used to describe how information needs drive use of a service like the Facebook. Simply, a student's social information need is to understand the campus world around them. As the Facebook is essentially a frighteningly thorough guide to the social world around them, students find it very useful; it answers a situationally relevant information need. They use the Facebook to understand the world around them, as such, they find it very useful. Of course, the information needs of students change over the summer. Their social orientation changes from the expansion of the social network to the management of the social network. As students aren't aggressively expanding their social networks over the summer, the Facebook becomes less relevant. In fact, over the summer, the Facebook isn't situationally relevant - thus explaining the contraction of growth shown in Wilson's graph. You may wonder - the contraction of growth is a downturn in a sense, but if the Facebook's key play was only situational relevance, wouldn't the downturn be more profound? In a word: absolutely. There are two key factors (amongst a few others) driving summertime traffic. First and foremost, the Facebook has done a good job diversifying its networks. Through the addition of high school and work networks, the population of the Facebook is diversified as to soften the blow of the summertime slump. Without work and high school networks, the downturn would be profound. Second, there is an audience that has a situationally relevant need in the summer - incoming freshmen. These freshmen (1/4 of Facebook's college population, and easily 1/3 of Facebook's college traffic) are using the Facebook to explore the new world around them. In my study of the 2006 UNC freshmen, I saw higher rates of adoption, vastly higher numbers of friends per freshmen, and more heterogeneity in network participation by freshmen.These two reasons, coupled with viral use of the Facebook by summering users (the Facebook is still used heavily to keep in touch, look at friends' new pictures, track birthdays) explain why Facebook's expected summer traffic dip is a plateau instead. Information needs drive adoption and use, but the needs don't disappear during the summer. Facebook answers a lot of these needs with product offerings; of course, the information needs aren't as strong, but the increased diversity of the networks and freshman adoption help pick up the slack. If my analysis holds, we should see traffic growth come back in the Fall, starting in mid-August as students return to campus and start making new connections, expanding their social networks and operationalizing their information needs.In other news, I was quoted in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution article about college athletic departments and their relationship with the Facebook. This follows on a USA Today article in which I was quoted about a similar topic. All hand-waving aside, I certainly look forward to friending Wayne Ellington, Tywon Lawson, Brendan Wright, Alex Stepheson and Deon Thompson ;)
chirdmcchird @ 2007-11-26T22:24:00
Ok... so I heard this song on Weeds (last show of season 3)... so if you watch Weeds, you've heard it, too (and if you don't... WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU! Unless you don't have showtime... in which case... DVDs my friend... buy the DVDs. ...
Chris Pirillo
Blog of Chris Pirillo, the host of TechTV's Call for Help.
WHY CHOOSE ENERGY SAVING LIGHT BULBS?
There are many good reasons to switch to energy saving light bulbs. There are a few questions to ask yourself if you are considering the change. Do you want to lower your electricity bills? Do you want to contribute to preserving the ...
cooking with TOFU
a couple of days ago I had the distinct pleasure of recording some back up vocals on the upcoming TOFU album. if you know my friends Tons Of Fun Univerity, you love them. if you don’t,m check them out because they will have you ...
Boston Startup Weekend
outreach, etc. , show some love.
cinaminsweet @ 2006-10-18T23:39:00
Okay, has LJ been slow for anyone else lately? Sometimes it seems like it takes forever for a page to load. I thought it was something with AOL, but whenever I'm not on LJ, everything works fine. I think it has something to do with this ...
StaubProjekt, L-word, livre : de la poussière, dans la lumière ...
Citoyen ! Je publie un tout premier livre, et ce en ligne… StaubProjekt. De la poussière, dans la lumière. Ca commence il ya 11 ans. Camargue. Premier réflex, premier kodak numérique. La plage est un refuge où les objectifs craignent ...
01-jan-08
Restaurants in Prague and Vienna
While we were out and about in Prague and Vienna we ate out a every night. Here’sa list of some of my favorite places we ate at while there (in no real order):. Vienna. 1) Cafe Central - Vienna. They had some very good cakes and ...
Web 2.0 and Digital Humanities
How does Web 2.0 affect digital humanities scholarship and teaching? Tonight’s Digital Humanities forum, hosted by the Center for History and New Media, addressed that question, and raised others, with presentations by Bryan Alexander, Dan Cohen, and Edward Maloney. Presentations Bryan blogs at Infocult, Dracula Blogged, and Liberal Education Today. Bryan gave a very succinct and informative overview of various Web 2.0 services. The web is now in the second stage of media development outlined by Janet Murray. The first stage is where new media imitates older media (cinema imitated theater, the web imitated print material). The second stage explores what new things are possible. Specifically, Bryan highlighted the power of microcontent, rather than sites or documents as a whole, and the ability for users to create and critique that microcontent(videos, podcasts, blog posts, commenting). Bryan applauded the collaborative authoring and editing (wikis) and mashups. Web 2.0 is user-centered, thrives on user-generated content, and is mashable and sharable. Dan gave a brief presentation on Zotero, the Firefox plugin for academic research and citation. Regarding Web 2.0, Dan sees lots of power and potential in collective intelligence and harnessing the power of group activity. So, one of the goals for Zotero in 2007 is storing user information on servers (as opposed to the user’s local machine) and aggregating tags, scholarly annotations. Essentially, we want to capitalize on the power of the “long tail” of digital scholarship. Finally, Edward questioned why education course management lags so far behind other technological developments. Services like Blackboard are dated almost a decade in terms of the technology and culture of the web today. Even more problematic, he argued, is that current college and university course management focus solely on the course, as opposed to the student and instructor. Edward is part of a project called the “Digital Notebook,” where students and teachers can keep all their materials created in college, research notes, papers, etc. This kind of college/university application would be student and instructor focused, as opposed to Blackboard. Overall, really great stuff. Questions Portability of Social Networks and “Identities” The first question that came to my mind was: How should we, as “Web 2.0″ scholars and teachers, manage all our “identities” and accounts? How can we effectively combine Flickr, YouTube, del.icio.us, Odeo, Wikipedia, Ma.gnolia, Digg, Blogger/WordPress/TypePad, Newsvine, Google, Upcoming, Bloglines, Technorati, and other Web 2.0 services effectively? One of the biggest problems I see with Web 2.0 is that, while new services pop-up almost everyday, managing accounts on those services can be a hassle. Web 2.0 is great for social networking, but only within the app itself. Others, like Jeremy Keith and Derek Featherstone, have discussed at length the difficulties with connecting personal information and data across social apps, specifically lists of contacts and friends. Portability and sharing of data across applications seems like the next big issue the social web should tackle, and humanities academics would do well to get involved. Teaching Students How to Use Web 2.0 Services Resident teaching-and-learning scholar Mills Kelly asked a very interesting question: How do we teach students how to use the technologies they’re already using to learn? It’s not as simple as you might think. Students are already familiar with Flickr, and a good portion of my own students have Facebook or MySpace accounts, and most are familiar with Wikipedia. But how do we integrate this stuff students already use into teaching and learning? We have to teach an academic understanding beyond simple technical proficiency. We have to teach technical proficiency, too. Where to Go from Here? For digital humanists, a few things we need to understand and do: We need to teach students new ways of using social applications and services. We need to see value in collaboration across social networks. We need to understand how Web 2.0 applications work, even at a basic level. (That is, it seems beneficial to me to understand what RSS is, how APIs work, what folksonomy and tagging involves, among other things.) We need to have conversations with the designers and developers that build and use these services. Finally, we need to stop talking about how Web 2.0 will help our scholarship and pedagogy, and actually start using it. Update: Mills beat me to the punch, and posted some nice notes of his own.. CHNM, digital media, humanities, pedagogy, scholarship, Web 2.0, weblogs, wikis
Paisley and the Covenanters
"...Knowing about the covenanters and seeing graves of people who lost their lives because of their beliefs made the word heritage understandable..." (Thanks to Jack Greenald for this article) In his farewell speech, Ian Paisley paid ...
Meet The World -
We started to research relevant, global, and current facts and, thus, came up with the idea to put new meanings to the colours of the flags. We used real data taken from the websites of Amnesty International and the UNO. ...
Super Happy Fun Blog Show
Links These are some sites I actively participate in: [IMG Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us] [IMG Daryl Spong's Facebook profile]
The Facebook Frontier Advancements in technology have infiltrated ...
The Facebook Frontier. Advancements in technology have infiltrated everyday practices of society, shifting the way people think, act, and express their ideas. The internet and its subsequent advancements have often been identified as a ...
Exercise
Today I am starting the “Hundred Push Ups” training program. I knew that I couldn’t do 100 push ups consecutively in good form, so I thought I’d give it a shot. I also am trying to start running again. ...
I Redeem Myself as Producer
So tone of voice doesn’t come out in written communication. I’m sure you already knew that, but just in case you didn’t, it doesn’t, especially on Facebook wall posts. It was the director, Charles’, birthday. His film has two locations ...
A there does my blog look funny to you
If this blog looks funny, let me know. I’ve had some reports of not being able to see the posts. You can click on the calendar at the left for the days post or the Archives as well. Also, I use Mozilla Firefox browser and it looks ...
Re: Meeeeeemoriiieeeees (like the corners of my mi
The EU CoH launch event in London back in '05. Was my first public event with NCE, iirc, and I knew next-to-nothing about CoH at the time. By the end of the day I knew a whole lot more and had a lot of fun. ...
Re: I12 Info: Map Desync Bug
I thought I wasn't affected until I logged in with a character tonight, that I had to use since I11, and desynced almost everytime. It seems I12 caused this as I haven't changed something at my end. /petitioned ...
December and Christmas
Onda Sonora: la Bélgica funky
Con el nuevo año llegan las resoluciones y entre ellas la de actualizar más a menudo el blog, que lo tengo abandonadísimo al pobre. Para comenzar con buen pie, nada mejor que dar una pista para los bruselistas funkeros: Onda Sonora. ...
Comet Daily at Google I/O
Alex Russell, Andrew Betts, and I are at Google I/O. If you’re attending, post a response on Twitter, seek us out at Alex’s talk, or send us an email. Since we’re at I/O, some questions I’d like to ask: ...
Shooting War: This Week in NYC
My lovely friends: SHOOTING WAR appeared in book and comic stores this past week across the country, and tomorrow is our official US launch date. After being dubbed "Fierce, shocking, over-the-top, and wickedly smart" by New York ...
if you have facebook, join the AFH group
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2 243796902 thnx, bbz.
closed by not gone!
The meet.com group has officially closed, but the Austin Harry Potter group is NOT gone! You can now find us on:. livejournal; myspace; facebook; yahoo! groups. Join us tomorrow, Monday, December 3, at 7 pm at the Cheesecake factory in ...
cheapvegan @ 2008-02-25T16:20:00
this is a little late, but... if you live in massachusetts.. theres a free vegan ice cream/desserts party tonight, celebrating the soon-to-be-opening of a vegan ice cream parlor, wheeler's frozen desserts. ...
facebook! 8D
Heeeeyyy I hope this isn't annoying/off topic. ; ; I just thought that maybe someone else (other than me!) would also be addicted to facebook, and might be interested in knowing that I have created a global group dedicated to the band! ...
Because I had nothing better to do tonight...
Hey guys, Maybe this is totally random and stupid but I thought it would be...interesting? lol Anyways, I made a group on Facebook for Panic! Slash fans, so if you have a profile there, join! Simple as that. Thanks! JOIN HERE.
Groups, groups, everywhere!
I spent the day creating groups on every profile site I could think of. Spread the word! http://groups.myspace.com/surrealsoluti ons http://www.hi5.com/friend/group/display GroupFront.do?groupId=1487466 ...
SF Chronicle: Key Web 2.0 sites
Here is yet another example of why it probably doesn’t matter if Web 2.0 is “hype†or reality. Perception is going to be all that matters in the end. Step away from the wall and shows some signs that you are interested in dancing. ...
shure wireless microphone Links: Shure wireless microphones, shure ...
All of my friends and family members have the links to my Flickr homepage, and life is great. All of my photos are neatly organized in separate albums (or sets, as Flickr calls it). I’ve been using Flickr for a long time now, ...
Cool Cat Teacher Blog
Cool Cat Teacher Blog Teaching content with new tools, enthusiasm, and belief that teaching is a high calling.
Robert Scoble has too many friends?
Nokia To Invest In Facebook?
ain't been here since August!!
Holy Crap! i ain't been on here since august! wow! so what has everybody been up 2? me, softball! every year about this time, i tell you all about softball! well i am gonna contunue! lol! i am playing JV this year! i pitch and play first base. this year is the first time i have played first. i have JV cheer try-outs that are upcoming! but i haven't been on here in a while b/c i have a myspace and a facebook. www.facebook.com and www.myspace.com so i dont really get on here anymore. well since i haven't been on here since august, what all has happened since then? well in october, i got a horse! in november, my house was hit by a tornado! my house is a two story brick house. it took the porch and the roof off, and the celing caved in. my room was the worst, b/c you could see the big blue sky from my room. since then, really only one other thing has happened. we are now renting a house! we will be displaced for a minimum 6 to 12 months. so i will be out of my home for a year. which is kinda hard to deal with. i spent my Thanksgiving moving into a house, and by Christmas we were settled in, but everything had not really worn off. well thats about all. i just wanted to stop by and tell ya what all has been going on. much love! Paige
Facebook and FARC
Merry Christmas! Blends and pictures and ... would it be a post ...
MERRY CHRISTMAS PEOPLES!!! Photobucket I could not incorporate Hugh into this prettily. =( Can you live with just you and Dan? Photobucket This will look good on our locker, y/y? I used a HG texture! Photobucket ...
CrazyDrumGuy
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Creative Commons Blog | Creative Commons
sub-navigation. Creative Commons Blog. I'm heading to Portland, Oregon for O'Reilly Media's Open Source Convention (OSCON) tomorrow.
Separate But Equal
Something to ponder for creatives that are christians: MLK day just passed and its got me thinking about the civil rights movement and all that MLK accomplished to bring equality to this country. Before the civil rights movement they ...
Too Soon or Way Too Late
As I was walking to get the milk in my local grocery store I spotted this little gem. It is a Steve Irwin doll. For those of you that don’t know. Steve Irwin, or more commonly known as “The Crocodile Hunter,” was killed a little over a ...
From the Free Stuff files...
Don't forget to get your free iced coffee today at Dunkin' Donuts. Stop by any Dunkin' Donuts today until 10 pm and get a free 16 oz. cup of Joe Cool. You can also choose from one of our 9 flavors (French Vanilla, Toasted Almond, ...
She's Batty Designs
shesbattydesigns.etsy.com What kind of items do you sell in your shop? i sell paper products - greeting cards, gift tags, etc How did you get started? i've always had a paper obsession but just this year i registered my business. ...
10 Building Blocks to Business Success on Facebook
Written by Lennie Appelquist. There are several social media sites that you can participate in today like Myspace and Zaadz, and they all have their pros and cons. The best way to choose a social networking site to participate in is to ...
e-grup
Church of the Customer Blog
Weblog about word of mouth, customer evangelism and citizen marketers.
Home - Berkman Center for Internet & Society
A research program founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. ... This is the largest gift from a foundation in the ...
Ireland
Открытое письмо Майку Л. Рогальскому
Михаил! Дайте же хоть какой-нибудь интерфейс к БД cars.auto.ru - чтоб за наноробота-то не надо было закашивать? XML вполне покатил бы, по полям БД, но без контактов - за контактами пусть на cars и ходят, рекламку просматривать. ...
Santayana on Religion
That last post was written by one of the divas of the Amato Opera, in honor of our GOP cohort here, who paused to tip a tawny flagon of ale with us to honor…well, just another birthday. If you’ve read the comments to his last post, ...
SUZIE WONG'-LADY'S NIGHT
ELLA & DAISY.
my face
Blake Leverington's Facebook profile.
New Toy!
I got the Overman King Gainer Revoltech!!! In case you're wondering why I made Gainer do the monkey, play the below video: Anyways, I have more pictures of my King Gainer Revoltech figure, you can check it out here. Just click next. ...
Another Stupid Thing to be Addicted To
Facebook me!
Taking to the hills
Changing my Mind by Patrick Bateson, Edge Reposted from: Dawkins site http://www.edge.org/q2008/q08_index.html (see more responses to the year-end “WHAT HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND ABOUT?” question at this link as well); see below. ...
From RG Antiwar.com Bringing Death and Destruction to Muslims ...
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bill c-61 and fair copyright for canada.
With Industry Minister Jim Prentice's introduction of Bill C-61: An Act to Amend the Copyright Act into the House of Commons this week, I am glad to see that strong opposition to legislation (which is similar to the United States ...
Deport the Pilaks?
Old Media still has Issues over Control
Your NL East "Preview"
@Chamomiles Davis: Youppi is like the Grimace. Nothing can kill him. Len Bias Cocaine Surplus.
Billy Packer Admits The Truth
"This might surprise you but... ARGAHGHAHGAHGHAHGAHGHA twouchdown fooooootball". -Shannon Sharpe. Len Bias Cocaine Surplus.
Some Las Vegas Celebrity Waldo
I hate to bring up a disturbing fact. But the Knicks are 2 games back of a the Heat. Isiah.. playoffs... Who wants in on my Deadspin Bomb Shelter Pantsparty? Len Bias Cocaine Surplus.
Ironically, Goebbels Actually Liked The Jets
The Third Reich are who we though they were. Len Bias Cocaine Surplus.
Nicolas Perera, candidat à Lons le Saunier (Jura)
Si j’ai accepté d’être, à 25 ans, sur la liste conduite par Christophe Perny aux municipales de Lons le Saunier, c’est avant tout pour participer au changement d’ère nécessaire dans cette ville. Préfecture du Jura, Lons le Saunier est ...
Kaurs United on Facebook: A great group has come ...
Kaurs United on Facebook: A great group has come together to form a discussion board on Facebook: Kaurs United! Take part in interesting discussion about the role of Sikh women today. How to deal with problems we might face & Learn ...
Ibland så…
Alex Chilton
Alex Chilton. You know even if you don’t know him. Know the song “The Letter” by the Box Tops? Gimme a letter for an areo-plane/ain’t got time to make a fast train/lonely days are gone/I’ma coming home/my baby, she wrote me a letter ...
