N.E.R.D. - Seeing Sounds Jason Mraz - We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things Kanye West - 808's & Heartbreak Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs Lil' Wayne - The Carter III
: Lots of great albums, herrad on the radio, artists I already new, etc, but one came to me via social networking, (via Plaxo Pulse if I remember). Tommy Ludgate - Wall of Words
Mashable!
[Editor’s warning: many of the links in this story lead back to the original sources of the drama, and viewing them might be disturbing for some readers. Please be advised.]In a tragic story from NewTeeVee, we learn that a 19-year-old user of the online live-streaming video service Justin.TV has apparently commit suicide in (Read More)
: I can see how this could easily happen, just look at the state some forums can get into with disturbed people, you only need the right (wrong) combination of people to make such an event happen, I'm surprised it doesn't happen more.
Us nice folks of the Internet only see the nice stuff we choose to search for on-line, search engines like google are pretty good at making sure you won't see really sick stuff unless you type in a combination of words that mean something else in 'sicko ville' by accident.
- I expect there are websites that specialize in this subject in explicit detail - just like they do in every other warped feat of the human imagination that the net can accommodate. It's all out there - it's an extreme form of cyber bulling, what happened to this person.
I got a very mild taste of this kind of thing on blogtv where a person continued to say nasty things to me as a newbie, it's kind of fascinating to have somebody bully this way - took me back to the playground, and bad work experiences - left me drained - it was an experiment but I deleted most of the videos and just kept one - to remind myself why not to do live shows with morons again.
USATODAY.com - On Deadline
Good Morning. It's Saturday. President-elect Barack Obama's first news conference Friday tops most sites. He promised to quickly push for an economic stimulus plan. Some wonder how the young family will transition into their new home at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The Chicago Tribune writes how his daughters will be 'royalty. (Read More)
Gizmodo
Amazon's standard price for Kindle-formatted ebooks is pretty reasonable at $9.99, and a lot of titles are even available for less. But then we've got the the Kindle's equivalent of the Apple's "I Am Rich" app: the breathtakingly expensive Nuclear Energies, available for a mere $6,232. Wait, what? Nuclear Energies is a thre (Read More)
Submitted by Svartling
from Google Reader:
If you on twitter and also use Yahoo Messenger then Wacky B Twitter sync plugin for Yahoo messenger can make life easier for tweeting, as this plugin makes the status of your Yahoo Messenger as the your latest tweet.You can keep yourself updated about what your Twitter friends are up to. You’ll receive notifications in Mes (Read More)
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Some Pearl Students Told Not To Say Obama's NameSchool Bus Driver, Coach DisciplinedPOSTED: 4:03 pm CST November 6, 2008UPDATED: 11:12 pm CST November 6, 2008[NEWSVINE: Some Pearl Students Told Not To Say Obama's Name] [DELICIOUS: Some Pearl Students Told Not To Say Obama's Name] [DIGG: Some Pearl Students Told Not To Say O (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb
Much has been said about the masterful use of social media by the Obama campaign. The people working for the President-Elect were by far the more active - and the more savvy - of the two US Presidential candidates in terms of understanding and effectively employing social media as a way of engaging and motivating voters. Re (Read More)
: I also wonder how much the make up of the two media teams played a major part in Obama's success, was it just down to numbers working on the teams. What about the general ages within the teams? Their backgrounds?
: @andyb56 I think if we take just one example: (for seemingly years) every day I signed into Facebook, there was a BO badge enticing me to vote for him (which as Brit wasn't going to happen). I think perhaps a lot of people voted for his Brand - versus his policies. Pure genius really, albeit non-democratic (the guy with the most money always wins in the USA?). Your thoughts about numbers are very much appropriate, I'm sure. The GOP simply did not use the web - perhaps because their candidate was an old guy, who knows?
Submitted by Michaelfidler
from Google Reader:
Off the the bush league with you RIM because according to research firm Canalys the Apple iPhone has taken your place as the number two most popular smartphone. the news comes after the third quarter reports show that the iPhone has a nice chunk of the market at 17.3 percent and RIM behind at 15.2 percent. We wont embarrass (Read More)
: @michaelfidler I think it is all because of Steve Jobs and his ability to hypnotize millions of people. I can't think of any other reason how a phone that ignites possibilities but is still full of bugs and flaws can become #2 selling phone.
: the article mentioned 46% share for the Symbian based phones .. I don't know anyone that has a Symbian based smartphone. The only smartphones I know about that are "really smart" are the iPhone, G2 (android) and the Storm ..
Submitted by Ketan
from YouTube:
People from around the world are closely watching the final days of the American presidential campaign between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. (Nov. 2). (Read More)
: After 8 years of official disdain for everyone abroad, including our own allies, we understand the rest of the world for their interest? Americans are anxious to join the world community again.
: Is it a good thing that our enemies are happy about our new President? I mean, when the man who calls for America's destruction congratulates our electing Barack Obama what does that mean?
Submitted by Leolaporte:
I call on all Obama supporters to consider immediately wearing clothes of mourning... a black arm band or a black shirt or some other article of black clothing - in a peaceful protest... not only against the feeling that the election has been or is being stolen...But in protest that in the year 2008 - when Technology is so (Read More)
: How about a call to action! "November 4th, 2008 a date that will live in infamy - the constitution was suddenly and deliberately attacked through lies and deceptions." Shout it, blog it, twitter it and podcast it. The blogosphere is mightier then the sword! You, sir, are mightier then the sword! Mourning is for the dead. Democracy isn't dying on my watch. (Sorry I have been watching a little too much Keith Olbermann.)
The Guardian
Thanks to the USA's fine tradition of televisual satire the current election dust-up has proved to be more entertaining than anything else on our screens. (Read More)
The Guardian
In three days' time, by most reckonings, John McCain's most cherished ambition - one that has absorbed him for the best part of a decade, the defining goal of a lifetime in politics - will go up in smoke. He faces a defeat on Tuesday that some experts predict will be solid, others catastrophic. No presidential candidate sin (Read More)
New York Times
It looks as if the tab for the presidential campaign could come close to a shocking $2 billion. Clearly, the system must be fixed. . (Read More)