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Vadim Lavrusik is a new media student at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is @lavrusik on Twitter and blogs at Lavrusik.com.Though there are countless articles and blog posts sprawled across the web about the dying newspaper industry, this will not be one of them. Some people have even come to the c (Read More)
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Yahoo is launching a tool today that tells you what kind of Twitter user you are based on analysis of your Tweets. From “Tweethead” to “Headliner”, Yahoo uses a secret algorithm to come to conclusions about your tweeting behavior.The site, called Know Your Mojo, is a promotion for the new Yahoo homepage: once you’ve receiv (Read More)
TechCrunch
Ever since I’ve started blogging about technology a couple of years ago, I’ve been consistently growing an immense feeling of hate towards press releases, and it’s not getting any better. It’s not that I dislike the PR industry in general, although I often wonder how so many of these firms continue to be in business when th (Read More)
Mashable!
We know that Twitter’s rising rapidly in popularity. We also know that a huge number of Twitter users don’t stick around. So what’s a company with a user retention problem to do? Launch a guide to using its own product, of course.Just minutes ago, Twitter released Twitter 101 for Business, a guide for getting started wit (Read More)
Webware.com
Open-source and cross-platform media jukebox Miro upgrades to version 2.5, and the improvements bring drastic changes to performance and useful tweaks to the interface. Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Miro 2.5 introduces a database overhaul so intensive that users with large collections of video and music might face (Read More)
Scobleizer
Guy Kawasaki is a pretty influential guy and when he says “Twitter is a weapon,” in an interview I did with him my ears perk up.But he got more outrageous from there. He took on TechCrunch’s Mike Arrington with a challenge. Guy would rather give up his cell phone for a week than give up Twitter for a week. (Read More)
: @joebachana I agree. Every once in a while we do need to realise that there is a life outside the devices we use. Else one of these days we will end up becoming a part of the machine...remember the movie "The Lawnmower Man"?
: @joebachana Healthy detox sounds like a wise idea. S|M tools and points of contact are piling up rapidly and can consume a lot of brain bandwidth if not careful.
Submitted by The Puck
from Google Reader:
Let’s be clear, there are no rules for who you need to follow on twitter. You follow who you want, block you want, and talk to whomever you want to talk to. I’ve had several people tell me that ... (Read More)
: Segues nicely with an article I wrote recently, spelling out my Twitter rules, which I've added to my Twitter profile. Jacob & I are in total agreement; you can't participate in every conversation and you're just being disingenuous if you follow everyone else back automatically...
: @Thechannelc I only respond to a DM if I need to. I will reply to a direct question even if only to say I don't know, as I like to be polite. However, I only follow a very few people by SMS, so I don't see tweets when I'm away from my computer, unless I scroll back thru them, and I don't usually have time. I DO see DMs though, as Tweetdeck puts them in a separate column.
: If someone was Guy Kawasaki I wouldn't expect a reply but here's what's interesting, Guy replies! If there's someone who deserves the badges he's giving out, it's Guy himself. He kicks ass.
I know we don't have to follow everyone back but I do it anyways and I'll DM new followers. No answer in 1 week = goodbye. Come now, atleast say "hi".
Submitted by Jwahkan:
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Barack Obama has not even been sworn in yet as the 44th president of the United States but groups are springing up online calling for his impeachment. (Read More)
: @Toydriver Well I'm 48.629% sure you had an actual reference to that 89.245683% you spoke of. So while you were 89.245683% sure that my 99.63% of what I......*ouCh* my head hurts. Im gonna drop this. lol
: @lars_hilse Free speech is not yet a crime in America. My comment about My Space is that it's already being done. They have set the precedent for arbitrarily silencing someone. That doesn't mean that I agree with it. Personally, I think people like this guy on Facebook serve a useful function. They vividly paint a better picture of their side of the political spectrum than anyone on my side ever could.
Geekdad
Barack Obama, soon to become the 44th President of the U.S.A., is many things: a statesman, a lawyer, an author, and an orator. It is also our opinion at GeekDad that, even without knowing him personally, we have enough evidence to demonstrate that he is a big geek. Even if you didn't want him to win the election, you (Read More)
: @sumanth I'm really sorry about what happened there, and it's nice to see you took a moment to laugh. What's the mood like over there today? It's hard to tell from all the tweets. You guys will be in my thoughts today, regardless!
: @michaelfidler . Its really tragic. Today the operations are on. Officials say, they clear it up in a couple of hours. Some hostages are to be rescued. Hope it will be done soon.
Submitted by Michaelfidler
from Google Reader:
Failed VP candidate has been offered $2 million to appear in an adult film.The offer comes from Florida-based porn director Cezar Capone who calls himself “the king of all MILF films.” Capone said in a letter on his site that the film would be distributed internationally, shot in high definition, and feature a “beautiful mo (Read More)
Delicious/javacola
Over the past couple of months, I’ve been curating a list of social media marketing examples. The list started with 100 examples (including 35 from Mashable) and has since tripled in size with the participation of over a hundred contributors with examples from companies around the world. (Read More)
: This is extremely helpful for those of us who work with larger organizations and want to show solid examples/case studies of big brands and their use of social media.
ProBlogger
Last week I spoke with a blogger who had thrown the towel in on his blog. One day he simply stopped posting with no explanation.I emailed to ask him why he stopped an his response was:“I can’t keep up with the advances in technology. Every day there is a new tool, widget or social networking site to test out. I (Read More)
Submitted by Imjustcreative:
Researchers at California University have found that browsing the web triggers centres in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning, particularly in older and middle-aged adults. (Read More)
Submitted by Michaelfidler:
As smartphones get cheaper and more featureful than their stripped-down siblings, more folks are walking around with full-on operating systems in their pocket—but which is the best? Our brother site Gizmodo shows off its promiscuous use of every smartphone on the block in an informative explainer about the current roster of (Read More)
Louis Gray - FriendFeed
This morning, I had the pleasure of taking part in a podcast with Wayne Sutton and Kipp Bodnarf for their Talk Social News program. During the conversation, we discussed how to find time to participate in multiple social networks, how today's technology luddites might some day consume information, using RSS, and what the re (Read More)
: "In my opinion, the advent and adoption of mini-computers masquerading as cell phones is the first big step, and one we are seeing in a big way with the market share growth of the iPhone, the newest Blackberry models, and the potential of Google's Android platform."
: @louisgray Louis, you bring up the ever popular point of what happens if someone dislikes a story. I think you had "disliked" something I had shared, but I did not ask. Do we really need to know, should the user comment on the reason for "dislike"?