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Democracy For Minnesota
the Dean visit to the U of MN Campus has moved to a larger venue. Thanks to the UDFL blog, Standupnow.mn and the facebook team for noting the update. Please join Howard Dean (Chairman of the Democratic National Committee), Keith Ellison (Minnesota's next US congressman from 5th district),
Dean Rock's the U: Location Change (Bigger Venue)
Due to the high demand, the Dean visit to the U of MN Campus has moved to a larger venue. Thanks to the UDFL blog, Standupnow.mn and the facebook team for noting the update. Please join Howard Dean (Chairman of the Democratic National ...
Day by Day - Snowy’s Blog on Vox
How Would it Feel To Charge What You Deserve and Get It?
Are you charging the fees you deserve right now? Do you get nervous when you have to talk money with prospects and clients? Is all of this “doom and gloom” we’re hearing about in the news about the economy getting you worried? ...
Sleepy in Seattle
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home sick
not really sure who got me sick, but last night i knew i was going to feel like crap today. i woke up stuffy, with a sore throat, and a pounding headache. woody was nice and offered to take georgia to work with him, so i got up and got ...
Login | Facebook
Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. ...
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Measuring Online Influence - White Paper
Title: Distributed influence: quantifying the impact of social media. The catalyst behind this document was the publication of Edelman’s Social Media Index in July 2007 with David Brain. This attempted to propose a new way of ...
世界访问两å‰20大网站åŠåˆ†æž
1yahoo.com 2msn.com 3google.com 4youtube.com 5myspace.com 6live.com 7baidu.com 8orkut.com 9wikipedia.org 10qq.com 11yahoo.co.jp 12microsoft.com 13sina.com.cn 14megaupload.com 15blogger.com 16ebay.com 17hi5.com 18facebook.com ...
A Manifesto for Black Urbanism by Paul Goodwin
A Manifesto for Black Urbanism. Download A4 | US Letter PDF 175Kb. Abstract : Second in a series of eBooks created by Paul Goodwin as part of Proboscis’ Generator Case Study Residencies. This eBook is the text of a lecture given by Paul ...
[2 comments] Facebook is going public, Thousands of Students Threaten To Quit
"Do you want your mother seeing what you were REALLY doing at that party last weekend? How about employers looking at the friends you keep? Or worse, stalkers tracking you down? None of these convince you? What about... the telemarketers?" Digg this story to keep FaceBook the way it was supposed to be: LIKE COLLEGE
[no comment] Facebook: You are using an incompatible web browser.
Not sure how I stumbled onto this, but at 4:00 PM CST I attempted to access a bad URL on facebook and was directed to this page.
[1 comments] Hot Sexy 2006 Halloween Girls of Facebook - College Students
Im trying to build a collection of hot 2006 Halloween Ho's. Can you help contribute your photos? Or click here to view top submissions. Winner gets $200 dollars.
[12 comments] If this group reaches 100,000 my girlfriend will have a threesome.
If Brody Ruckus can make a facebook group with over 100,000 people in it before the end of the semester (Dec 31, 2006), He can have a threesome with his girlfriend and a girl of his choosing.
[no comment] Lindsay Lohan's on Facebook!
"...I got on facebook to get in touch with my fans and let them know the real me instead of the me that the magazines and tabloids portray me to be.
[no comment] - Facebook.com Gets New Features -
Now you can upload photos directly from your camera phone and order prints of your favorite pictures.
[no comment] Facebook Disses Internet Explorer
While looking through the Facebook CSS, I noticed this comment:
[no comment] Facebook gets a new Favicon!
Facebook has changed its favicon to a much simpler "f" with a blue background. No more emo kid face!
[3 comments] Facebook is global!
Facebook no longer requires a credential to join!
[1 comments] Do You Remember The 90's
It's a nice list someone put together on FaceBook.
[no comment] Facebook adds RSS & Atom Feeds to User-Posted Notes
Quote: "Your News Feed won't show a story every time one of your friends posts a note to Facebook; your News Feed only contains the stories we think you'll be the most interested in. The RSS or Atom feeds of a user's Notes or your friends' Notes will contain every note posted."
[no comment] Facebook Goes Public, Dog Gets Profile
This is the downside of allowing the general public to create profiles...
[750000 comments] Facebook:If this group reaches 1 million people, I will wrestle a crocodile
Facebook has now aparently opened up to everyone with an email addy. Feel free to invite friends in other countries, cities, work pals etc. Get everyone addicted!
[no comment] Truth...the evolution
Do You Believe In The Power Of Love? If so, then then this blog is for you because that is what it is aimed at, helping people see the love that abounds throughout EVERYTHING.
[1994 comments]
p://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2208260558">What are the "Blue Dog Democrats" coalition, and what do they want?
[no comment] NOVA launches official Facebook group!
In an attempt to reach a wider audience, PBS's NOVA now has an official Facebook group, as well as an official MySpace
[no comment] 2006 Boycott Facebook
If Brody Ruckus can make a facebook group with over 100,000 people in it before the end of the semester (Dec 31, 2006), He can have a threesome with his girlfriend and a girl of his choosing.
[no comment] Facebook's New Favicon - More New Logos On The Way?
Facebook.com has recently changed their favicon, does this mean facebook's minimalist design may be getting a revamp?
[1 comments] Swag Alert! Free Jimi Wallet for Facebook Members!
Maybe you've heard of the Jimi Wallet (think wallet2.0). Well, now's your chance to grab one for free! Join the Chase+1 group on Facebook (account required to view page), add the Jimi Wallet, go to checkout, and you've got yourself some truly awesome free swag. Quick, before the Digg effect kills the offer!
[no comment] Facebook and QOOP have partnered to provide photo printing services
Facebook now allows you to create prints, posters, calendars, and more.
[57 comments] Facebook Goes Beyond College, High School Markets
"Facebook is now allowing new users from corporate networks, in addition to high school and college students..." "...only certain companies are currently supported." You can suggest a New Network for your own company at http://www.facebook.com/help.php?tab=newnetwork&network_type=3
[5 comments] Facebook Goes Down
It appears the whole facebook site is down, as of 12:15pm CST...
[no comment] facebook looking for php engineer
looks like they have great benefits!
[no comment] Facebook Mobile officially Launched
The popular service Facebook has been launched after just three weeks since reports began to surface. NOTE: to access link you must be a facebook member.
[1 comments] Facebook New Feature: Map
Facebook has added a new feature in the Parties/Events section. Within the event there is now a Google Map/Local link to show you exactly where things are happening. No more excuse why you couldn't get the beer to the right place.
[no comment] Facebook now connecting colleges and high schools
"Starting today, we are going to let people in college and high school be friends.
[no comment] Facebook Now Does Mobile Alerts
"Facebook is now allowing new users from corporate networks, in addition to high school and college students..." "...only certain companies are currently supported." You can suggest a New Network for your own company at http://www.facebook.com/help.php?tab=newnetwork&network_type=3
[1 comments] Facebook Now Open To Everyone: Send Invites To Friends
Facebook has now aparently opened up to everyone with an email addy. Feel free to invite friends in other countries, cities, work pals etc. Get everyone addicted!
[no comment] Facebook officially opens to everyone!
Now you can get all your friends on Facebook�people who couldn't get on before because their schools didn't offer email addresses, because they went to work instead of college, because they graduated before Facebook even existed, or for any other reason. They can join regional networks and see other people in those networks.
[no comment] Facebook Opens up to Companies
lots of companies added today...
[no comment] Facebook's New Favicon - More New Logos On The Way?
Facebook.com has recently changed their favicon, does this mean facebook's minimalist design may be getting a revamp?
[no comment] Facebook's Very Own Credit Card
Now you can be social with your rewards points... or "Karma Points" as they call them. Give them to your friends, or use them to get facebook t-shirts. What's next, MySpace auto loans?
[no comment] Facebook Upgrades, Claims Another Victim
If rumor sites are to be believed, the latest Facebook upgrade could have enough to take down another. First MySpace, then Flickr, and now Blogger may fall victim to the site used by roughly 85% of college students nationwide.
[4 comments] **** Facebook Users ONLY, Group with Goal of just Poking Mark Zuckerberg
Poke Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of facebook! JOIN THE RESISTANCE TO STALKERfacebook.com! This is a riot, i bet he is wishing he did a better job testing this idea before letting 8 million students use it.
[no comment] Facebook: The Student Revolution
While looking through the Facebook CSS, I noticed this comment:
[no comment] Facebook.com Upgraded Messaging
Always staying on top of things the folks at Facebook.com have updated something else. The update allows for partial reading of messages in you inbox
[no comment] New Features @ Facebook.com
The Facebook is an online directory that connects people through social networks at schools. They have added the new feature of being able to describe exactly how you know some one. Examples: You lived with X, Worked with X, Took a course together with X, so on and so forth. Enjoy college students. More time wasted on facebook.com!
[4 comments] Special Facebook Feature: St. Patricks Day Messages
Today Facebook implemented a new feature that allowed you to send special St. Patrick's Day message. The coolest part was that the option did not become available untill the text was typed. Facebook is getting very interesting especially with the way they are implementing new features. Could this mean other holiday messages also?
The DipSet Collaborative
its two branches, [tha word] and [*dip*nation*] have created two websites with full community access [DipCo.blogspot.com] and [DipCo.aminus3.com] as well as created a [facebook.com] portal for news and other stuff, but as always, we have an urge to grow further, which is why we've been
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Capitalize with C# and ASP.NET
It may be surprising for some, but the .NET framework has capitalization built in:. using System.Globalization; class Test { public static void Main () { string s = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ToTitleCase (”i want this ...
NYE London
The last time I was out on NYE, I was 18, it was in Darwin and from memory I spent it in a line trying to get BACK into the Vic! I’ve preferred the company of friends and the relaxed atmosphere of a BBQ over fighting crowds, ...
These days...
winter_depression. It Has Been FreeZzzzing these few days!!! Here Got a Bloody Cold Weather in Macau!!! SHIT... I do REALLY want to get a super heater installed in my room ... I have been busy sleeping, surfing the Internet, ...
How to Make Your Blackberry Web 2.0 Friendly
The first thing you’ll need is Opera mini, since the default browser won’t allow you to do things like Digg stories or view ajax-based pages. Opera mini is cool, its a full graphical browser with zoom, like Safari on the iPhone. ...
Pool Project Finally Begins
We talked about it. I know you doubted our skills and wondered if we were just blowing smoke up your collective rears… but that is not the case. We haven’t received our stimulus check just yet, but there were a few things we could start ...
April Update with Doug!
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Top 20: Jóvenes millonarios gracias a Internet
El que sobresale en esta lista es Mark Zuckerberg, el creador de Facebook. Esta es la lista de los afortunados:. Mark Zuckerberg [ Facebook ] 23 años | $700M; Filtro Retamoza [ LaRevo ] 26 años | $690M; Blake Ross and David Hyatt ...
My facebook addiction
One of my mates sent me an invitation to join facebook and I am now addicted to it. I have found friends from school, university, medical school and work and I can send them all offensive messages. It's great. ...
Themes | drupal.org
Login or register to modify the filter. Themes allow you to ... These contributed themes are not part of any official release and may not work correctly. ...
Event Guide 30: Gooseberry Awards, Havana Son Competition, Solo ...
Hi all! This is Edition Number 30 of the Event Guide (Yippee!) and to celebrate we have again a competition for free tickets this week! The tickets are for a really great concert! Keep reading!!! I promised that this year will bring a ...
[ADW] Extension Manager doesn't see Dreamweaver
Same problem even if I try to create a new user/password. The webmaster at Adobe is cutting the mustard! Chick ----- Original Message ----- From: Chick Newman To: adobe-dreamweaver@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 27, ...
Re: [ADW] Extension Manager doesn't see Dreamweaver
Chick, Open your folder options in control panel, and lets see if you have both versions of extension manager installed for DWMX04 & DW 8. I have DWMX04 installed, and DWCS3 installed. I also have 2 extension manager programs installed. ...
Re: [ADW] Extension Manager doesn't see Dreamweaver
> Anybody else having troubles with the Adobe forums?? Haven't been able to connect through my newsreader in a couple of days. I think they're broken. ~Nick. __._,_.___. Messages in this topic (0) Reply (via web post) | Start a new ...
Re: [ADW] Extension Manager doesn't see Dreamweaver
Thanks, Art. The problem with Adobe is that it is presently impossible to sign into their forums. The sign-in page is generating javascript errors when it is loaded and when user name and password are placed in the appropriate fields, ...
Re: [ADW] Extension Manager doesn't see Dreamweaver
>I am really anxious to install the extensions (is there a manual way to >install them??).< Usually, if I have downloaded it and saved the mxp in a folder called "uninstalled extensions" (since there's hundreds, and I often wait 1-6 ...
Re: [ADW] Extension Manager doesn't see Dreamweaver
The disk is defragmented daily, during periods of inactivity (with diskeeper). It is not fragmented. If I double click on an uninstalled extension, an error displays telling me that I need to install Dreamweaver MX2004 or Dreamweaver 8. ...
[ADW] Order form needed
I need to create a form on my website that will enable someone to buy more than one item. It doesn't need to be sent to a credit card processor or anything fancy. I know how to create a basic form that will generate an ...
Re: [ADW] Order form needed
Any server-side script will do this for you, but it is going to require a certain amount of programming. There may be scripts you can download that will be close to what you want, but you'll almost certainly need to modify it somewhat, ...
SongTaste:国产Last.fm
SongTaste是一个音乐社区网站。 无意间搜索可见时转到了这里，吓了我一跳，还以为lastfm.cn不转向cn.last.fm了而独立了出来呢。说完全一样吧，倒有点差距，因为Last.fm改版了，不再用那一串小圆形的图标了，而这里还是抄的旧的。看到了它的开发日记，也曾 ...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Family gathering, holiday-related city decoration, people smile everywhere. This Holiday season is your perfect reason to capture more photos. Don’t have digital camera yet? Don’t worry our e-store and buying guide will help you to get ...
Virtually Best Friends
I paced around my room, wiping my sweaty palms against my jeans. Should I call him? Will I seem too aggressive? What if he says he’s busy, or worse, that he just isn’t interested? While the situation described above might have been common a decade ago, a slew of social networking sites have greatly reduced the anxiety that accompanies the beginning stages of courtship and friendship. Professor Hubert Dreyfus of the University of California, Berkeley wrote in his book On the Internet that relationships made online are not as “real†because they lack an element of risk. Peter Ludlow, a blogger who critiqued Dreyfus’ book, paraphrased the argument by saying, “To trust someone, you first have to place yourself in a position of vulnerability – one where there is some (physical) risk.†True, getting rejected by an instant message, Facebook poke, or email is not as harsh as being shot down in person. However, the benefits of forging friendships and getting to know someone better online also have positive consequences that extend beyond cyberspace. As a Millennial that has grown up in the Internet Age, I am just as likely to learn about a peer from the Internet as I am from speaking to them in person. Friendships that are made in person and developed online have proven to be fulfilling and lasting to me. There have been many instances where I’ve had a brief conversation with someone new at a school club or party, only to look him up on Facebook and realize that we have 20 friends in common and both love Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. I’ve then proceeded to send him a friend request, perhaps commenting on a mutual interest, and then feel much more confident in approaching him in person again, knowing a bit more about his background. Social networking sites such as MySpace or Facebook also allow me to stay updated on friends. Especially with the new RSS feed feature from Facebook, I can see which campus events my friends plan on attending, as well as pictures of their Halloween adventures. These features provide a reason to get back in contact with friends I have lost touch with without the awkwardness that accompanies a phone call or running into them after a two-year lag period. I agree with Professor Dreyfus in that friendships formed and developed solely through the Internet trigger my skepticism. However, using technology to maintain relationships is an increasingly common and legitimate way to stay in touch with people I otherwise would have lost contact with long ago. And with that, I’ve frequently told myself “Oh screw it, I’m going to call.†After all, I happen to know from his Facebook profile that he loves Green Day and will be around this weekend for my “extra concert tickets.†Who says social networking sites are such a bad thing after all? -Winnie Kao
In Praise of Former Girlfriends or, My Own Private Nanowrimo
November was mostly a lousy month for me, one of too much self-loathing, too much substance abuse, too much self-loathing, too little productivity or socializing (three nights out in a month? I think that's it). ...
since you've been gone
The world hated Jesus. The world hates Jesus. He promised the disciples that the world would also hate us. So it should come as no surpise that Gospel focussed proclamation mission teams from one end of the country to the other are ...
Facebook.com
Welcome to join my another site... I already open a discussion place. Name: Global Entrepreneur My Profile Link: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=610863193.
ubuket beta
Acabamos de lanzar ubuket en Facebook. ¿Qué es ubuket? ubuket pretende ser, de momentos, un gestor/reproductor de multimedia (vídeos, música e imágenes) que puede vivir en muchos sites y redes sociales. De momento estamos empezando con ...
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Does What Happens in The Facebook Stay in the Facebook?
Here’s a provocative movie that argues how Facebook users’ civil rights and civil liberties may be compromised.My first reaction to the movie clip was to question the reliability and validity of the information presented. I clicked on the link at the bottom of the page which took me here. Not that this brings us any closer to the truth, but it does offer a place to begin further peeling back the layers.It does seem to be a reasonable question to ask: Where does the information collected by social networking sites go? Who has access to it? What will it be used for? This also reminded me of how often I quickly click “accept” without completely reading the terms of service or use on a number of online sites. Popular social networking sites like The Facebook and MySpace offer virtually no organizational transparency which is a definite cause of concern.Perhaps we will soon uncover the truth.
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Creating Content: May 11
I create content in other places than Eloquation. Here’sa quick look at some of the places I’ve been dabbling on the web this week. If you like mud, dirt, or construction equipment, you might like the two photos I uploaded to Flickr ...
¿a quien representa la UE?
La UE quiere que los usuarios paguen por recibir llamadas. Es cosa mia, puede ser, la verdad pero, si me equivoco ¿a quien le interesa que la UE quede como un organismo anti-social? ¿o es que ante la crisis a los politicos solo les ...
elevator fun..
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=61236&l=a2858&id=884295510 ...for the artistically minded or those who likes elevators. I hope this works.
