Archive for October, 2009

via cnn.com
“Sure, Facebook can be a great tool for keeping up with folks who are important to you. Take the status update, the 160-character message that users post in response to the question, “What’s on your mind?” An artful, witty or newsy status update is a pleasure — a real-time, tiny window into [...]


via burgerkingjapan.co.jp
It’s even $7.77 (approximately)…the most disgusting part? People will really attempt to eat it. Cuz that’s how my people roll! Go Japan!
Ugh.


Jenn Fowler pointed me to a piece on Social Media Ethics for Journalists by Gina Chen which starts out with a statement from Online Journalism Review:
“Journalistic ethics are pretty much the same online as in print or broadcast: Don’t plagiarize; tell readers how you got your information; don’t accept gifts or money for coverage; tell the [...]


Skitched image via Yelp
I said this in 2006, and will say it again: What happens in Vegas does NOT stay in Vegas. Even worse, in 2009, everything will be megaphoned all over our respective social networks… and permanently indexed by Google.
Keep repeating this to yourselves, #bwe09 attendees!


via theoatmeal.com
If you wonder why Twitter “sucks” for you, one of these 10 could be it. Just sayin’ :)
Separately, butchering hashtags aren’t there. (yet) Phew. :)


via sapweb20.com
Pardon the double post – I Tweeted it out earlier but should’ve posted via Posterous.


Don’t know about you, but the iPhone app store is about 80% useless redundant. There are so many frickin’ apps, I don’t know what’s good, what’s bad, which apps have push notifications that actually…well…work…?
However (!!!!)
I may have found the triad of apps with push notifications. Since I’m feeling generous today, I will share with y’all.
1. [...]


via daggle.com
It’s a robot (in GoogleWave terms) but to me, a robot is like, you know…a machine like thingie with two arms, two legs, hands, and feet. With super duper awesome colors and shiny bodies… eyes with lasers, and stuff.
ANYway, hope this helps.
via @rizzn


My friend Mona and I were having a conversation about this the other day and she compared business’ understanding of social media to the early days of the IT department when executives thought one person could handle all the technology needs. Twenty years ago companies thought one person could fill the role of Systems Administrator, [...]


Guys flexing their digital muscles and ruining it for themselves.

he isn’t douchey in person and 
he looks better in person than in that photo.

What would possess a person to suddenly spurt douchebaggery?? Drugs? Alcohol?? Sugar overload??? A new haircut???? What in the SAM hill was he thinking? Baffling. 
 
 
The saddest part? I was diggin’ him too. Oh well.
 
 
I really want to [...]


NBCU ownes a good chunk of equity in Hulu. Hope the rumors aren’t true.