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Wow, it’s been awhile since I’ve posted here. Since my last post I’ve moved, downsized, been threatened with disconnection and termination, started an acoustic duo and played a local music festival, and suffered through a corporate day job at a call center doing customer service. Now it’s time to get back to blogging. DailyRover has gone [...]
Firefox 4 Android
As I was browsing Facebook I came across this…The Firefox browser is six years old. Wow, really!? Not only did Mozilla have an anniversary, but they’ve gone mobile as well. Firefox Facebook fans can get a free Firefox Mobile Kit to celebrate the Firefox 4 beta for Android and Maemo release. Send in a postcard [...]
Fox 4 Spoofs Social Media
DFW’s Fox 4 has posted a spoof of social media in the news. Facebook, Foursquare, MySpace, Skype, Twitter and YouTube are all mentioned. See what you think?
Like It or Not Facebook Rules Social Web
Like it or not, Facebook rules the social web with 400 million users. In operation since 2004, Facebook has seen amazing growth. It’s popularity has also generated controversy, most recently over privacy concerns. So it seems like a good time to review Facebook Profile settings, just to make sure your Account, Privacy and Applications are [...]
Tweet Weather Observations to the National Weather Service
Now you can submit significant weather observations via Twitter to the National Weather Service. With this experimental program, the National Weather Service will be searching for Tweets that contain information about severe weather events like flooding, wind damage, hail, a tornado or funnel clouds, freezing rain, snowfall and dense fog. The National Weather Service is [...]
Chirp
Justin.TV has provided video coverage of the Chirp Conference that just concluded in San Francisco. Twitter is finally talking about making money, but how? Without alienating thousands of developers who are building applications on top of Twitter? Or turning off millions of daily users? Some very interesting and sometimes controversial topics were discussed at Chirp…Promoted [...]
Twitter @anywhere
Twitter has announced @anywhere, a simple set of web tools that enable partner websites to easily integrate Twitter functionality into their sites. The new API is buzzing ’round the hive… Recent Tweets about Twitter’s Chirp conference and acquisition of the Tweetie iPhone app… TheNextWeb.com>> Twitter’s New API “Will Change The Way You Use Twitter” bit.ly/cqsv7l [...]
Tumblr
Hey I recently found a couple of great sites to share with you. I Love Old Magazines has ads, covers and graphics from old magazines, just like the title implies. It’s from the same guys who came up with I Love Charts. They have a very creative way of looking at all types of charts. [...]
Danah Boyd on Google Buzz
SXSW interactive video featuring Danah Boyd, one of the world’s foremost authorities on social networks. She talks about privacy and publicity, using Google Buzz as the most recent example of a PR fail. Boyd works at Microsoft Research New England, and recently completed her PhD in the School of Information at the University of California-Berkeley.
South By Southwest
There’s a number of great tips and videos about the South By Southwest Interactive Conference happening in Austin. SXSW grows larger each year, with hundreds of panels and parties, plus the 13th Annual Web Awards, the ScreenBurn at SXSW Arcade, the Film and Interactive Trade Show and Exhibition, and also the Microsoft BizSpark Accelerator. Gotta [...]