Guest Blogger: Toby Bloomberg, Diva Marketing blog
Now the holidays are over, let's get back to the good stuff - an entry for the Me, My Pet and I blog series where I ask bloggers to reveal their pet-loving side. I've been reading Toby's blog for many years now and we finally bumped ...
The place to be
utöver mitt beroende av youtube så känner jag allt oftare ett allt större sug efter facebook. det är inte klokt vad mycket gamla reskamrater man hittar där.
Le site le plus populaire chez les jeunes? MySpace? NON!
Si vous avez récemment pensé que MySpace était le média social le plus populaire chez les jeunes, détompez-vous.Une récente étude de jeunes américains de 17 à 25 ans, faite par Youth Trends, démontre que MySpace est deuxième chez les filles et sixième chez les gars, selon cet article publié par eMarketer.C'est plutôt Facebook qui est en première place dans les deux cas."For the first time ever, Facebook was ranked number one among both men and women," a déclaré Josh Weil de Youth Trends. "Based on the findings, Facebook is more than likely to be their first visit of the day." Il faut comprendre que l'un des vecteurs importants de la popularité des médias sociaux chez les jeunes, c'est leur institution scolaire. Comme ces statistiques sont celles d'octobre (le mois suivant la rentrée scolaire), ça augure bien pour Facebook.
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Mashable Rocks SXSW: Win Rock Band and TONS of Schwag!
Listen up, guys! Pete Cashmore, Kristen Nicole, and Tamar Weinberg of Mashable will be at the SXSW Interactive festival to be held on March 7-11 — and we’re holding a super contest for all participants and fans of Mashable. ...
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Facebook & cheese
Misha har joinat den mörka sidan. Det var lite motståndskraft i början, måste jag medge, men sedan insåg jag att det fanns massa Rzeszow älsklingar som were doing it. Nu är jag fast. Det finns ju folk man inte har träffat på år och ...
Facebook: ¿burbuja o realidad?
Facebook, la red social de moda, ha dado entrada últimamente a nuevos socios (Microsoft y otros), valorando la compañía en 15.000 millones de dólares. Tras ver hoy datos que aún no se sabían sobre Facebook, vamos a hacer un pequeño ...
My Twitter Experiment
It has been 14 days since I commenced my Twitter Experiment. In the past two weeks I have posted 51 updates, averaging 3.6 "Twits" per day. At the same time I have told numerous people about Twitter gathering very different responses:"Seems like it's some sort of MySpace type place.""I don't get it, why do you want to know what strangers are doing?""This will go away in 90 days.""You literally live in a completely different world."In all cases I would start defending Twitter adamantly, as if it was something I myself had created. I had discovered new blogs, engaged in conversations with people I either recognized from the blogosphere, had posted something I found interesting or was running for President. A few times a day I used GTalk and Firefox to make updates to Twitter and spent nights fascinated with Twittervision.OK, that is all fascinating you are murmuring to yourself, ready to delete your RSS Feed to this blog, but get to the point. Is Twitter practical and if so how? The simple answer is "of course". I'm just not entirely sure yet. So stealing from Peter King over at SI, here are a few things I think I think about Twitter:1) Find your MarketThe ability to quickly find people with the same interests, whether it be technology, social media, or the New England Patriots and not be overwhelmed by information concerning them is the number one positive for Twitter. Look at what Twitted did around SXSW and you can understand that if people are passionate about someone or something they will find a way to discuss it together. What Twitter does better than other social sites is create a built-in editorial system. I believe that within our communications industry you should be able to relate your thoughts in one sentence...in the Twitter world it is demanded.2) Social Media is not simply digitalMySpace, Facebook, etc...all social sites that have the goal of creating a "community". Yet what are the percentage of people who actually relate to each other directly, whether in-person or even over the phone? In two weeks on Twitter I've read about people meeting up for coffee because they are both interested in open source and live in Austin or even Scoble posting his cell phone on Twitter and asking folks to call him during his commute home. Social Media allows us to build a community, but it should also enable true human contact. I again believe Twitter does this by editing down the conversation, making us want more and giving us that immediate knowledge of another person.3) Channels are the keyTwitter allows you to build channels, therefore focus people on a certain topic like mashups. I mention this because I see this as a key and non-intrusive way to build momentum for a company looking to engage with a specific group.4) Extension of the blog or blog killer?Some people have been complaining that more Twitter equals less blog postings. I can see where some people may elect to do one over the other, but for me I've used Twitter to discover folks I find interesting and then I'm subscribing to their blog to get more in depth information. Since starting to use Twitter two weeks ago and posting updates of my blog through Twitter my traffic has doubled versus the two weeks prior (I realize these are not a true data representation, I'll pull some more detailed numbers after a month or so).5) Twitter will turn, but its openness remains keyThe backlash has already begun against Twitter and it will continue surely, but I believe the ability to use Twitter's API is what makes it sustainable. People are creating wild things with the Twitter data feed and I think that companies should be looking at how they can use this information to enhance their own online communities...and in fact that is exactly what we in the communications world must harness, but without ruining Twitter. A difficult balance for sure.Twitter ME!Later,/kff
Week 2
This week’s lecture in Entertainment Computing focused on the aims of this semester in this module. It will enclose lectures on online communities such as Friendster (www.friendster.com), MySpace (www.myspace.com), ...
Re: [epilepsy] Check out my Facebook profile
Thomas, I am a member of Facebook so you'll have to invite me. Thomas Gene Parady Jr wrote: > > > I set up a Facebook profile where I can post my pictures, videos and > events and I want to add you as a friend so you can see it. ...
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ABC News: New Lows in the New Year for Bush Ratings. ABC News: New Lows in the New Year for Bush Ratings. http://abcnews.go.com/PollingU... New Lows in the New Year for Bush Ratings. Beset by growing economic concerns on top of the long ...
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Facebook’s Beacon faces resistance
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Usando Herramientas Web 2.0 para el Activismo Medioambiental
Siguiendo el ejemplo del post del editor para el África Subsahariana de Global Voices sobre ciberactivismo después de las elecciones en Kenia, vamos a echar un vistazo a cómo los blogueros y activistas medioambientales están utilizando ...
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Blog Guides, Technorati, Bloglines, Findory. Bookmarking, Ma.gnolia, Furl, Clipmarks. Books, Lulu, Biblio, Library Thing. Business, Squidoo, Instant Bull, Shopify. City Guides & Reviews, Yelp, Judy's Book, Yahoo! Local ...
A World Apart
Singapore is finally into the Facebook craze. My Juniors have joined. They had their farewell assembly not too long ago. They posted the photos, they posted the videos.
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Albuquerque Open House Search
Open Houses in Albuquerque. Weekend of July 25th, 2008. The start of the school year is just around the corner for many families in Albuquerque. Why not start the new school year off with a new house? There is a great selection of homes ...
2007 Resolutions in Review
MOVING WALLS: A DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
< > MOVING WALLS: A DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION A traveling exhibit opening on October 28, 2007 at the Contemporary Image Collective aims to spark debate about the role of documentary photography in effecting social change. ...
Facebook
at Face Value: How High Will the Bids Go? (ABC News) Founder Mark Zuckerberg Has Been Tempted to Sell the Site. How Much Longer Can He Hold Out? Yahoo sees social network sites competing for ads (Reuters via Yahoo! ...
Facebook par “Adscriptor”
Par les temps qui courent, le nom se suffit à lui-même : 150 millions de résultats sur Google, + 45 millions d’utilisateurs actifs en ce début octobre, un taux de progression de 422% (!), une capitalisation évaluée multipliée par +10 en ...
Facebook, the-place-to-be
«Tu es sur Facebook, toi?». Si vous répondez «c’est quoi, Facemachin?», vous perdez cent points dans l’estime de celui qui vous a posé la question. Car Facefook est le nouveau réseau social en ligne où il faut être. A la mi-juin, ...
Michael Bilodeau sent you a message on Facebook...
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Back to writing
Hi there, I haven't written anything since my last post in Israel. I feel kinda bad about it and promise to be more prudent from now on. I am quite addicted to this blogging thing. Everyday I read a few blogs. ...
Today’s bailout roundup
The Univeristy of Chicago economists object to the target="_blank">three fatal pitfalls in the currently proposed plan. Good Intentions Paved The Road To Subprime-Stoked Meltdown. James Pethokoukis is covering this story. ...
Hugo goes for the gusto
Global warming's icy roadblocks
Ice storm in US claims 15 lives. An ice storm sweeping the central United States has left at least 15 people dead amid warnings of more freezing weather to come. More than 600000 homes and businesses were left without electricity after ...
Iowa, Laurie's 100k, and more FIHMYs
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Podcast: Rick Klau of FeedBurner
This past week, I had the chance to sit down with Rick Klau, Vice President of Publisher Services at FeedBurner. It was a fun interview and he answered some of your questions. Show Notes: 1:00 Introduction of Rick Klau 2:02 I’m getting better at podcasting, especially with SuicideFan.com 2:40 Rick and Aaron talk football and my prediction that David Carr will go to Chicago 3:30 Head of Publisher Services at FeedBurner 4:00 Google Reader and Feed reporting, user engagement, etc 6:27 Feedburner has the bulk of the “head of tail” feeds in the world, but much to be done with the “long tail” 8:00 How is the distribution of content viewed and FeedBurner’s role in helping producers track that 9:45 Web 3.0? The third dimension of conversation? 11:50 Are feeds really the most effective way to distribute content in a multi-dimensional web experience? 14:53 Social Media. Bringing RSS to the Masses? No one should know what RSS is or mean. 15:58 My Barack Obama, MySpace, Facebook and and social networks 19:38 Shawn Blanc, Kansas City, MO: With most modern browsers supporting XML and many site stats programs (like Mint) counting subscriptions what is the advantage to the average Joe to use FeedBurner to host his feeds instead of keeping the subscriptions internal? 24:36 Jim Turner, Denver, CO: A question for Rick is about email and databases owned by companies. What is Feedburner doing to help companies convert existing email databases into usable RSS databases that can be used to push feeds of blogs, podcasts and videos to their existing clients and subscribers? 26:25 I yell at my dog. (oops) :-) 27:47 What is the “Event Feed” functionality and how do you use it? 34:55 Rick goes to Colorado for Skiiing at Breckenridge Music courtesy of The Fighting Cocks, courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network
Youtube laisse Myspace sur place
Dans la course effrénée à l'audience dans laquelle se sont lancées les plateformes de "User Generated Content", YouTube n'en fini pas de crever les plafonds. Profitant, entre autre, des deux journées (22 et 23 juillet) pendant lesquelles Myspace a connu de gros soucis techniques, YouTube l'a gentillement "déposé" en terme de nombre de pages vues. Ceci dit, il est aussi intéressant de constater que Facebook et Google ont également profité de l'inaccessibilité de Myspace pour exploser leurs compteurs. Selon Pete Cashmore (Mashable), l'audience des sites de rencontres auraient eux aussi connus des pics de fréquentation lors du "down" de Myspace. De là à dire que si Myspace rempli effectivement un rôle de mise en relation, il s'agirait surtout de relation entre sexes opposés, il n'y a qu'un pas que je ne franchirais pas (contrairement à un commentateur chez Pete). MySpace vs Google MySpace vs FacebookTechnorati Tags: YouTube, Myspace, User Generated Content, Réseaux Sociaux
Facebook.com :: Why the Church Should Use It to Reach Young Adults
In a quest to find what is popular online, Youth Trends recently asked 17-to-25-year-olds to name their top three favorite websites. Facebook.com dominated the results among both men and women. Among Women Ages 17-25 69% Facebook 38% MySpace 22% YouTube 13% Google 10% CNN Among Men Ages 17-25 56% Facebook 19% YouTube 17% Yahoo! 17% Google 16% ESPN Keep in mind that these are their favorite sites and not necessarily the ones they most traffic. Regardless, Facebook is the place for your church to reach young adults. To learn more about how your church can reach people with Facebook, read our previous posts about advertising on Facebook and how Guts Church used Facebook to reach Tulsa students. Full report: eMarketer [via Mashable] Sponsored by: Bombay Creative We help ministries reach people with graphic design, web design, and marketing services.
Que d’anglais
Oui, je sais, je néglige à nouveau mes lecteurs francophones et j’écris des tartines en anglais. Je reviens de la conférence LIFT’07 (l’année dernière, LIFT’06 avait quelque peu changé ma vie), des rencontres plein les yeux et des idées qui résonnent encore dans les oreilles. La langue que j’utilise ici dépend de l’humeur, du contenu du billet, du public imaginé. Là , j’avoue, je suis un peu coincée en anglophonie. Un peu difficile, après un workshop magistral donné par Stowe Boyd et toute une série d’intervenants fascinants de remettre les deux pieds en terre vaudoise, où les journalistes tentant de se mettre au blog essaient d’épingler les blogueurs pour une tournure malheureuse (ah oui, c’est Stephanie sans accent si jamais, puisque vous tenez à la précision), les cours d’initiation aux blogs sont annulés de façon répétée par manque d’inscriptions alors que la demande est là , pourtant (appels, interviews, cartes de visite, demandes… et j’en passe), les gens veulent des blogs mais quand même pas trop “blog” (mais parlez en “je”, bon sang, ça veut pas dire que vous devez “raconter vos vies”), où internet fait peur et où les journaux, en passe d’épuiser le filon, tentent de faire les gros titres avec la fin des blogs. Donc, vous me pardonnerez, mais juste là , je retourne explorer Facebook, garder un oeil sur l’évolution des blogs d’Intel qui ont profité de mes services plus tôt cette année, parler boutique avec Headshift, lire Stowe, Bruno Giussani et David Galipeau, rester en contact avec ma tribu de LIFT, commencer à travailler à mon futur livre sur les ados et internet (surtout: sur quel blog l’écrire), mettre mon nez un peu dans ce que fait Derek Powazek avec JPG Magazine, guetter les dates de reboot et planifier ma prochaine expédition à San Francisco… Un peu grinche, la Mère Denis, et probablement un peu injuste aussi, du coup. C’était le coup de gueule du jeudi après-midi. Vous en faites pas, amis romands — je vous aime quand même. Merci à noneck pour la photo. Pour me faire pardonner, allez, quelques photos-souvenirs (de moi et d’autrui) de LIFT’07. Tags: anglais, français, lift07, suisseromande, romandie, grinche, décalage, journaux, médias
Why don't students blog like they Facebook? - posted by Jamie Ruth
I've always tended to assume that virtually any new form of media or communication will be dominated first and foremost by young people. This is certainly the case for social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook, as well as instant messaging and SMS. These sites and services are dominated by teens and twenty-somethings. The blogosphere, however, is a different story. Today I had the pleasure of attending Campus Progress's second annual national conference. As a department of the Center for American Progress, Campus Progress represents one of the few progressive responses to the right's intense cultivation of young conservatives. I attended a "Words that Move" breakout session, a "skill seminar" for young progressives navigating traditional and new media to promote their cause. One self-identified student-blogger in attendance (who had apparently attended the YearlyKos convention a few weeks ago) noted that the blogosphere seems to be dominated by middle-aged white males, and asked the panelists for an explanation of this phenomenon. While the folks who flew out to Vegas last month were no doubt a self-selecting bunch (and people who could afford the journey), this student-blogger was on to something: college students have not taken to blogging with the sort of fervor they have devoted to the Facebook. In fact, in my experience as a student at the fairly politically-engaged University of Michigan, there is no "household name" blog where students go to post their ideas on campus/political issues (or I'm just embarassingly out of the loop). I should note that for a time, the Goodspeed Update did fit this bill, and the Michigan Daily has tried to fill in the void as well. In his response to the student's question, John Aravosis from AmericaBlog suggested that perhaps students don't blog because they don't (or don't feel) they have the life experiences to make a valuable contribution to the blogosphere. It may be that fewer years on the planet translates to less credibility in the eyes of the public, including fellow students. But I disagree with the notion that students choose not to blog because they don't have enough to say. In class or after a few beers, students frequently make their opinions known, and often with more fire than your favorite cable news political pundit. Essembly.com is a fantastic project to bridge the gap between political engagement and social networking. And Campus Progress is doing its part by supporting a growing community of student blogs off of its site. Furthermore, there are some tremendous student bloggers (take Brian Stelter, for example), but blogs have yet to become a central part of most students' lives the way Facebook has. That said, can anyone offer a better explanation for why opinionated, gossiping, web-savvy, intellectually-charged students don't make the same contribution to the blogosphere as their (slightly) elders? Or could this not be further from the truth? Does anyone know of particular blogs that have become staples of campus communities? What can be learned from them?
Pray Zimbabwe press release
On April 18, 2007, friends of Zimbabwe will gather together around the world in prayer for the country of Zimbabwe and its people as a part of the International Day of Prayer for Zimbabwe (IDOPZ). Thousands in Zimbabwe die each week from AIDS. Food is scarce. Medication is in short supply. The inflation rate is the highest in the world at nearly 1600 percent. Medical workers are on strike. 80 percent of the population is unemployed. Humanitarian aid organizations are restricted from getting life-saving supplies to the people. A team of pastors, students, professors, journalists, both native Zimbabweans and others, have joined together to coordinate the Day of Prayer. Using the Internet as a powerful networking tool, the IDOPZ website has shared stories and pictures with interested individuals worldwide, and students have connected through Facebook. Contact Aaron (aaron@PrayZimbabwe.org), IDOPZ Media Relations Coordinator, for interview requestsand additional contact information.
I’m boycotting Last.FM
I’ve been an avid fan of AudioScrobbler, and the transformation, Last.FM since the beginning. I remember way back when, when the user pages were built around stats, and not your social network, ala MySpace or Facebook. Mind you, the communication and networking tools can be useful, they don’t pertain to your musical taste or your listening data very much, if at all. Recently though, I’ve been finding myself not broadening my horizons due to all the recommendations via Last.FM, but instead I’ve been trying to “build” a profile, that to me, would show that I have a decent taste in music. I know it sounds stupid, but when you have something as intimate (to some people) as your music taste displayed to the world, you don’t want to be perceived as someone you’re not, and you want the data to represent your musical tastes, not what you think other people would like to see. I would find myself listening to music just and then quickly navigation to my Last.FM page to see it in my recent tracks, or on Sundays, Last.FM would be the first page I would visit when I had the chance, simply to see how well my charts looked for the week, which may sound stupid and/or shallow, and it is. I don’t know why I had to feel as though others should approve, but I would find myself listening to music just to have it on my charts, which contradicts the whole purpose of Last.FM. Since I’ve deleted my accounts, and felt no bearing what-so-ever to listen to certain music, I’ve listened to what some people, commonly called “indie snobs”, would call shit, and I’ve found it to be at least entertaining and worth the listen. I know boycotting Last.FM isn’t going to do anything beneficial for anyone but me, but maybe it will help someone else see that they’re listening to music for the wrong reasons.
