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3 hours ago, Dare Obasanjo, a member of the Windows Live team and also of 25HoursaDay.com asked this question:Is it me or is it dumb that I now have to go to both http://twitter.com/retweeted_of_mine AND http://twitter.com/replies to find my retweetsI fully agree with Dare’s comments, he has highlighted one of the personal (Read More)
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So, the result which were collected from data in a recent poll I conducted from Wednesday show that “80% said Microsoft retail stores were not successful and 20% thought that they were successful”. 10 people took part in this survey.Now, has this surprised me after the comments I made in Wednesday’s post? Well, given the (Read More)
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An article published at PaidContent.org on Wednesday 18th November discussed how New York Times online portal NYTimes.com was to ‘phase out’ the “Times Extra” on December 1st 2009.The service offered a way according to the copy on the homepage to “Enrich your news-reading experience” by aggregating blog content from sources (Read More)
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Microsoft have indefinetly felt the need to reply to competition from Apple’s retail stores called “Apple Store”. The first Microsoft Store, was opened in Scottsdale, Arizona on October 22nd.The video below, which currently sits on the “Most Popular Videos” on Youtube.com displays Microsoft employee’s at the “Mission Viejo, (Read More)
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Twitter has officialy produce a mockery of UI design. A technique which has been honed by many web designers as a “priority” and “must have” feature of their website has been thrown out the window by the supposed “messiah to social media”.It’s an appaling state of affairs for Twitter to not only add a “RT feature” in a coun (Read More)
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In today’s audio review, I review “Crush It: Why Now Is The Time To Cash In On Your Passion” by Gary Vaynerchuk.This book spans for 136 pages, and focusses in on “personal brand building, work ethics, and how to build a business for the future (online!)”.Be sure to keep tuned into the audio review to hear a little personal (Read More)
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Disclosure : This data on the top 5 most popular articles this week has been collected from Google Analytics data from Monday 8th November through to Sunday 15th November. The order is arranged from most popular to least.1) “O2’s network problems come at a difficult time for the operator”, says Claudine Beaumont of Telegrap (Read More)
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People in this day and age have been around social networking for over 4 years (since the initial release of Myspace.com) . More and more of these people, particulary those within a service industry are starting to become more aware to the benefits of sharing resources and time for free.It amazes me when I see blog authors (Read More)
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I was intrigued today to find that the idea of a 30 hour work day is not as crazy as it sounds . I posted yesterday about 30HourDay.org’s live 30 hour non stop telethon for charity. Today, I came across a blog post from “The Razor and The Blade” which discussed how it’s now possible for us to do 30 hour work days.Now, you (Read More)
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It seems that the water in Portland, Oregon will need to be filled with extra strong caffeine if Cami Kaos and Rick Turoczy are to complete a thirty hour live web based telethon in one piece. The event will be taking place on December 18 & 19 and will be supporting Portland based charities.For information visit:http://30hou (Read More)
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I just got a Twitter DM from Kirsten Wright (@kirstenwright) of WrightCreativity.com (see her design portfolio here) that my blog redesign had just been completed. She did the blog’s main header and “Subscribe Via RSS and Email Buttons” and “Book Review Logo”Kirsten has been a superb support in helping me with design based (Read More)
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Perservence, determination and passion. Three words I hold in the highest regard when it comes to work ethic. But, what I am becoming a little concerned about is the Gary Vaynerchuk mantra to “hustle and out work your competitors”.I myself have ordered his book “Crush It: Cash in on Your Passion” by Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine (Read More)
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“Don’t retweet me in the traditional way, please. Just take what you find, and pass it along” writes Alex Wilhelm, contributor to the NextWeb.com blog. His article displays a certain sense of angst which is most likely shared by many Twitter users out there.I personally have little to no qualms with RT’ing, I also RT tweets (Read More)
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Yes, that’s right Twitter lists are probably the most “revolutionary thing” to be launched by Twitter Inc during 2009. We all know that democracy rules bureaucracy (i.e Twitter lists VS Twitter’s Suggested User Lists).However, there is still a big issue that is underlying in this whole revolutionary period for Twitter.com.P (Read More)