March 2011
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“I work at Apple as a manager at one of its stores in Japan. The earthquake hit...”
– #urbancomputing
XXXXX, Great Tohoku Earthquake Survivor 2011 (via ericmortensen)
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Brycedotcv - Google at their best. Facebook at...
A few months ago I had lunch with an old friend. As is often the case we were talking technology and, specifically, what new apps we were using. He was especially excited about the release of the Google Translate iPhone app.
After having our collective minds blown by the possibilites of the app, which translates speech or text across multiple languages, he made a remark that I haven’t been...
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International Women's Day - a Tribute
I’ve been privileged to have a life filled with incredible women - fearless, strong and, above all else, inspiring, I have no doubt that they are the reason I am who I am and where I am today.
Both sides of my family have been watched over, kept in line and united by impressive matriarchal figures. Peter was the rock the church was built on, but these women are the rocks my family was built...
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Clients From Hell: Gaga SEO →
clientsfromhell:
Client: Can you do SEO?
Me: Yes.
Client: Can you get a number one ranking?
Me: We have in the past, what keyword phrase do you want to rank for?
Client: I want to rank number one for Lady Gaga.
Me: Lady Gaga?
Client: Yes, she’s quite popular and I’m sure there are a lot of searches…
Me: Yes she is, but you won’t be able to rank number one for that term.
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clipotech.net: Facebook Improves Comments Across... →
svartling:
Wow! This is quite huge. the new version can actually kill DISQUS and such sites.
Amplify’d from developers.facebook.com
Today, we’re launching updates to the Comments Box plugin with new moderation tools as well as features to improve the distribution and quality…
February 2011
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Is Facebook becoming the Tesco of the internet?
by Lyndsay Peck
What began in 2004 as a way for each of us to connect with old and new friends online, share embarrassing photographs we wish we hadn’t posted and let everyone know in real time what we’re doing, where we’re going and how we’re feeling has clearly become more than just that.
…Facebook is fast becoming the Tesco of the Internet; a ubiquitous, benign...
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Kenneth Cole, THAT tweet and the power of Twitter
Bad taste is bad taste whatever time of year you indulge in it, but Kenneth Cole really shone with this glorious example of a PR disaster. But aside from the insensitivity and ignorance this attempt at a joke portrayed, it also exemplified a massive misjudgement and underestimation of the medium of Twitter.
Throughout the troubles in Egypt, Twitter had really proven its powerful potential by...
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I'm listed in Tumblweeds under socialmedia, tech,...
I’m listed in Tumblweeds, a user-generated community directory that rates Tumblr bloggers by their number of followers. Find me listed in #socialmedia, #tech, #design
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A Twitter takeover? Big deal
Paul Carr via guardian.co.uk
“The reason I can’t muster any outrage over a possible Twitter acquisition is that I’ve seen this movie a dozen times before. Spoiler alert: everything’s going to be fine.
For one thing, this is Silicon Valley. Everyone here is in acquisition talks with Google and Facebook. Twitter certainly is; Quora probably...
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WatchA really interesting TEDx talk from Johanna Blakley discussing the impact social media are having on traditional demographic categories and measures. Brands and advertisers will have to change tack and target different aspects of the consumer if they are to really engage with people using social media - the old school measures of age, gender, wealth and social status no longer hold as much sway...
January 2011
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Dear Tumblr
infoneer-pulse:
If you’re going to go down, you might as well blame it on an imaginary animal like Twitter did with their infamous Fail Whale. I’ve taken the liberty of creating this animal for you:
Please use it.
Please oh please.
-The Oatmeal
» via oatmeal
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TV to be a "super media" in 2011
“TV will be an advertising “super media” in 2011 but revenue generated by social media networks will be more modest as subscriber growth numbers slow.
This is according to Deloitte, who today issued its media and telecoms predictions for 2011.
It predicts that social networks will produce an estimated two trillion adverts this year, generating $5bn in revenue, but adds that upward...
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MySpace's Collapse Is A Big Opportunity For Tumblr... →
This is a huge opportunity for Tumblr, which is insanely simple to use for blogging, and could easily handle most musicians’ needs with 1) better support for static pages like “tour dates,” “bio,” etc., and 2) some sort of digital playlist tool for music samples. (Almost like a “Muxtape for Tumblr.”)
Very good point. Could be an interesting development
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“In the old days you created advertising for known containers. And the containers...”
– Rishad Tobaccowala,CEO of Denuo, a Chicago-based media company that is part of the Publicis Groupe
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How to make your shopping cart suck less - The... →
YES. So much yes.
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Things That Happen In Social Media In 2 Hours →
visualoop:
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Perhaps home is not a place, but an irrevocable...
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“Google and internet, together with all media, promote another type of knowledge,...”
– kmchatk (via ariezee)
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December 2010
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Google Introduces E-Bookstore →
infoneer-pulse:
It’s official: the Google e-bookstore is open.
After years of planning and months of delays, the search giant Google started its e-book venture on Monday, creating a potentially robust competitor in the digital book market to Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Apple.
Google executives described the e-bookstore as an “open ecosystem” that will offer more than three million books,...
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5 Critical Design Lessons From Pixar
1. Quality Over Quantity
Quality over quantity = a better design portfolio, attracting better clients, and making more money…
Pixar releases one film every few years. That’s it. And boy is it worth it. Not only for us the audience, since we get to enjoy masterpiece after masterpiece, but for the studio as well: they simply rake in the dough with each release.
Why is this? Well for one,...
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November 2010
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