7 most crowded spaces for your new web startup
If you’ve got an idea for a web service or a product, the first question you should ask yourself is: who am I going to compete against? Strangely enough, it seems that not many people do this. That’s why some corners of the web are overcrowded with hundreds of similar services, usually proportional to the success of the few that stand at the top. Now, I’m all for innovation and going against all odds - if everyone would just play safe, the world (and the web) would be a boring place. But, if you choose an unpopulated space, even a mediocre idea can yield good results, while to succeed in some areas you need a killer idea, solid funding, a great team of developers and a lot of luck on top of that. Let’s look at some areas of the web where the competition is really, really hard. 1. Search. Everyone big enough to buy it or develop it has already got some sort of search technology in their arsenal. But even if giants like Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft and the millions they invested in their search technologies aren’t competition enough for you, check out the other hundreds of search engines, including meta-search engines, vertical search, semantic search, visual search and just plain old weird search. If you’re still bent on developing your search engine, there are a couple of things going for you. Although Google is already delivering better search results than anyone though possible 10 years ago, everyone still seems to be bent on the idea that there’s much to improve here. So, if your search even hints at being “smart” or “semantic”, you might get bought out by a giant. And that’s quite a good deal. 2. Communities - MySpace is already running out of people to recruit. At their current growth pace, soon there won’t be any users left that are not on MySpace, so if you’re planning on launching a community, you can’t really count on people being unfamiliar with the concept. Of course, MySpace is not your only competitor; there’s also Facebook, which waits for more money to be printed so that there would be enough to buy them out, as well as Bebo, Orkut, and dozens of others. In fact, online communities are so “in” right now that even if you launch a non-English, music-based community aimed only at middle-aged college-dropouts from a certain county of a certain state in a certain country, you still might not be focused enough. Another problem here is that the great features and shiny technologies rarely work: the biggest online communities are also the ugliest and not really technologically advanced. The upside of all this is that you can always go over to Ning and create your own social network within 5 minutes absolutely free. 3. Social bookmarking - first of all, the .us domains are all taken, so don’t even think about that. There are people out there right this very minute developing algorithms which check which exotic countries’ top level domains can be used to end English words. And if you want it to be a derivative of the word “delicious”, forget about it. I’m not kidding, check this out: del.icio.us, digglicious.com, mobilicio.us, thumblicio.us, staralicious.com, populicio.us, similicio.us. Some of these aren’t social bookmarking services; but del.icio.us faces more competition from the likes of magnolia, and, to some extent, StumbleUpon, Digg, Reddit and Netscape. But the point is clear: when the competition is so fierce that you can’t even name your damn service, I think it’s time to move on to something else. 4. Web Office tools & suites. Zimbra, Zoho, DimDim, Sundera, Plaxo, Preezo. I swear, some of these have to be swear words in exotic languages. Hell, for all I know, they might all be swear words in exotic languages. Still, it’s just a small sample of Office-related apps out there, and the crowd is lead by none other than Google itself with its Google Docs and Spreadsheets, which is - unfortunately for you, young developer - already pretty damn good. And, yes, this also goes for calendars: there’s a lot of them, and many are great, like Google Calendar, Remember the Milk, and 30 Boxes, to name a few. So, if you’re going to launch an online office suite, it better be leaving Microsoft Office in the dust, or else it’s toast. 5. Photo sharing The first rule of photo sharing is: you should never name your product in a grammatically correct way. This makes for a myriad of interesting possibilities which will never be fully exploited, so if you’re starting a photo sharing service you’re in the clear here. If in doubt, just take a word and drop a vowel or two, and you’re all set. However, this won’t help you when you actually try to develop such a service, as it’s pretty much all been done by Flickr and its many followers, most notably Google’s Picasa Web Albums. Even if you try developing a more specific service, like online photo editing, you will still get greeted by several solid products that are already doing it. 6. Video sharing. The problem with video sharing is in content. Sure, you can create a killer service, but how are you going to get people to fill it with content? If you had a million people uploading videos daily, you’d still need a couple of years to catch up with YouTube. And the competition is fierce here, too. Besides heavyweights like Metacafe, Dailymotion, Google Video, there are dozens of smaller sites out there trying to create a userbase. On top of all that, if you do manage to draw attention to your service, expect to be sued. A lot. By companies with lots of money. 7. Personalized portal. Here, it isn’t so much about there being a lot of competition out there. The problem is that the competition is damn good, and the fact that it’s hard for any of them to introduce a killer feature that would separate it from the rest proves that it’s hard to innovate in this space. Sure, you can try your luck, but you need to be better than Google Homepage, Netvibes, Pageflakes, Yourminis, Yahoo!, My.Netscape, Goowy, and several others. And they’re all very, very good. Well, that’s it. I hope that this list will discourage many a young and aspiring developer from ever developing anything, and save me from reviewing hundreds upon hundreds of similar services! *just kidding, kids. Keep ‘em coming, I love it.
The Death of Best Practices
Best practice by definition is the best possible way of doing something. Most marketers look at implementing best practices as executing standards to make improvement. Unfortunately, this one-way, one-size fits all standardization mentality is not an effective practice for digital marketers. It’s lazy marketing. Old school. Our world needs to be ruled by looking at our audience as different segments, not homogenous masses, and delivering relevance. What we learn from doing segmentation is that what is best for one audience does not always work for another. There are no standards. There really is no such thing as a best practice. Can there be best practices within a segment? The answer is no, and yes. Even within a segment behavior can vary based on a number of factors. There are just too many variables from vertical to vertical, audience to audience, site to site, and page to page to feel confident that something that has worked for somebody else’s business, even Amazon.com, will work for you online. However, through testing and optimization you can discover best practices specific to your audience segments. Also, people just don’t do what you think they will. Over the past few years through testing I’ve discovered that much of what I’ve observed and analyzed in online behavior is counterintuitive. Expect the unexpected, prepare for the unexpected and be able to act on the unexpected. Let’s look at Social Media as an example of the absence of best practices. Facebook tells us a best practice for social media properties is to have gated groups. MySpace tells us the best practice is to have an open access. Clearly some users find one preferable to the other. Some users are not aware that alternatives exist. Some users are motivated by outside influences (peers). These dynamics are not that different than any other digital presence or vertical. Granted, these are core business models, however I have used these to exemplify and magnify how even within verticals best practices for your business are unique. So you can do one of three things. Copy, differentiate, or test. There is of course only one way of finding what is optimal and that is testing. But here’s where it gets tricky (and where we say some more prayers for best practices). Optimal is changing all the time. With the spread of Rich Internet Applications the web becomes a much more dynamic and engaging place. So too is the way people interact with it changing. This is the natural evolution of user interaction and experience. Those that study HCI observe continued change and can see distinct differences in behavior among segments. Bottom line is that the web is just too dynamic and evolving too fast as a medium to say what is good today will be good tomorrow. Or what worked for you will work me. So what to do when we don’t know what will deliver the best results? Get off your butt and think. Create. Ideas can be good or bad but to prejudge them before they are placed in front of an audience is just not smart. Take the time to brainstorm and overcome the hurdles to act and measure your ideas. The best practices that I preach are not the specific layouts or messages that the clients are asking for, but rather methodologies to provide relevance like segmentation, simplicity, reinforcement and testing. These serve as the foundation for discovery. It takes some work before we can implement actionable insights for the client's business to derive benefit but when we do they have the best practice for their audiences and their business…and the results to prove it. I’ll be speaking on the ideas of “best practices†and presenting a case study where we improved AOV over 50% for a client at the ad:tech panel Next Generation Strategies for eCommerce, November 7th in New York. Stop by and say hello.
WordCamp Is This Saturday
Just a reminder that WordCamp, an all day long WordPress conference (the first of its kind), takes place this Saturday, August 5th at the Swedish American Hall in San Francisco. All of the people who work for Automattic (WordPress’ parent company) will be in San Francisco for the first time ever, along with a bunch of WordPress developers and bloggers. Here are some of the session ideas that have been proposed so far. Because of WordCamp, all of Laughing Squid Web Hosting will be in town as well (Laughing Squid is one of the web hosts recommend by WordPress), including our Support Ninja Jason Laskodi and our Chief Tentacled Officer, Barry Abrahamson, who is also WordPress’ system administrator (Happy belated Sys Admin Day Barry!). Rumor has it that Laughing Squid will be working out of Ritual Coffee Roasters on Friday (that is if we can get a table). So as you can tell, the relationship between Laughing Squid and WordPress is very close, which is why we are so exicted about this Saturday’s WordCamp. Speaking of WordPress news, version 2.0.4 was just released and Automattic also just hired rockstar designer Bryan Veloso, who has worked as a designer on Facebook and Flock. photo credit: Scott Beale (Matt Mullenweg giving a talk on Akismet at MooseCamp)
New Marketing For Musicians
Today is a special episode focused on how musicians can leverage new marketing technologies and techniques to grow their fan base and get their music heard by a larger audience. I plan on doing many of these very focused shows so if you have ideas please let me know. The comment line is always open at 206-309-4729. Mentioned on the show: Online Music Marketing with Jay Moonah PodShow’s Podsafe Music Network MySpace Musician Accounts Facebook Sell your music on CD Baby IODA Rumblefish (I totally forgot to mention this on the show, but they are a damn cool company from a lot of different angles.) Virtual U-Turn Cafe Audio Gumshoe Podcast Tags: music marketing, musicians, online music marketing, pmn, podsafe, facebook, myspace, ioda, cdbaby, rumblefish, uturncafe, secondlife
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Iminlikewithyou: Love in the time of Facebook
This past weekend I got a chance to hang out with Charles Forman and Dan Albritton, the twenty-something, fast-talking co-founders of New York-based Iminlikewithyou, a new web-mobile hybrid service, that is going as addictive and as powerful as Facebook. And just as Mark Zuckerberg reinvented the Yearbook, Charles & Dan are going to reinvent the art of flirting. Iminlikewithyou has emerged from the YCombinator program, and has been in stealth mode for almost six months. Charles and Dan bootstrapped this operation, and are using Amazon EC2 and S3 services as part of their infrastructure. The company, based in a decidedly unglamorous part of Midtown Manhattan, has recently closed a Series A round of funding from pretty high powered angels, whose names the two co-founders are keeping close to their collective vests. Unlike a lot of Web2.0 start-ups that simply automate all the fun out of dating, Iminlikewithyou has stepped back, rethought the whole courtship process. Instead, Iminlikewithyou uses technology to amplify the most organic form of human interaction: flirting. What they have come up with is a web service that can be described as luscious, simple and elegant. Did I say, addictive? Flirting, or the art of flirting, one of the few joys left in these politically correct, over sanitized times. It is the aspect of dating that allows a man or a woman to not only display wit, but also makes innuendo acceptable. It is the sheer unpredictability of flirting – will the date ever happen? - that makes it a delicious delight. On the flipside, as French poet Victor Hugo said, “God created the flirt as soon as he made the fool.” Iminlikewithyou captures all that and bottles it in its web service, which is equally at home on your mobile phone as it is in a browser. It has taken flirting and turned into a game that is inspired in part by eBay-styled auction process. More importantly, it captures what could be the next big Internet trend: an intent-based web ecosystem. Here is how it works: You sign up for the service, by answering very basic questions: email, location, age and gender and what is your flirting preference. It takes about 10 minutes, and you are in the network. You add your photos and some other personal information, and you are rewarded with 500 points. Now this is where the game begins. You are interested in someone, say a lovely lady from New York, you start the flirting process by basically bidding some of your 500 points on her, say 50 points. The bid indicates your intent to woo the young lady. Unfortunately for you, if you’ve made a wise choice, there will be others who will want to date her as well. They will try to outbid you and, well, the process goes on, till the young lady is convinced that you are the one to reward with her attentions. You get SMS and MMS alerts all through the bidding process. Since the service is in closed beta, you are not penalized for being a loser, but when the service launches, be careful what you bid for. If you happen to lose, you are not just out of luck with the lady, but out of those points, too. In the future you lose a percentage of your bid amount. The percentage may be quite large, to discourage too much ‘reaching’ on the part of guys who can’t reasonably get the girl. This is why you need to be economical about how you bid your points, and judicious in indicating your intent. (Not so different from the triage we men use when doling out dollars in singles a bar, either.) And if you come up empty, don’t take it personally. As François de la Rochefoucauld put it - “What we find the least of in flirtation is love.†(You aren’t looking for love anyway, remember?) The good news is you can recharge your points by answering random questions that pop-up on the screen. Every time you sign-in you get some points, and you can build up your points-balance. Each question you answer gets you 5 points, and those questions help the company build a better profile of you, something that can be used for highly targeted advertising. A classic question: do you like gin and tonic? Answer is no, but you bet, I will see a vodka ad sometime in the future. The service has built in communications features like instant messaging, and also has the ability to upload photos and videos. It also has anonymous calling features built into the service, again giving the ladies control over who can talk to them, giving out their phone numbers. One of the reasons this service is going to be successful is because it puts ladies in charge. A lot of my friends have said that they are sick and tired of getting emails from guys, which are obviously canned and rote. They all currently use the traditional dating sites, and were quite thrilled by the prospect of Iminlikewithyou. Being an old fogey, I perhaps have forgotten that when you are in your 20s, flirting is more exciting that the prospect of finding a life partner. And yet I found myself spending ungodly amount of time on the site, collecting points and of course bidding. Nevertheless it would be foolish to suggest that it is a service that is targeting the gray-hair set. Iminlikewithyou is a service for the Facebook generation, and its easy integration with Facebook tips their hand on which demographic they are focusing. Share/E-mail
Catch the Campusbug
Campusbug is yet another social networking site geared towards college students, but in their credit they have tried to add some new features that make them a little unique. In addition to the typical friend’s list, blog and profile features, they’ve added an interactive questions and answer service. If you sign up to provide answers, you’ll even get a 75% commission, which should lead to enticing new users to join. Other useful tools include an online bibliography generator, free online practice tests and a marketplace to share class notes and articles. A classified section is provided, as well as a place to promote your own website or blog. Overall these features add up to a nice community, but I’m not sure they’ll be able to topple Facebook anytime soon. In a way, Campusbug has combined several features that you can find on several different sites, but made them accessible from one interface. They’re taking their clues from other successes like Yahoo Answer, Facebook, et al, and merging them, which may just pay off. Campusbug is just enough to get a float, but they are going to need to do some hard core promoting to attract new users and lure users from other sites. This won’t be an easy task, but they’ve got a good foundation to build on, which does help. Subscribe to: Pronet Advertising, an online marketing blog from the creators of PostBubble.
Facebook launches a back-to-old-school promotion with iTunes
Facebook announced that their launching a back-to-school promotion to give away 10 million music samplers from the iTunes Music Store. They’ll be giving away one million, 25-song music samplers from iTunes each week for the next 10 weeks. Each sampler will feature select songs from different genres. This is a great move by Apple in light of all the recent news around Microsoft’s Zune. The college market obviously makes up a huge part of the iTunes business and the last thing Apple wants to do is give Microsoft any kind of breathing room with that crowd. But lets dig a little deeper. How exactly does this benefit Facebook? Sure this will please some of the users but it’s not really going to bring any new users? After all pretty much every college student in the US is already a registered member. So what’s being touted as a Facebook promotion looks more to be like a promotion for Apple and iTunes if anything. Regardless, this doesn’t require Facebook to really give up anything so of course they’re going to roll with it. I’m floating both iTunes and Facebook for implementing an age old tactic that will appeal to both demographics. This is something that’s been done a million times and will probably be done a million times in the future, why not if it works?
Facebook opens virtual gifts
New Facebook gifts Sometime last week I had a message on Facebook letting me know I had a free "virtual gift" to give to a lucky friend. Virtual gift? Instantly my mind flashed back to other "virtual" trends of yesteryear (think Tamagotchi), but when I saw friend after friend give these icons to one another, I knew Facebook had to be onto something. ...And then I got one myself, and it went downhill from there. I was hooked.
Why most social networks will fail
These days it seems like new social networking websites are popping up like it's going out of style. The main problem with this is that most of them are being created in the hopes of making the owners rich instead of building a thriving community. Here are the main reasons why most of them fail, and how they might be able to avoid failure: Don't be a copycat MySpace and Facebook have been out for years and are established, which is why you should not try and overtake them. There is nothing wrong with taking a piece of their pie, but copying them outright is not a smart idea because if you are creating just another me-too service why will people switch to your social network? If you just have an exact replica of MySpace of Facebook, chances are that you will fail. There are a few exceptions to this, such as Bebo who took over the U.K. market because the U.K. market was being underserved by MySpace. If you are trying to grab a piece of the pie from a bigger, well established social network, that's fine but make sure you are not just copying them. Carve your niche A lot of the new networks that are being released are so broad that the costs of marketing them and gaining users are too high. It is hard to dominate whole markets such as the sports industry unless you have millions of dollars at your disposal, but it may be a lot easier to dominate a market such as skateboarding. You might not make as much money going this route, but if you carve your niche your chances of success are much higher. Later on, you can always decide to expand like Facebook, but first you need to build a strong user base. Be prepared for the worst One of the most important things when releasing a social network is to make sure you can handle the load. The last thing you want is a million people waiting to use your service when you can only handle a few thousand users. Although this seems like a good problem to have, this is only true if you have the resources to act quick and scale your website. Friendster had this issue a while back and it hurt them drastically because people started to turn to alternatives such as MySpace before Friendster solved their scaling issues. You, you, and you Many of these new social networks that are being created ignore users' needs. Advertisements are put from day one and the community members are being ignored. These social networks are all about monetizing users instead of figuring out how to make them happy and making sure they keep coming back. This may work for sites like MySpace, but they were one of the firsts to enter the market and because of their market share they have the traffic that allows them to do what they want. For new social networks, users have to be satisfied first or else they will turn else where. Some of these things might seem obvious to many of you, but you would be surprised by how many people I have talked to that fail to realize these points. Understanding what motivates your users and using this knowledge to create a community that grows itself is ultimately the most important factor that determines success or failure for your social network. The "breakout" social networks such as MySpace, Bebo, YouTube, Flickr, to name a few have mastered these tactics.
