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By Mike Fruchter of MichaelFruchter.com (Twitter/FriendFeed)It's the start of a new year, and what better way to kick it off with it than a tradition I started back in July of 2008?This is the type of post that really makes me happy. It's my way of paying it forward to a community that already has given back to me so much, (Read More)
: "This is the type of post that really makes me happy. It's my way of paying it forward to a community that already has given back to me so much, in so many different ways. What better way to do this than joining forces with Louis Gray, who is one of the most vocal and positive supporters of the community we all have come to love, FriendFeed."
TwitLinks
Our favorite URL shortening service, Bit. ly , has just released a Firefox plug-in that you'll probably want to add to your browser. It lets users hover over shortened URLs from a wide variety of services, including TinyURL, and see the resulting full URL as well as how many people have clicked through the shortcut. (Read More)
: I now use the firefox plugin "shareaholic" it has bit.ly and around 30 other networks/bookmarking sites which cover places like myspace/mixx/yahoo buzz etc. and regulars like facebook,twitter and delicious - this one button is like a replacement for flock, that weened me from Internet Explorer - to firefox http://blog.shareaholic.com/?src=sm
ReadWriteWeb
In what appears to us to be a new addition to many Google search results pages, queries about birth dates, family connections and other information are now being responded to with explicitly semantic structured information. Who is Bill Clinton's wife? What's the capital city of Oregon? What is Britney Spears' mother's na (Read More)
Submitted by Rutgerblom
from Twitter:
I used to join every new social network. Now I'm sticking with the ones I like. My days as an early adopter seem... http://ff.im/-vH7I. (Read More)
TwitLinks
By Mike Fruchter of MichaelFruchter.com (Twitter/FriendFeed)Getting started with social media, whether for personal or professional use, requires learning the basic fundamentals. Social media is more than just creating a blog or Twitter account. The tools are great and give us big advantages, but they are simply extensions (Read More)
: I'm not so sure whether #mjberry is such a good example of a spammer on Twitter. He has got lots of followers who could unfollow him if they didn't value his tweets.
The Official Google Blog
Sometimes I find it hard to describe Picasa without sounding like a late-night infomercial for a multi-bladed thingamabob: "It's a photo organizer! A photo editor! A web-savvy photo sharing and management system in just one tiny package!"We try hard to avoid hyperbole around here, but it's true that Picasa software, work (Read More)
: '...And today, we're releasing Picasa for Mac. While we've previously offered both a standalone Picasa Web Albums uploader and an iPhoto plugin for Mac users, Picasa for Mac finally brings all of the advanced sharing and sync features of Picasa to the millions of Mac OS X users who use Picasa Web Albums. Not to mention the "it-slices-and-dices" feature list that covers everything from color balance to collages...'
Louis Gray - FriendFeed
Yes folks it is true – yours truly finally admits to the inevitable – I am indeed a Social Media slut. No longer is playing around with Social Media just a whimsical past time and even though I joked about it last night on FriendFeed I can no longer keep it a secret. It all started out innocently enough with this blog but (Read More)