Congratulations...
...to my friend, fellow PR professional and erstwhile colleague, Simon Collister who got married at the weekend to Sarah. Check out some of the wedding photographs on his Face Book.
Social Media Watch This Week:Obama's Campaign "IS about You"
According to the Chicago Tribune, five days after his site went live, 4000 people have started blogs and 2400 groups had formed on Obama's site, "ranging from Iowa Union Members for Obama and New Hampshire Firefighters for Barack to Hip Hop for Obama."Joe Rospers, Obama's new media director seems to understand exactly what building an online community is about: building relationships between the members of the community. He says, "It's about building those relationships and providing the clue that will bind people together. The more solid the relationships are among our supporters, the more impact they'll have as advocates in their own community."Many of the networks formed before Obama's site went up and have been actively organizing events. Students for Obama, for instance, is on Facebookwith an invitation to an event that took place on February 2nd. Facebook indicates that the event had 1585 confirmed guests, complete with Facebook profile pictures. You could RSVP for the event and see who wasn't coming as well as who was coming.So, while the mainstream media campaigns sling mud and dig up dirt and even focus that unpleasant spotlight at bloggers,these online communities within the Obama and Edward's campaigns are busy organizing grassroot events and meet ups on line and locally....and don't forget raising money: The Obama campaign says that over 3000 people have set up personal fund raising web pages.Lets look once again at the word of mouth data: we trust the people we know...we are more than 50% more likely to be influenced by word of mouth recommendations from our peers than advertising. This is going to have a powerful influence on campaign 08.
Social Media 08: Obama's Campaign "IS About you"
According to the Chicago Tribune, five days after his site went live, 4000 people have started blogs and 2400 groups had formed on Obama's site, "ranging from Iowa Union Members for Obama and New Hampshire Firefighters for Barack to Hip Hop for Obama."Joe Rospers, Obama's new media director seems to understand exactly what building an online community is about: building relationships between the members of the community. He says, "It's about building those relationships and providing the clue that will bind people together. The more solid the relationships are among our supporters, the more impact they'll have as advocates in their own community."Many of the networks formed before Obama's site went up and have been actively organizing events. Students for Obama, for instance, is on Facebookwith an invitation to an event that took place on February 2nd. Facebook indicates that the event had 1585 confirmed guests, complete with Facebook profile pictures. You could RSVP for the event and see who wasn't coming as well as who was coming.So, while the mainstream media campaigns sling mud and dig up dirt and even focus that unpleasant spotlight at bloggers,these online communities within the Obama and Edward's campaigns are busy organizing grassroot events and meet ups on line and locally....and don't forget raising money: The Obama campaign says that over 3000 people have set up personal fund raising web pages.Lets look once again at the word of mouth data: we trust the people we know...we are more than 50% more likely to be influenced by word of mouth recommendations from our peers than advertising. This is going to have a powerful influence on campaign 08. Technorati Tags: Barack Obama, John Edwards, Joe Rospers, bloggers, blogs, social media, Amanda Marcotte, community, media2.0, Chicago Tribune
Personal Immediacy 2.0
The other night, on a Skype chat with Chris Saad and Toby Bloomberg, we reached a point in discussing an issue where we needed input on a specific point..Chris immediately said, "Let me see if he is on Skype and we can add him to the discussion."OK, well no big deal you say? We do this all the time....yes, I know and isn't that amazing. It made me think of one of my favorite movie scenes from Woody Allen's Annie Hall, made in 1977.A man is pontificating in a movie line about Marshall McLuhan to Woody Allen's annoyance. Allen tells the man he doesn't know what he is talking about, the man says that he teaches a class in Media and Culture and is an authority on McLuhan. Allen says, "Oh that's funny because I happen to have Mr. McLuhan right here." McLuhan appears in the theater lobby and sets the man straight. Allen says to the screen, "Boy if life were only like this."Life is like this now...we can access ideas and people instanteously. We can find, organize, and access information and communicate directly and immediately with the source of the information. We provide each other with contact information that transcends physical proximity....Skype, Twitter, Facebook; Stowe Boyd says, "The Buddylist is the center of the universe."It was of course Marshall McLuhan who advanced the idea that the "medium is the message" and who used the term "global village" that describes electronic connectivity in his writing in the 1960s. When McLuhan wrote the Medium is the Message, it was a misunderstood concept and believed to mean that he was forcasting a time when the channel would be more important than the content. Those closest to him explain that his "message" is "the change of the scale or pace or pattern" that innovation introduces into the way people interact, think and behave. "'The medium is the message' is simply the environment created by any new innovation, any new technology, was the thing that changed people, not the technology."Much is written about access to information and personal connectivity in Web2.0. We have aggregators and are now using applications like Touchstone that use attention data to filter this more quitely into personal relevancy. The part about being able to just pull someone into a conversation, regardless of time or place, to get an immediate answer to something is becoming one of those changes enabled by technology; in the global village, life is just like this.Technorati Tags: Chris Saad, Toby Bloomberg, media2.0, Skype, Stowe Boyd, Media2.0 Workgroup, Touchstone, Woody Allen, Annie Hall, Facebook, Twitter, Marshall McLuhan, Stowe Boyd
Surpisingly, Ruckus Rocks
Ruckus, a service that offers free music to college students (anyone with a .edu email address), is really taking off. Many thought that the service would be unappealing because the free music can only be listened to on the PC where it was downloaded; as it turns out, college students spend a lot of time on the PC, and don't mind the restrictions, considering that the music is free. Besides, if the students really want to put the music on their mp3 players, a premium service is available for a small fee. All the music is free until graduation; at that point, students must pay $8.99/month to keep all the music they've downloaded from Ruckus (so, that's how they get ya!). The question remains, will Ruckus ever open their doors to the rest of us like Facebook did? Or do college students get to have all the fun to themselves?
Facebook Statistiken
Wahrscheinlich wird Facebook demnächst MySpace einholen. Auf Flickr gibt es jedenfalls ein paar Statistiken zu bewundern und Zahlen lügen nicht oder so ;-) 1 Milliarde Fotos (120 TB) 1 Millionen gleichzeitig (innnerhalb von 15 Minuten) eingeloggte Benutzer 1 Milliarde Seitenaufrufe am Tag (angeblich 1% des gesamten Internetverkehrs) 500000 neue Benutzer pro Woche bei einem wöchentlichen Wachstum von 2,9% 18 Millionen Benutzer und die Hälfte davon loggt sich täglich ein Das ist schwer beeindruckend … Wie auch immer, die Zukunft gehört dezentralisierten “sozialen Netzwerken”. Irgendwie muss es doch zu machen sein, dass alle großen Netzwerke ihre Daten austauschbar machen. Wie das ohne Datenschutzprobleme funktionieren soll ist eine andere Frage, aber was bringt es einem in 5 verschiedenen Netzwerken sein zu müssen um alle Kontakte abdecken zu können? Vielleicht wird das ja mal endlich was mit FOAF.
StudiVZ treibt’s bunt
Man hört nicht viel gutes von StudiVZ in letzter Zeit. Bis auf meinen kleinen Beitrag zum Ähnlichkeitswettbewerb zwischen StudiVZ und Facebook, habe ich mich da bis jetzt zurückgehalten. Nun verweist Don Alphonso (warum eigentlich immer nur er?) auf eine Stalkergeschichte bei dem Verein. Natürlich könnte man argumentieren, dass man ja selbst seine Daten hergibt und der Nutzen solcher Netzwerke überwiegt, aber wie auch schon die Nutzer von Facebook feststellen mussten (am Anfang konnte man sich dort nur mit Universitätsadressen anmelden) ist ein offenes Netzwerk keine so großartige Sache mehr. Stalker, Werbetreibende oder einfach nur Arbeitgeber, die keine feiernden Twens als Mitarbeiter haben möchten, kommen in Scharen und nutzen das Ãœberangebot an persönlichen Informationen schamlos aus. Privatsphäre = Null. MySpace scheint es da anders zu gehen, denn deren Seiten waren von Anfang an offen für alle und man weiß worauf man sich einlässt. Facebook und StudiVZ dagegen gaukeln eine gewisse Anonymität vor, die eigentlich nicht vorhanden ist. Was ist eigentlich mit Xing? Hat dort schon jemand Lücken gefunden? Sucht dort überhaupt jemand? Steigender Bekanntheitsgrad bedeutet jedenfalls auch, dass viele Fehler gefunden werden (siehe Windows). Nehmt es nicht so schwer, StudiVZ-Gründer, seht es lieber als Chance. Aber nicht zu lange mit den Fehlerkorrekturen warten, denn sonst schlägt der Unmut der Benutzer um so schneller zu. Im Gegensatz zu Betriebssystemen gibt es zu Social Networks eben Dutzende einfach zu wählende Alternativen Wie auch immer, ich wollte zwecks Datenschutz nicht gleich meinen ganzen Account löschen, aber ein paar meiner Informationen dort schon. Muss ja nicht jeder alles wissen und eigentlich reicht es ja schon, wenn jemand über den dortigen Link zu meiner Webseite und somit auch meinen Kontaktdaten findet. Scheinbar kann man aber seine Hochschule nicht beliebig ändern, sondern nur alle 3 Monate. Tja nun steht sie auf etwas beliebigem, weil ich mal ausprobieren wollte, ob man auch gar keine einstellen kann. Wer auch immer sich dieses Feature ausgedacht hat … wahrscheinlich auch nur eine Kopie von Facebook, mal sehen wie das dort gehandhabt wird *seufz* Nachtrag: Ich bin zwar in genau 50 Gruppen Mitglied, aber diskutiert wird in den Gruppen so gut wie gar nicht. Ist das bei euren Gruppenmitgliedschaften (im StudiVZ natürlich) auch so, dass es kaum neue Beiträge oder Antworten gibt?
Mobile Facebook
I can’t stress to you how much I love this feature on Facebook. The way it works is that I get text messages: 1. When someone adds me as a friend 2. When a friend writes on my wall or pokes me (or any other relevant activity occurs) Facebook becomes a larger part of my everyday life, spilling over into my work, my lunches and anywhere else I might be when I get these messages. Of course, some college students might chafe at the expense of the text messages. But, there’s where Facebook can get really smart with this. -Come up with some ways to integrate this into a wireless service’s marketing plan Just think, we could see Facebook partner with Cingular wireless to provide free mobile Facebook text messages. Or, possibly Verizon, but I highly doubt that… -Consider delivering ads to their broad base of mobile users. Of course, this would work only if the text messages are free. -Offer updates that are broader and less tailored. Perhaps they could offer *opt-in* text message jokes, college football updates, movie reviews or the like. Offer real value for their demographic and if they choose to accept it, deliver subtle advertising messages therein. Facebook mobile has much more value than anything MySpace could churn out because Facebook isn’t going to just spam their users and that threat is definitely there with MySpace (think user-generated bulletins). If it’s managed well it could be a force to set Facebook apart.
SMS Text News on Facebook
If you’re a Facebook user, come and say hi at the SMS Text News group. It’s really easy to join. I’ve been playing a lot with Facebook because of some consultancy going on. Good excuse. Right now, three of the world’s sexiest mobile industry executives are members. Join and see your mojo triple. Look me up — my profile ID is here
Social Media Now: Widgets, TV and Money
Bits and pieces this morning from the world of social media….At Mashable Pete Cashmore tells us about the launch of Spinlets, a service that offers an API to allow users to widgetize social websites. The service is the first product from a company called urSpin. Cashmore cites a number of already launched or soon to launch competitors like Webwag, which offers service it calls widgets on demand. I am increasingly convinced that the future of social media is a decentralized one. The, dare I say it, Web 3.0 cosmology won’t revolve around fixed hubs like MySpace and Facebook but around user created hubs built on white label private networking platforms like Ning or mutated version of current Ajax homepage platforms like Netvibes. In that universe widgets will be the new platform for web services and its worth watching all the companies who make widgets, support widget making, track widgets, and collect metadata from widgets that have been distributed Will Google sue? Yesterday Broadcasting & Cable reported  that the CW network is working on a show with the working title of Viewser that will be built around user content posted to the Web at large. The user-generated or semi-pro content model for TV hardly radical or new. Shows like America’s Funniest Home Videos have long been built around user generated content. From American Idol to the Arthur Godfrey show, amateur hour talent contests have been a mainstay of traditional media programming. And of course MTV’s The Real World predates the Netscape IPO by nearly three years. According to B&C producers are considering ways to make Viewser interactive. But successes for interactive television remain few and far between (I vote for the NFL’s instant replay rule as interactive TVs only real success, at least other than home shopping TV). TV networks and producers can build entertaining programming around user-generated content. But also long as they are locked into the traditional television platform they can’t turn user TV into true social media in which contribution, participation and tagging are the entertainment, not the content. From the Duh Department….Steve Rubel commented yesterday on a Market Watch story that said that Rocketboom, the pioneering vlog, is looking at new revenue models—including possible paid programming–because, as it turns out, TV advertisers prefer mega audiences to niche ones. So much for all the buzz last year about Rocketboom’s stratospheric CPMs. We all know niche TV can survive with small audiences, but even low rated cable talk shows like Larry King’s or Nancy Grace’s reach four times as many people as Rocketboom, which reaches 200,000 according to Market Watch. The problem for properties like Rocketboom, as well as for almost all podcasts, is that the compete in areas where traditional media already does a good job. Rocketboom is a general interest, traditional-TV style property that is merely distributed differently. Its producers have to convince advertisers not to spend elsewhere but to spend on Rocketboom instead. In that scenario size matters. If you want to make it with ad-supported media that reaches small audiences you better serve a high value audience (billionaires or people with specialty interests) with critical information that audience members can’t get elsewhere. What’s disturbing about the Rocketboom story is the lack of innovation in business models it reveals. Its the same old, same old: If you can’t make it selling ads then try to charge for content or you sell services (the Rocketboom team is making corporate videos and doing client work for John Edwards). If you want to sell advertising in niche properties you need to assemble a network of niche properties. User generated and semi pro media continues to dismantle the programming paradigms and distribution networks of traditional media without creating new business models to support the alternative.
Apparently I'm An Old Fart
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg implies that I’m an old fart with no potential and that I wouldn’t get hired their due to my age, and as of three days ago, my impending fourties… Handily Matt Mullenweg, himself a mere whippernapper, is on the ball with his consistently thoughtful (and of course, beyond his years) analysis:. I’m inclined to agree more with Mitch. Biasing your decisions based on something completely out of someone’s control, specifically the year they were born, seems as likely to have correlation to talent and success in a company as gender, race, or anything else that everyone knows doesn’t matter. It’s not what you’re born with, it’s what you make of it. Rock on, Matt. Now where’s my zimmer frame? Tags: facebook, matt mullenweg, mark zuckerberg, age, discrimination, hiring.
Social Networking APIs mean opportunity for a better web experience
The trend moving forward is that social networking sites are moving towards opening up their systems to third party developers. Facebook, initially aimed at college students, is currently leading the pack by a long shot. This will provide countless opportunities for entrepreneurs to solve a variety of the social web's existing problems: Non-centralized authentication, and excessive data duplication. Let's talk about two of the biggest problems first.... Excessive Data Duplication Registration for social networking websites typically involves the need to provide profile information. Often, if you have accounts on multiple social networks, you need to login to each individual website and update each profile whenever you make changes. The data, and its input is duplicated for every social network you are a member of. At various stages, profile data spanning multiple websites will be in an inconsistent state, or even worse, become irrelevant. This 'silo' technique of hoarding data is clearly no good for the user's or for these companies' bottom lines. Non-Centralized Authentication We deal with this joy everyday. How many hundreds of website do you have logins and passwords for? If you step back and think for a second, it is almost ridiculous that every single new website demands you to sign up and remember another password. Truth is, anyone who solves this problem is going to change the world. Many have tried (remember MS Passport?), nobody has succeeded as of yet. The push for a universal identify management system is stronger than ever. The Opportunity Social networks developing out 3rd-party development hooks presents a great opportunity to solve these aforementioned issues. By using the spirit of the web 2.0 movement and distributed systems, it would be possible to 'glue' all the services together. For instance, consider two services: a global identity management system (like openID) and an user profile service (a sort of "one profile to rule them all" service). Social networks would now have the possibility to authenticate against the identity management system in order to log a user in. Next, the 'user profile service' could operate in a number of ways. I envision the user controlling their master profile on the 'user profile service' website, and then having a number of options to 'push' profile data to social networking sites or 'pull' profile data and new fields from them. From a technology perspective this is not hard to accomplish. However, the politics of implementing these two solutions is going to be tough indeed. Conclusion Third party development hooks into today's hottest social networking sites is going to present a lot of opportunities to make money and/or change the way the world works. The burden of maintaining countless passwords, and redundant profile data is one of the cumbersome innefficiencies that we may soon be able to eliminate.
CISCO: Assembling the blocks to build social networks?
Brad Stone's got a piece in the NYTimes today that says Cisco is going to buy Tribe.net, the alt/Burning Man community that could have been MySpace but wasn't.Cisco bought FiveAcross, a server-side, templated tool and web services platform provider 2 weeks ago, for a rumored $25 million (which seems hard to believe).When I heard Cisco'd bought Five Across, I laughed and said "This is going to save them millions in internal development costs." (Cisco's spending on vendors and components for their numerous web sites is legendary in the Valley and has fueled many new design firms.)But it seems that wasn't the point--servicing customers in a web solutions division is the point.Stone says that BigCos are looking to embed their own social networks in their brands and products, much as TV Guide did last week with jumptheshark, and that BigCos will find it a better investment to play If we build it they will come with their own constructed communities than to place banner ads on MySpace and Facebook.His article has a media-genic Marc Andresson/Ning quote: "The existing social networks are fantastic but they put users in a straitjacket. They are restrictive about what you can and can't do, and they were not built to be flexible. They do not let people build and design their own worlds, which is the nature of what people want to do online," and says Cisco's Dan Scheinman is getting ready to give these services to customers (and goes on to quote Marc Canter and Paul Martino and other ex-Tribe folk.)Susan sez: What goes around comes around (as services for bloggers, small biz and individual folk, other companies (not only Cisco) are linng up to provide equivalent, larger-scale support for media companies, large international businesses and so on.The old hermeneutic Alistair Crowley axiom As above, so below (yes, I am feeling all former lit-major this morning) takes on new resonance when it's applied to big companies trying to replicate what small companies (who have now also grown big) have done. This may be the first time we have BigCos trying to mirror long tail individual expression to quite this degree--and it shows, once again, that the consumer owns the cards.
I Love Software as a Service
The other day as I typed a post on Vox, i noticed something that hadn't been there before. Suddenly there was a dotted red line under my presumably misspelled word. The day before, I needed to click on the spell check button to find all the words I had inevitably misspelled. Now I had an inline spell checker. A week later I noticed a similar dotted red line in a message I was typing on LinkedIn. Inline spell checking on LinkedIn as well. Fantastic. The best thing about it was that I didn't have to do anything to get the new feature. The software was updated and suddenly these services were better than before. A lot has been made of the power of the software as a service business model. The enterprise software sales model is a challenge. Once you've met your numbers in any given quarter, it is off to the races selling for the next quarter. While there have been a number of wildly successful companies selling software licenses quarter after quarter, software as a service gives much greater predictability of revenue. By tracking a few simply metrics -- cost of customer acquisition, growth rate, and attrition -- it is possible to determine just how successful a service will be. And by tweaking any one of those metrics, you can drastically change the profitability of an online service. Predictability is music to the ears of VC and entrepreneur alike. But as fantastic as it is having greater predictability of revenue, I think that the product benefits of software as a service are what make the model truly compelling. Take, for example, PayCycle, a small business payroll service I invested in some time back. When I first invested in PayCycle, the team was just building the first version of the service. They had to make tough decisions about what states to roll out first, what features to build for each state, how to implement direct deposit, how to automate Federal and State tax payments, etc. With each new release of the software, the service reached more people, had richer features and was easier to use. Now tens of thousands of small businesses use PayCycle to do their payroll every month and they can bank on the service getting better and better as the development team continues to mature the service. The same story could be told of Salesforce, Facebook, Typepad, YouTube, NetSuite, the list goes on. The beneficiaries of the service architecture are the end users -- simply log in and get a better service than the day before. But this capacity to rapidly innovate also leads to greater revenue as attrition is driven down to single digits and lower over time. Ultimately, software as a service is a win-win for end users and startups alike. I have no doubt that I will be investing in interesting software services for years to come and look forward to watching the ones in which I have already invested continue to thrive.
Google Acquired YouTube
It all started as a rumor on Techcrunch and turned into mainstream media story without much facts at the end of last week. In an incredibly fast pace rumor has turned into a fact and today Google announced that it has YouTube for $1.65 billion in an all stock transaction. Google announced it in the afternoon as a press release and they did a webcast where Google CEO Eric Schmidt along with YouTube CEO Chad Hurley announced the deal from the YouTube headquarters and offered some forward thoughts on the deal. A recording of the webcast can is here. According to the announcement, YouTube will keep on functioning as an independent entity protecting its identity and the brand. Schmidt thinks that the exciting media platform that YouTube has built aligns very well with their mission statement of no other than “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful”. The deal is expected to close before the end of the year. This announcement came after both Google and YouTube made big content deals with the traditional media giants like Song BMG, CBS, and Universal. I think this is a sign that Google has tested the waters with big content providers before they made their buy decision. CBS is among the content providers who said they will test a new technology on YouTube to determine copyright infringements in videos and prevent posting such videos. Only time will tell how Google will handle the copyright issues that has been bothering YouTube for a long time. It is also being said that Yahoo was in the bidding war until the very end. This may explain the $50m increase in the price compared to the rumored price of $1.6b. If Yahoo was really in the bidding war, this loss may urge them to be reflexive on a possible deal with Facebook. There is an insane amount of buzz and discussion in the blogosphere as one can imagine. I don’t have any more time to discuss if this deal makes any sense (I will do that soon hopefully) but Om Malik thinks it is an eBay-Skype kind of deal in the long run and Mark Cuban still thinks Google is crazy buying YouTube. Technorati tags: google, youtube, video, google youtube deal, gogole video acquisition, business, google, video, youtube
Facebook provides for Digital Gifts
danah boyd has a very full and complete review of the latest addition to Facebook - a micro gift giving. The system allows for individuals to give small financial gifts to each other. In doing so they have also allowed fund raisers to collect money for the population of Facebook. There are numerous implications to this including social implications and peer pressures to give gifts to each other. It could be a real boon for smaller niche organizations looking to collect micro-donations. Originally posted by Randal Moss from Community Mobilization, ReBlogged by yatta on Mar 2, 2007 at 6:58 PM
Survey Says: Facebook Over MySpace
Social networking site Facebook is fast becoming the place to be for 17-to-25-year-olds according to a recent quarterly survey by Youth Trends. Close to 70 percent of females ages 17-25 say Facebook is their first site of choice. MySpace trailed with 38 percent of females preferring the site and 22 percent favoring YouTube. "Although we heard some rumblings anecdotally and from some of our more hyper communicative panelists that Facebook reached a pinnacle," said Josh Weil of Youth Trends, "the results of this report say otherwise." The Youth Trends survey is conducted quarterly and the previous quarter was the first time that Facebook was the most popular site with both men and women. Over half of the men surveyed (56%) preferred Facebook while YouTube was a distant second at 19 percent. For the first time the survey found two blogs in the females top 10 list. Pink is the New Blog and What Would Tyler Durden Do? Both blogs focus on gossip and entertainment which Mr. Weil says “is consistent with Gen Y females' current adoration with content surrounding celebrities and their 'uh oh' moments." Social networks are becoming more attractive to marketers and eMarketer believes that $865 million will be spent on social networks ads this year, primarily due to the success of MySpace. Last fall there was speculation that social networks traffic may be slowing. Facebook said their traffic had not slowed and they were working with comScore and Nielsen//NetRatings to improve measurement of the site. MySpace at the time said their site had experienced a slow down between August and September of 2006, but their growth resumed. The long-term outlook for social networking site is positive in both popularity and the amount of time spent there. Young people account for the majority of users on MySpace, Facebook and other social networks. “The average 12- to 17-year-old spent 260 minutes on MySpace and viewed about 808 pages. By contrast, the average 35- to 54-year-old spent 179 minutes on the site and took in 560 pages," Ad Age reported in October (but did not cite the source of the data). Tags: Social Networks, FaceBook, MySpace Add to Del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Furl
A Successful Millennial Wine Publication
After reading the coverage of the demise of Wine X in the blogosphere, I took a look at eBob (OK, I was going to start a thread titled, “Wine X is dead; does anyone care?”). I found there a thread on the subject and a discussion that mainly focused on how much Wine X sucked. Whatever the cause of Wine X ceasing publication is really not that interesting to me anymore so I started to think about what a successful wine publication would look like targeted at Millennials. For one, it would be online and more like My Space or Facebook than Wine Spectator. The social aspects of sharing tasting notes and linking to friends and blogging about wine would be the main focus with perhaps a bit of eCommerce thrown in for convenience (and site monetization). In short, more about the wine experience than degrees brix and terroir. Sounds like some Wine 2.0 opportunities to me. Talk amongst yourselves
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BuddyTV's Facebook Trivia Quiz
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Wie ihr vielleicht wisst, mache ich im Moment ein Praktikum im Web-Engineering-Bereich. Mit anderen Worten: Ich sitze jeden Tag im Büro und mache Web-Anwendungen, die funktionieren. Oder jedenfalls funktionieren sollten — niemand will schließlich unsere Webseiten besuchen und dann mit jeder Menge Fehlern ausgestattet weinend heimgeschickt werden. Dementsprechend schmerzhaft ist es, wenn ich auf andere Webseiten gehe und dort Fehler entdecke, jedenfalls wenn sie gehäuft auftreten. Paradebeispiel ist das berüchtigte “Studiverzeichnis”, das sich dem Anschein nach einen feuchten Kehrricht um solche Kleinigkeiten wie Datenschutz kümmert und dessen Macher Gerüchten zufolge versuchen, ihr Foto im Brockhaus unter “soziale Inkompetenz” erscheinen zu lassen. Aber Spaß beiseite: Diese Nachricht steht da nur leider schon seit zwei Tagen *lach* Ich habe selten so stümperhafte Arbeit gesehen. Bitte, bitte, nehmt ihnen ihr Venture Capital weg. Oder wenigstens ihre Computer. Ist besser so. Achja, nochwas: Galgenhumor gefällig? Hier entlang! Update: Während Päde auf das PennerVz hinweist (danke!), geht StudiVz in die fünfzehnte Downtime-Runde. Jetzt soll es bis Dienstag so bleiben: Dass es das Blog heißt, traue ich mich schon gar nicht mehr zu erwähnen; bei manchen Gesellen ist eben Hopfen und Malz verloren. Aber nun ein Insidertip (naja, nicht wirklich) für enttäuschte, deutsche Studenten die das StudiVz doch nicht mehr so richtig mögen: Das Amerikanische Facebook ist offen, auch für deutsche Studenten. Darin bin ich auch zu finden. Deren Webseite funktioniert länger als 2 Stunden am Stück (ja, wirklich!) und sieht (oh Wunder!) genauso aus wie das StudiVz, das ja nur eine schlechte Kopie des Originals ist. — Oder sollte ich sagen, war?
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Barack Obama Gets a New Hobby
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A Model Search
On Saturday morning, I woke up at 6.30am to offer my services as an extremely amateur make-up artist at a modelling competition. Earlier that week, my teacher had asked me & a couple of other girls in my class to help her do faces at a ...
Mass Effect characters looking for friends on Facebook
Filed under: Culture, Microsoft Xbox 360, RPGs. Britney and Commander Shepherd from Mass Effect have something in common: they’re both looking for friends. Apparently, having your visitation rights with your kids removed and attempting ...
Facebook Apps
I'll start with a confession: I have a Facebook page. I've even added some apps to it, but unless you look at the list of apps on the left-hand side of my profile you can't tell. The reason is simple: I find huge lists of apps obnoxious ...
Wealth and photos and the gallery
The photos here were taken at Shanghai art gallery yesterday. There's an exhibiton there to mark the 80th birthday of the PLA (Peoples Liberation Army). The exhibit is of caliigraphy written by top generals, and it was notebaly under ...
Face Me, Link Me, Blah Blah Blah Me Me Me!
Since my profession is intricately tied to this magical information superhighway known as the Internet, it's always important that I vigilantly strive to stay on top of the latest technology trends and apply them to my craft. ...
TBS Wants To Make You Laugh...Online
TBS, the Turner Broadcasting unit known for replaying youth hits like Friends, Family Guy and Sex & The City, has plans for an ambitious new broadband channel called Super Deluxe. Based on reviewing some of the reports on Super Deluxe, it looks to be a broadband channel squarely aimed at 18 to 34 year old men who are fans of Colbert and Stewart on Comedy Central, visit sites like CollegeHumor and The Onion, and use social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook. So basically it looks like they are going after half of all men ages 18 to 34. In addition to launching the broadband channel, the Turner unit hopes to offer Super Deluxe content on mobile devices and through video on-demand services. No date was given for launch.
Pro SQL Server 2005 Integration Services
Pro SQL Server 2005 Integration Services. SQL Server Integration Services is groundbreaking. It exists for both the DBA and the developer, as well as that new role SSIS has created between the two—the data artisan. ...
ForestFit June @ 09:30
Joining forestfit is now really a no-brainer. We are in the last week of ForestFit May, and all but two participants have re-joined plus we have almost filled the 07:00 group, when I last checked we had only two places available. ...
Carolina Core vs. 3D New York -- tonight
A poem
“2AM Karaoke†My legs unsteady, atop this seat. I’ve got the tune, But lost the beat. I give a camera my ‘blue steel’ look ( and hope it ends up on Facebook.) The flash, it captures my manly pose, my singing skills seem unopposed. ...
GigaOM
Technology journalist and Business 2.0 senior writer Om Malik's website about broadband, voice over IP, telecom and other new technologies.
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Jag hade redan fått två inbjudningar och hade egentligen inte tänkt att gå med i YtterliggarE en community... (vad sjutton heter det på svenska?) men så *hrm* skapade Nika en fan-grupp där för Coelho och så vart jag inskriven där med. ...
Putting Our Money Where Our Mouths Are: Boycott the RIAA in March - Gizmodo
The URL for the facebook event. Join. Invite. Boycott. http://facebook.com/event.php?eid=2248679033
Back from Europe
Hey! I got back from Europe last month. I posted my photos on facebook this time. It's easiest to see them if you join facebook otherwise you can click the links below: London, UK: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=9235&l=1bbbf&id= ...
Delta & Northwest Gang Up! gnooze 4-15-08
Delta and Northwest airlines are set to become one company, Silvio Berlusconi wins a third shot at being Italy’s PM and the skeleton of a Triceratops is up for bids in Paris. Marta Costello hosts the Gnooze (the g is silent) - today’s ...
Iraqis Agree With Obama!! gnooze 7-21-08
Condi gets tough on Iran… again, a deal to talk about possible future deals in Zimbabwe, and Iraq talks about getting the occupiers OUT. Marta Costello hosts the gnooze (the g is silent)- today’s top stories in about 3 minutes. ...
Canadian Rally Montage
Nice montage of rally racing throughout Quebec. The song is by Prodigy. [Slashdot] [Digg] [Reddit] [del.icio.us] [Facebook] [Technorati] [Google] [StumbleUpon]
Aux perdus
Je blog maintenant sur Face de bouc, aussi bien tout faire à la même place :). http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=746885184.
Surfing
Wasting my life away on the internet Hotmail: 20 min Xanga: 20 min Facebook: 60 min IBAO: 30 min (but CAS hours!) Raindrop: 10 min HP-Related: 10 min Total: 2.5 hours Splurging KF/Neo/Games: 60 min Good Designs: 30 min (x, x, x, x, x) ...
BenQ E55 3G Mobile Phone
BenQ will release their new 3G handset in the Taiwanese market later this month. Known as the BenQ E55, the phone offers 3G data connection and comes jam packed with a 2MP camera, the secondary video call camera at the middle of the ...
iPhone Dev Team says Pwnage Tool won’t unlock iPhone 3G (for now)
iPhone unlocking is a little more cash-intensive now that Apple and AT&T are all contract-happy with the 3G, but it looks like would-be unlockers will have a little more time to save up those pennies — the erstwhile hackers on the ...
Mini Cell Phone
At $199.99, this mini cell phone from ThinkGeek “features a 1.3-megapixel camera, a touchscreen, handwriting recognition, simple POP/IMAP e-mail support, MP3/MP4 player, stereo Bluetooth support, and 1GB of storage.” ...
Sony Rumored: Ericsson Xperia X1 Coming from 3 in November
In case you forgot about Sony Ericsson’s smartphone, the Xperia X1, well we didn’t. And while keeping our eyes out we heard that 3 is going to launch the Xperia X1 in November. There aren’t any specific details about pricing or special ...
Updated: F906i with “TrueNav” Fingerprint Sensor - pics
As a very quick follow up to the story I wrote on Authentec’s advanced fingerprint reader/navigation sensor, I have now had some nice images through from their PR division - which show the sensor in place, and the device in which it is ...
Facebook | Welcome to Facebook! - SendMeRSS
Facebook | Welcome to Facebook! Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited . ...
Google Blog
The Google Blog brings you the the official word direct from the Googleplex, including new technology, hot issues, and the wide world of Internet search.
Google Maps Mania
An unofficial blog tracking the websites, ideas and tools being influenced by Google Maps. ... Facebook Friend Mapper - This one is pretty straightforward. ...
Official Google Webmaster Central Blog
The official weblog on Google crawling and indexing, and on webmaster tools, including the Sitemaps facility. ... Since then, that number has grown to sixteen ...
80lerin sonunda 90larin basinda cocuk olmak
www.facebook.com ' dan alınmıştır... Süper Baba'nın müziğini flütle çalmışsanız LC Waikiki veya benetton tüm renkleriyle kıyafetlerinizde önemli markalar olduysa... SHOW TV'nin müziğini hala hatırlıyorsanız dup dıbu dıp dıp dıbı dıp dum ...
Britney Spears
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"(an) intro of a new breed of leaders..."
"it's (an) introduction of a new breed of leaders; stand up, organize." the quote was first made famous by prince. it is now a lyric in a song by an oakland-based hip-hop ensemble with one of the most explicit songwriters and frontmen ...
shout.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2 218940811 that made my night hahahahahahhahahahahhahahahaahahhaha FUCKUP! in other news i love you all and if i die during rehearsal/show of aladdin because of a zip line/error in ...
How to Act Like an Ass on Vacation
It’s that time of year again–the time of year that just makes me want to tunnel into my cave of a condo and not come out until the spring thaw. In case you’re just not quite sure how to act like an ass (aferall, it comes more naturally ...
I'm Addicted To Facebook
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Growing Greens in Manhattan
The Science Barge opens this May on New York\'s Hudson River. Would you believe that it is possible to have a floating greenhouse in New York that actually produces food? Well it is and the full scale greenhouse operation on the Hudson ...
local stuffs
1. Maka`ala!!!! - comment 2. Chief Big Foot Riders Return To Wounded Knee, "We Want To Be Free" 3. Africa Says No 4. Robert Fisk: They Don't Blame al-Qa'ida. They Blame Musharraf. 5. Ferlinghetti Poem ...
Online Photo Editing Site built on Flex - Picnik
At the intersection of my two worlds, Adobe and photography, is a site called Picnik. Picnik allows it’s users to do many common photo editing tasks without installing any software. You basically go to the Picnik.com, point it to your ...
Blogpoll: Facebook furor
of you are aware of the controversy surrounding Facebook and their ill conceived Beacon social advertising program. Facebook went from darling to thug, almost
Solve the (fe-)male mystery?
One remarkable thing about the Celebrity Hijack is ‘Andy’s team of two men storming the Big Brother house’: while there’s no question about the big guy who’s doing the shouting, the second ‘guy’ is obviously.. female. ...
Cellebrum - Spice IPO
One million strong
Ukens bilde: Dicte på restaurant
Endelig fant dicte en restaurant som hadde et navn som passet til oppførselen hennes. - Her føler jeg meg hjemme, sier hun entusiastisk. Share on Facebook.
超ç»å…¸20 个Greasemonkey Addons
GreaseMonkey是FireFox上的一个æ’件.通过它用户å¯ä»¥è‡ªå·±æ”¹å˜ç½‘页的原ç ,修改网页的内容.在一方é¢,GreaseMonkeyèµ‹äºˆäº†ç½‘ç»œç”¨æˆ·æ— ä¸Žä¼¦æ¯”çš„å¼ºå¤§åŠŸèƒ½,让用户å¯ä»¥æ‰©å±•ç½‘ç»œçš„åŠŸèƒ½ï¼ 1. GoogleTagCloudMaker 推è安装。 自动在æœç´¢ç»“果的å³è¾¹ç”Ÿæˆæ ‡ç¾ ...
Facebook, Neighbours a Trolis
Facebook Dwi o'r diwedd wedi cofio blogio ambyti Facebook. I'r rheiny ohonoch chi sy ddim yn gwybod beth yw e (oes unrhywun o'r categori yma yn dal i fodoli?!) rhyw fath o wefan yw e sy'n eich cysylltu chi gyda'ch ffrindiau, ...
A controversial approach to minimizing startup risk for social apps
Hi,. Although this isn'ta gwt-specific message, many people here are pursuing their own web 2.0 startups, so I thought I would see what you think. As you know, building social apps (eg, on Facebook, OpenSocial) can ...
Habur Gate
OpenBSD 3.9 Who I am, and... Most Popular Posts Who I am, and open source: 1 Links: Facebook Login
Habur Gate
Links .:[ Packetstorm ]:. Facebook Palmer Cash (rad shirts)
Code is Poetry
Kişisel Weblog ‘um için birşey yaptım ve onu Blogger ‘ın çok da katı olmayan kurallarından kurtardım. Ücretsiz bir blog scripti olan WordPress kullanarak. Bununla ne kazandım; bir miktar daha esneklik tabiki, ne kaybettim; hmmm sanırım ...
Halo 3 Stats Facebook app
Quartermann pointed out a Halo 3 Gamer Card app over at Facebook - I'm pretty sure there are many of them there, but we're always up for others doing the legwork for us! If you want to include your Halo 3 stats on your Facebook ...
Film festival, Day 1: Sheena
“Half animal, half legend, all woman.” So says the DVD box for Sheena, starring Tanya Roberts, a woman whose entire career, it seems, is forged from scenes of her bathing in ponds. See also, Beastmaster. Sheena absolutely killed at our ...
some accidental cd reviews
answering a simple question on a facebook group i accidentally reviewed some albums. so here they are. - casper & the cookies (oh!) - powerpop. almost obnoxiously cute. favorite song on that album is "oh!" yey for happy pop music! ...
Who sends an email with just a link?
I suppose hate is an extreme emotion to have towards something as inanimate as an email. Let’s go with strongly averse. I am strongly averse to mass emails. I find such messages copied to a crapload of people usually amount to little ...
#37 Music to our ears
Task 37 is about expanding musical horizons by using online radio stations where the user tells the station what they like listening to. We were given two options, Pandora or LastFM. Fortunately Fiona had done this task before me, ...
Escribe al mismo tiempo en varios microblogging
En hellotxt podemos escribir al mismo tiempo en distintos microblogging, como en Twitter, Jaiku, Pownce, Facebook.com, Plaxo y Tumblr. Tan solo tienes que identificarte escribiendo tu nombre de usuario y la contraseña en cada uno de los ...
Holiday Time
6 more weeks of Summer holidays. What can you expect at Back Chat? One Wordless Wednesday post of a Photograph reflecting on activities and learners of 2007. Introduction to the team for 2008. Some poetry and devotions. ...
Photoshoot
Tomorrow I'm going to be shooting some photos of my good friend Simon, and anyone else how shows up. Anyone needs more info, check out Facebook or drop me a comment. I'll have some shots up as soon as I've processed them.
Ett riktigt tangentbord i iPhonen
Man har ju kunnat skriva åäö i iPhonen sedan länge, men det har varit lite knöligt att behöva hålla nere A eller O och sen vänta någon kort sekund på att en liten meny med fler tangenter kom upp. ...
Video Break!
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keep on flying
twitter is crazy have you seen this shiiiat? T...
twitter is crazy have you seen this shiiiat? This website is frickin crazy. for people who have no idea what twitter is-- ie me a couple of hours ago, let me explain it to you as i see it: Its like evan williams, no not the horrible ...
Giuseppe Mazzini and Homeopathy
Giuseppe Mazzini 1805 - 1872 was an Italian patriot, philosopher and politician. His efforts helped bring about the modern Italian state in place of the several separate states, many dominated by foreign powers, that existed until the ...
Edouard Manet 1832 – 1883
Edouard Manet 1832 – 1883 was a French painter. One of the first nineteenth century artists to approach modern-life subjects, he was a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism. Manet consulted homeopath Paul ...
Hometown Columbia
Facebook.com and connected to the Hoco Breakfast Club to get the deets. __________ This particular art is from the American City Girls note cards and giftpacks.
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Så är det faktiskt!!
Haiku Friday - Garage Sale Day 1
1338959961_a93cf33414_o.jpg. My entire day was spent watching the dark sky waiting for the rain. First sale of the day - A cross stitch book of patterns - A crisp dollar bill. The rain stayed away, The people were very nice, ...
Sunday Night
I’m sitting out on the deck, Mr. Hot next to me, the cats trying to escape down the stairs, and Poopy the Puppy sitting in his own chair. Idyllic. (Except for the little girl down on the corner screeching at the top of her lungs. ...
Hotline On Call
October 02, 2006 New Senate Polls. Dems ahead everywhere . In RI, Sheldon Whitehouse (D) leads Lincoln Chafee (R) 42%-41%. In PA, Bob Casey (D) leads Rick Santorum (R) 49%-40%
[gofrank] My Exchange with a Bully Democrat
The demand for truth pales in comparison to its supply. I think many of you will find this very informative and revealing. It'll illustrate why few people bother running for office. Last night, at a Democratic Party event in Miami, ...
house2007 call-985-320-6006
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遊走在虛擬與真實之間
這幾天，我差點忘記自己的blog。 這個新玩意實在厲害，從我第二次登入後，便迷上了。 最近，把我迷倒的就是近期流行網站Facebook。 Facebook.com 在04 年由哈佛大學的本科學生創辦，當初目的只是透過網絡模式替代傳統方法作為學生指南，但不到三年，已經 ...
CPAC and Beyond
For those of you that may be unfamiliar, the Conservative Political Action Conference, or lovingly known as CPAC, took place this past weekend in Washington, DC, and it was definitely an interesting and extremely unpredictable event! ...
Been a while
Don't have much... just posting this Mat Strong's Facebook profile.
Calling off the search party
I am sure everyone on the party was concerned about my safety and whereabouts but you can all rest easy that I made it back OK even though walking through the Financial District at night is a bit dull. ...
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I’ve started using digg. It lets you find stuff that you dig, digg it and then other people can digg it as well. If enough people dig what you’ve dugg then it will come to the attention of other people. ...
Still unsure about GoogTube
Not to jump the gun, but a few posts back I wrote about how I thought Google buying YouTube.com was a bad idea. Basically because it contains so much copyrighted material, its an infringement suit waiting to happen. ...
Dream Girl ;o)
Right in front of my house Wearing a skimpy skirt and a blouse Playing with her long brown hair I fell in love with the complexion so fair Stood the Queen of Queens The girl of my dreams Taking her dog out for a walk ...
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ARKADASLAR BLOGCUDAKI SORUNLAR YÜZÜNDEEN TARIFLERI BURAYADA KAYIT EDIP YAYINLIYORUMKI KAYIP OLMASINLAR DIYE CÜNKI TAHMIN EDECEGINIZ GIBI COK ZAHMETLI BIR IS EMEKLERIMIZ BOSA GITMESIN DEGILMI ISTEYEN BURDAN DA TAKIP EDEBILIR SEVGILER ...
Brand new oak barrels
Õumaigaad. Siin lausa sunnitakse jooma. Nii juhtub, kui kõigepealt usaldad poes läheneda kassa-aparaatidele paremast küljest - sealtpoolt, kus seisavad veini- ja õlleriiulid. Seejärel otsustad (ausõna, esimest korda kogu siinoleku ...
Just a day in the Park…
A Day in the Life
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Slipknot - Psychosocial
Add to del.icio.us. Original post blogged on b2evolution.
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Flood maidens, bobbins made of bone
x-posted everywhere, sorry. Under the cut, Tim plugs his storytelling. You can also read about it on facebook, here and tell everyone you're planning on coming. It'll be way more low key than Sir Gawain, light-hearted, beer-fueled. ...
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Probando el tema de las galerías de imágenes… Esto es todo. [Slashdot] [Digg] [Reddit] [Facebook] [Technorati] [Google] [StumbleUpon] [Meneame]. Posts relacionados. Sin posts relacionados.
Cassettes won’t listen: Paper Float
Cassettes Won’t Listen is the brainchild of New York-based,multi-instrumentalist and producer Jason Drake and is the latest in a heap of musical monikers he has realized over the years. Small-Time Machine is Cassettes Wont Listen’s ...
GooTube: Responses
Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: Here are a few interesting comments from around the Net in the wake of today’s news that Google (GOOG) is buying Youtube: Mark Cuban, who had been the most outspoken critic of the prospects for Youtube: It will be interesting to see what happens next and what happens in the copyright world. I still think Google Lawyers will be a busy, busy bunch. I dont think you can sue Google into oblivion, but as others have mentioned, if Google gets nailed one single time for copyright violation, there are going to be more shareholder lawsuits than doans has pills to go with the pile on copyright suits that follow. Think maybe how Google discloses what they perceive the copyright risk to be in the SEC filings might be an interesting read. I think there will be supoenas to get the names of Youtube and Google Video users. Lots of them as those copyright owners not part of the gravy train go after both Google and their users for infringement… And what if I’m completely, absolutely wrong and no one sues anyone? That everyone just loves the fact that their content is available to tens of millions of viewers and advertisers and Youtube and Google definitely qualify to be protected behind the Safe Harbors of the DMCA ? That I’m an idiot and it really is different this time, and the content companies have all recognized that? Well, I’m ready for that too. I went ahead and registered www.effingreat.com because thats how much fun its going to be using Filesanywhere.com features to support a “load everything you own and share it with world” website. I will host in the same way as Youtube and Google. Upload in the same, don’t ask, dont tell approach. I will sell ads however they do. Preroll, or adsense or whatever…Am I suprised, by the Google YT deal. Yes. Does it open up a whole new world if they go liability free ? You have no idea. Henry Blodget find it interesting that it is an all stock deal: Gold stars to YouTube, Google, and their respective investment bankers for how they handled this one… Settle on basic deal terms and a provisional price, leak details so the market has a couple of days to chew on the idea, see how the stock reacts, neutralize the market’s biggest concern (lawsuits) by announcing a distribution pact with the main guy who might sue you, fix the price, rubber-stamp the press release, and go. It’s also worth noting that Sequoia and YouTube could easily have taken some cash off the table, but instead chose to go long Google stock at more than $400 a share. Yes, there are tax considerations, but if you think Google’s stock has top-ticked (or even if you just wanted to reduce risk), you would take some cash. Both Sequoia and YouTube obviously have insight into Google’s performance in Q3 and the current quarter, and neither party, presumably, would want to celebrate the closing of the deal by loading up on a tanking stock. The exchange rate has yet to be set, so Sequoia and YouTube could be gambling that a bad third-quarter report will temporarily hobble the stock, but this seems a bit too clever. So, on balance, amid the Yahoo-problem-or-industry-problem worries, probably a positive stamp of approval on Google’s current business trends. Om Malik has a list of winners and losers from the deal. Om, by the way, now plans to lose 40 pounds: Winners: 1. Sequoia Capital, which invested about $11.5 million4 in two rounds and owned 30% of the company, which translates to about $495 million. 2. Steve, Chad, and Jawed - the three co-founders of You Tube, who must be walking away with at least $200 million each. They own close to 50% of the company. 3. Facebook, because now we can expect a knee jerk reaction from someone, probably Yahoo. 4. Ferrari dealerships, cat litter companies and of course, the real estate brokers. 5. Litigation lawyers 6. Michael Arrington 7. MC Hammer, who visited both Google and YouTube last year. Or as he sings - Can’t touch this! Losers: 1. Yahoo, which is now going to make a move, well that is a move. 2. Mark Cuban 3. Me 4. Google, because I think this is Compaq-DEC, Skype-eBay kind of a deal for them in the long run Barry Ritholtz says Google basically bought YouTube for free:Rumored since last week, the news drove Google’s stock up $8.50 today, following Friday’s nice point gain. Given Google’s 215 million share float, this acquisition was essentially free. The deal instantly catapults Google to the top of the pile in the fast growing world of online video. And if anyone can figure out how to monetize serving ads to YouTube’s users, its Google. John Battelle, author, blogger, entrepreneur (and back at the Industry Standard, my boss): I am mixed on this. I think it’s wise to frame this as “the companies will stay separate” kind of acquisition, even if in the end that’s not the intent. But this marks Google’s first significant “out of brand” acquisition, the company’s first true brand-management challenge. I’m not counting Blogger in here because, well, it wasn’t this big. Earlier: The conference call, condensed. Live blogging the conference call. The companies make it official. The analysts get excited, even before the deal is announced. YouTube cuts deals with content partners.
Why Facebook's Even More Attractive Than YouTube
Kevin Kelly submits: Many are praising Google’s acquisition of YouTube for two main reasons: YouTube’s gigantic market share in the online video space and its solid user stickiness which, in turn, makes it a “page view monster.†What’s the significance of page views? They determine how many ads a company’s website can deliver to readers. For example, a site with 100 visitors who are “sticky” - meaning they spend a lot of time on the site each day, view many videos, different pages, etc. – is clearly superior to a site with 100 visitors who rarely visit more than a few pages during their time on the site. The reasoning is simple: you can deliver a lot more ads to the first group than the second group. Facebook is significantly stickier than YouTube (Facebook’s page views per user stands at 33 while YouTube’s stands at 11 according to Alexa data). Facebook’s recent launch, News Feed, created a true starting page for Facebook addicts. From here, the Facebooker can see what groups their friends are joining, what friends their friends are “friending,†what music groups are gaining popularity, who has recently published an online photo album, where the party is tonight, when the next school water polo game is happening, and so on. This development makes sense for every Facebook user group. The primary user group, college kids, can refresh their News Feed in between classes, before going out at night, etc. to find the latest news between their friends. The secondary user groups, high school kids and college alumni, can see a succinct summary of recent developments amongst friends on a daily basis. While many users were originally angry with the development, once they became used to the feature few disabled it. In my experience, even after Facebook’s “privacy control” changes, less than one-in-ten friends have disabled the feature entirely and I know many of my friends find it very useful and addicting. How does this feature increase stickiness? Before the News Feed the typical Facebook user would check his “wall†for any new posts, see if he has any new friend requests and check his messages. Occasionally, the user might have checked the Groups or Photos page to see if anything has been updated, but only if he remembered. With the News Feed, users look beyond these basic Facebook features and click on every new photo album, every new note written by any of their friends, any group recently joined or started by a friend, consider friending any new friends of their friends, etc. According to Alexa figures, the average user now views 33 pages compared to 27 three months ago. This represents an increase of more than 20% in just three months. Those who say Facebook’s growth is poised to slow down don’t understand the product, in my opinion. As of now, Facebook caters to high school kids, college kids, and college alumni. The majority of people in college have a Facebook, some kids in high school have a Facebook, and many very recent college graduates have a Facebook. Therefore, those who say Facebook is going to stop growing either believe A) new college kids are going to stop signing up for the product B) college kids are going to stop using the product after college or C) high school kids won’t use the product. Logically, it seems like scenarios A and B are highly improbable and even if C is the case and high school kids don’t use Facebook (likely using MySpace), chances are that they will begin to use Facebook once they enter college. People who say Facebook’s model has low barriers to entry don’t seem to understand the wonders of the social networking business. User retention is ridiculously high especially among Facebook because of the classic “network effect.†Simply put, a company could roll out a product with better technology than Facebook and still not operate successfully. Why? Because users who try the service won’t immediately have their several hundred friends at the new site, their 10 groups from Facebook, etc. As most readers probably know, the 20-something generation of today is highly impatient due to the addiction to instant messaging, text messaging, 24/7 use of cell phones, and so on. It would take an organized effort of the masses to have a truly detrimental affect on Facebook’s user base, in my opinion. YouTube has more traffic than Facebook. According to Alexa’s statistics, Facebook is currently the 15th most popular site in the United States versus YouTube’s ranking of 8th. However, I believe Facebook has much more upside than YouTube because 1) YouTube’s traffic isn’t likely to continue growing at its rapid pace due to tremendously increased competition and 2) Facebook will continue to grow, inevitably, with more and more students entering college. Throw in the added bonus that highly targeted advertising is extremely easy to achieve over a platform like Facebook. How so? Facebook users can be targeted according to their college, age, gender, sexual orientation, interests, favorite music, hometown, etc. – all of which is provided (likely honestly) by users to fill their profiles. Want the icing on the cake? Facebook has tremendously less liability risk than YouTube. In addition, YouTube is often going to be forced to sacrifice profits to pay media partners. We already seeing this trend of “partnering” begin. As Mark Cuban put it, “You can pretty well bet that every and any copyright owner is going to be jumping up and down telling Youtube to remove every bit of content with any copyrighted material.†Facebook’s a great business with many operating advantages over YouTube. Now, what’s it worth to Yahoo (YHOO) or another suitor? I have no idea…
Mark Cuban: Online Video Ad Market Will Collapse
Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: Mark Cuban, dot-com billionaire, Dallas Mavericks owner, HDNet chief and widely read blogger, gave a talk at the UBS Media conference. In a brief research note, UBS analyst Aryeh Bourkoff provided a summary. Some of the high points: Cuban believes the high cost of converting standad definition content to HD is “prohibitive.†He thinks standard defintion content will eventually become the TV world equivalent of AM radio. Cuban says 64% of the HDNet subscriber universe watches HDNet weekly; 16% watch daily. Cuban asserted that online video will be less able to compete with broadcast ad sales and that CPMs on Internet video will collapse given increased inventory. Cuban thinks content owners are waiting to see if Google (GOOG)/YouTube will pay for content before litigating. Cuban thinks it would be a mistake for Yahoo (YHOO) to buy Facebook as younger “demos†move on once properties become commercialized. Cuban thinks click fraud remains a meaningful issue. Related ArticlesRead more articles by Eric SavitzRead more on the themes Internet Content/Community, Internet Advertising Research Stocks and ETFs Type in stock symbol to get opinion and analysis, earnings call transcripts, quote and chart:
Fancy Little Popups
Horray for fancy new features! Now whenever I post a URL here on the blog, hovering over it will show you a thumbnail of what you're about to see. Examples: Google Species Revenge Facebook Gentoo As always, there's a few exceptions: (1) IE users probably won't see these popups will find these popups in weird places. IE7beta3 users can find the popup at the bottom of the screen.. There's a bug somewhere. It should work--the code supports you guys. I just need to figure out what's wrong. (2) Super-long URL's (such as the link to motomodders in a previous post) will not work. Again, it's just another bug that needs ironing out. This may be fixed because b2evo will automatically create href tags for a link, even if it's already inside a href tag. Want the code? Think you can figure out why the heck this won't work in IE? Check out the source and a demo at lab.arc90.com/2006/07/link_thumbnail.php. You can see in the demo page that it works with IE... Enjoy, and let me know if you run into any problems. We're still "beta testing" (sigh..now I've turned into everyone else on the web. I thought beta was cool way before everyone else did. And the 3.0 in my blog? Totally my idea. Way before that whole Web 2.0 stuff. And my blog is 3-point-0. Not 3-dot-0 like the rest of the web likes to use. Blame it on the marketing and PR departments...)
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I was going to start off by saying that the Emergency Room Compilation, Vol. 1 is the most important collection of local underground music since "X"... but I can't really think of another truly notable document of Vancouver music other ...
The Millionaire Secrets
The 3 Strategies How to Deal with Failure. Posted: 30 Jun 2008 06:50 AM CDT. So you want to be successful in your life? Do you know that you will need to face a lot of failures before you can actually achieve what you want in your life? ...
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Protesting Facebook... ON Facebook
I've written I don't know how many times about Facebook's clearly wrong decision to keep "pro-anorexia" groups there, despite the growing body of evidence and medical opinion that these sites are harmful. ...
chumbly wumbly bear!
There’s nothing like your puppy waking you up at 8:30 in the morning with a loud growl, and find out he’s chewing on your Chucks. Sigh. There are a few links I want to share before I take a shower and head to lab:. 1) Hey math nerds! ...
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ART TALENT UNITED! * Global Art Competition
Pr. oh my gosh!! my friend Susann just informed me I have been nominated in the Global Art Competition...even to have one vote has me thrilled to pieces!! there is some AMAZING, gifted artists' there~. shameless self promotion....are ...
snow day
school was cancelled today because they lost water pressure. apparently its a health hazard because if you shit in the toilet you can't flush it. fuck yeah. maybe it will be cancelled all week and i dont have to finish my stupid poster. 2:00:19 PM...
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HELLO! i WILL write soon! i have tons to write! until then : http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=370881&id=227400038.
Facebook!
thanks to PJ i am now officially a facebooker. for those who don't know what it is, go here to find out! For those who do know me HERE's my profile. This thing is a little addictive...
Believe it or not
So I sometimes do other things besides cruise the 'net. Some of you may find this hard to believe because of my prolific blog entries and outrageous number of websites but it is very true. To reflect this reality, I have added a new ...
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Gruesome Twosome!
Mark your calendars folks, this one is going to be a good one. [IMG]http://photos-975.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v254/128/54/663444975/n663444975_903261_6837.jpg[/IMG] Featuring The Undertaker and his pals: And Tromeo and Juliet: ...
Tiden går för fort!!!
Den senaste en och en halv månaden har gått så jäkla fort. Hinner inte med något kul alls. :-S Det är trevligt att jobba iofs, men det är också trevligt att vara hemma lite då och då och få gjort saker där. Det hinner jag inte. ...
Enlace al facebook Jaleo
http://www.facebook.com/ Por este vinculo se enlaza al Facebook de Jaleo y grupo.
the top five things i've been looking at this week
cupcakes of catan and, in fact, cake porn in general. i'm not a big fan of cake, actually- sponge and too much sweetness i find sickening, so i mostly stick to the cheese variety- which is probably why it's taken me this long to realize ...
Puerto Rico by Rio Grande Games
I bought this game a while ago because it was the #1 rated game on Boardgamegeeks for the longest time, and still is. I had not really ever played any board games before other than mainstream American ones like Monopoly, Risk, Stratego, ...
JFound: Lee, Max (MC2005) (on FACEBOOK)
REPORTING FROM THE FACEBOOK DESK IN THE JASPER JOTTINGS NEWSROOM. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=32102737. Lee, Max (MC2005). ***Begin Quote***. Networks: New York, NY Manhattan College Alum ‘05 Sex: Male Interested In: Women ...
Melaza - David Sanchez
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars. Jazzbo Notes Recommended Recording. Even though David Sanchez is Puerto Rican, his band contains a percussionist, and his music sports Latin rhythms, that doesn’t necessarily mean that Melaza is Latin Jazz, ...
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Race-Baiting on Campus
Recently an undergraduate student began circulating on Facebook a 10 + 1 point plan for the “liberation of students at the University of Illinois.” Apparently I didn’t get the memo that there was still slavery going on in Champaign. This movement started in a response to a suggestion that the various cultural houses be combined to help end self-segregation on campus. Now much can be said about the under-representation of minorities on campus (or other racial problems in town) but this goes far beyond affirmative action in admission. This list of demands wants affirmative action in grading. Demand #2 stats “We demand that the percentage of undergraduate GRADUATION RATES for Black, Latino/a, Native American, and Asian American students from the University of Illinois at the very least match their percentage of the population of the state of Illinois.” How exactly would the University affect this demand? Once you get into college it’s up to you to graduate, why is it oppressive to demand the same for minorities (who do benefit from programs designed to help those with remedial problems catch up)? Quota systems are illegal in hiring and admissions, is the University supposed to adopt a quota system in grading? How is this going to work, tiered grading? If you are white: A – 98-100%, B – 96-98%, C – 94-96%, D- 92-94%, F – 0-92%. If you are a minority: A-70-100%, B – 40-70%, C- 10-40%, D- 0-10%. As long as you show up, you don’t fail. Its one thing to have everyone start at the same point (i.e. equal opportunity), it’s an entirely different matter to insist on equality of result. The later always punishes the successful rather than lift up the bottom. The under-representation of minorities on college campuses is not a problem for the universities to fix. It is a failure of the K-12 system, especially in poor areas, to educate those students to compete for entrance into college. Lastly, there is one problem with this student’s demands and that is the subtle threat of violence in another post (called This School is Insane) regarding this issue: Motha****as say I talk too much…but I listen even more. Thats why I have so much to say to begin with. “I hope you wake up in time before the revolution/ or your going to be like/ I can’t believe it/ I got SHOT†- Common Ok I’m Done Peace PS-I been raising hell going on 4 years now. If I get suckered into staying here for grad school… I’ma make mothafuckas real uneasy It isn’t a stretch to read this as saying “give us our quotas are we’re going to be violent”, especially when the organization effort is being called a “resistance” movement.
School Filter vs. Chinese Filter: Who’s censored more?
It seems the only time I’ve had to blog this summer has been while on airplanes. Not exactly how I had my summer planned, but family and friends come first when you have a years worth of conversations to have in a 6 week period. ...
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Flying high over Huay Xai
The town of Huay Xai , (pronounced hway see) is little more than a sleepy border town enroute to Thailand populated by a strangely large population of short legged dogs. I think a fast talking Corgi passed through town several years ago ...
meme and more
It is spring break week, and Molly and I have been busy. Unfortunately we were scheduled for LOTS of hours at work, because only a few people were around to work. However, we've also been busy working on some of the stuff for our Holy ...
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www.facebook.com Facebook is basically the older sibling of myspace. It is basically the same thing, but it feels more mature than myspace. Im not really clear on the purpose of it, but i will admit that i have one. ...
New Employers Join The Jobster powered Career Center on Facebook
We just had some new employers join the Jobster powered Career Center on Facebook. New this week:. Russell Investments. The US State Department (Launch your career in the foreign service!) The New York Army National Guard ...
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Dicovering Web2.0
Introduction. Everyone wants to know what is the Web 2.0. Lot of articles talk about the subject and finally nobody can give the definition. Perhaps this is because there is no perfect definition, Web 2.0 is a concept and not a ...
home, finally!
Well, I am Home!!!! I flew all day yesterday and got home to our apartment around 8pm. Finally back in Memphis... Travelling was nice, but being with Heather is much nicer! Anyhow, I thought since I spent alot of my morning uploading ...
Relevant Mag's are Here
Catalyst peeps - the magazines for our massive guerrilla buzz campaign for Catalyst are here! Go to our MySpace or Facebook for details...
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Blogging guidelines
For those of you who made it through the last post with full stomachs, I congratulate you. Seeing someone's butt boil is not my idea of a stellar entry. However, one of the applications from that post, which some of you hinted at but didn't land on was just this: there are some things you shouldn't blog about. (I still heartily recommend Vox and Multiply (with a strong lean toward the latter) for personal blogging.) However, yesterday's post has a deeper implication for many of you. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that blogs can be extremely hurtful/dangerous/unethical in many ways. A few simple taps of your fingers and you have launched some things out into cyberspace which have amazing power. In a moment, your unthinking and unfiltered thoughts become words. While I still agree with Mark Wegley and his excellent post about the benefits of blogging and the history of communication, I must chime in with this entry with a word of caution for today's bloggers. Being a blogger requires discernment and ethics. Here are a few excellent sources to review about blogging ethics: Cyberjournalist.net Imprint blog - this is an identical list, but with a few added from a Christian worldview. Blogging has become the primary internet traffic these days. They have surpassed every other type of website in traffic and popularity. After having blogged for almost a year, I've learned just a tad about the strengths and weaknesses of blogging. Here are some things I'm learning: Do not hide behind your blog to communicate what you really should in person. Avoid talking about people (friends, spouses, teachers, family, etc.) in sensitive ways without their permission. Never use your blog for retaliation, revenge, or to slander another person. Limit your dirty laundry. It's not healthy for you to consistently air your problems in an online fashion and avoid the one-on-one, face-to-face of a true friend or counselor. Don't write about personal events or issues that involve another person without asking their permission. Seek to encourage, instruct, and help others rather than seeking to just "get things off your chest." Try not to base important decisions or conclusions on comments you receive to a personally-important or self-revelatory post. If you notice that everyone agrees with you in your comments, it may just be that those who disagree with you wish to not create a conflict where the whole web can read it. There is a huge difference between being authentic and being self-revelatory. There are many things that just shouldn't be said. (Ephesians 5.8-13) If someone you know personally upsets you in a blog, respond and communicate in person rather than blogging about the issue yourself. Extend grace to others. Have fun. Delight yourself in truth rather than innuendo. Do not allow your blog to replace your communion with God. It may feel "spiritual" at times, but God would rather hear from you personally than read your blog. If someone's blog has helped/encouraged/inspired you, tell them so in the comments. Many incredible blogs die an early death for lack of feedback. When quoting someone else, remember, context is king. Uncomfortable readingIt seems that Facebook, MySpace, and Xanga remain popular choices for teens these days as their preferred blogging sources and online community builders. However, I've noticed a disturbing trend. Recently, as I began to follow some links to local teens' blogs (most of which go to churches here in town), I became pretty dismayed by the sheer vulgarity, lack of taste, and rampant immaturity I found. "Christian" teens are saying things on their blogs which they would never say to another person in public, and which certainly seem to undermine the very faith which they profess. Teenage bloggers seem more interested in verbally vomiting out their thoughts and feelings than they do in truly communicating with each other. There seems to be no filter between their thoughts and their keyboard. And perhaps, there are more blogging adolescents out there than we're comfortable admitting. Ephesians 4.29 is an arrow to the heart of careless blogging:Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.The End (again)Let me encourage you all to consider deeply the necessity of wisdom and ethics in your blogging. Don't let your fingers be your brain. What's on your mind doesn't need to be on everyone else's. (Or in my case, what's on my butt...) BTW, I've posted before regarding some handy-dandy tips for blogging: Increase your blog traffic For beginning bloggers Focused vs. Diverse
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10 Reasons Gay Marriage is Wrong
stolen from http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2200736323. 01) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning. 02) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay ...
conexión
internet te da muchas posibilidades para conectar con gente (que quiera conectar y tenga internet, obviamente). A Asmallworld.com del que ya hemos hablado, se suman los sistemas de redes profesionales (prueba en www.linkedin.com) que sirven para encontrar trabajo, o contactos con gente con la que quieres hablar, o para saber en qué trabajan tus compañeros de clase, si están apuntados. Tenemos cosas como www.facebook.com o www.reunion.com que son para amigos, compañeros de clase, etc. Hay www.elplanazo.com para gente que quiere ligar. Y como estos, la tira. Por supuesto, dando por hecho que uno quiere conectar y mantener el contacto con la gente. Yo estoy, principalmente por motivos laborales, apuntado en todos ellos. Y sin embargo, no tengo particulares ganas de tener a mis compañeros del colegio localizados, más bien al contrario. A lo largo de mi vida, los cambios de manera de pensar, de lugar de residencia, de humor y de cualquier otra cosa he ido adquiriendo nuevos amigos, y dejando a los antiguos. No es que no los quiera, que sÃ, pero ya no pueden ser los amigos que fueron en su momento. De hecho yo tengo poquÃsimos amigos de la infancia, por no decir que no tengo más que dos. Y mis mejores amigos actuales entraron en mi vida en la universidad o después. Asà que, ¿a qué viene este interés por la conexión? A mi me produce mucha curiosidad saber de toda esa gente a la que he tenido, y tengo, cariño, pero la verdad, no tengo tiempo para estar 'conectado'. Lo ideal serÃa que si quisiera saber de ellos lo pudiera leer en los periódicos, pero ninguno ha alcanzado ese estatus. Buenos dÃas.
Justgrievesy.com
It’s only Friday and at JG towers with a tearful snuffle, we will soon be losing a talisman that has kept this machine well oiled. We’ll miss our little Greivsy and his fantastic wit and charm (steady now girls… ...
Week Nine
Another great week in Lauren's life. We are so glad that Lauren and her uncle Todd were able to meet each other for the first time. The picture obove is of Karen, Lauren, and I all emphasizing with each others flu's. ...
Things I don't want to live without
Tasti-d-lite. My Rebecca Minkoff bag. The US Postal Service. Tory Burch flats. DVF Wrap Dresses. Etsy + eBay. Peanut Butter on Multi-Grain Toast for Breakfast. Pug Snorts. Lucky Magazine. Strong Coffee. Tootsie Pops. Facebook ...
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First ever JUZD product shoot - Spring 2008 collection
We are very excited to announce that JUZD had its first ever product shoot last Saturday September 22nd, 2007 showcasing our spring 2008 collection. The shoot went extremely well and everyone had lots of fun. We would like to shout out ...
Odds & Ends
It’s been a while but I’ve been busy and haven’t really felt like posting much. I don’t even feel like saying much even now but I wanted t post a couple links to some pictures recently taken that I have uploaded on my facebook account. ...
Much Ado About Something
indeed read it both here on Blogger and at the Facebook feed (under My Notes). So it's not all for me. Some is for
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SPACE的破相册坏掉了. 去BATH的照片我贴了一些在FACEBOOK上. www.facebook.com. 搜索Kaine Jiang. 有兴趣的可以去看看. 全是用T100照的. 等我有时间再传点400D照的.
Hair - On a very special BlogHer recap
One good thing about the BlogHer conference is that it prompted me to get off my ass and actually remember the whole Hawtalucion. So I went on a journey of hair proportions. I asked your advice and the majority said EXTREME MAKEOVER ...
Fencing!
Fencing is going ... well, kindof crappy of late. I am not doing well. The annoying part of this is that I know why I'm not doing well. It's because I'm trying to get better. Wait ... this makes sense, if you'll bear with me: ...
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soundtrack of my life.
just because im bored and taking a break from earth science.. (i got this while browsing facebook notes btw.) IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE? So, here’s how it works: 1. Open your music library. ...
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KERRON CROSS - The Voice of The Delectable Left
"ex-erminate" the Lords (can you see what they did there?). And that is followed by a group I know animal lovers will want to rally behind, the Save the Ermine group - it may sound contradictory to the other group, but you'll soon see why it isn't! So hopefully I'll see some of you in one
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Smart shoes for a smart mob
painted-shoes-1 painted-shoes-1. Gotta love these shoes! My colleague De Bullen decorated these shoes herself to prepare for the Smart Mob taking place tonight (Friday, 28 September) from 5pm to 6pm in front of Adelaide University’s ...
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web 2.0网站命åçš„7个建议作者：Michael Zhang 翻译：htmlor 开始创业时，为网站/æœåŠ¡ 命åæ˜¯æ— æ¯”é‡è¦çš„一æ¥ã€‚当å‰çš„互è”网公å¸å¯ä»¥æžä½Žçš„æˆæœ¬è¿…速起æ¥ï¼Œä¼¼ä¹Žæ¯éš”å‡ ç§’å°±æœ‰æ–° çš„è¯žç”Ÿã€‚è¿™é‡Œæœ‰äº›å»ºè®®ï¼Œæœ‰åŠ©äºŽä¸ºä½ çš„æœåŠ¡æ°å½“的命å： ...
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Retrouvez-moi désormais pour une durée (encore indéterminée...) sur Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/. Screenshot20.
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What doesn't kill you...
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This blog exists for one reason and one reason only - so that Kiwi Kat and Strawberry Sar