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Jeff Goldblum and how Twitter is no CNN just yet

Edwin Lee

‘R.I.P. MJ and Farrah’. These were inescapable words that echoed throughout globe on June 25, 2009. Aside from the stories of these untimely passings, there were many stories about the stories, and the role of social media as a broadcast medium. Recently, we’ve been hearing substantial chatter about how social media such as Twitter is supposedly [...]

The Most Colorful Product Video Ever.

Paul Morrison

Completely independent from the stickynotes brand as far as I know, this video is an amazing product video. They should definitely buy these guys and use them as an ad. But then again, who really needs to advertise sticky notes? EepyBird’s Sticky Note experiment from Eepybird on Vimeo.

Clay Shirky on Twitter & Iran

Mathew Lincez

Great interview with Clay Shirky on the use and impact of Twitter on the events now unfolding in Iran. He discusses many points including simplicity, control, participation, personal-emotional impact, and the difficulties facing traditional media channels like CNN. http://blog.ted.com/2009/06/qa_with_clay_sh.php

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Twitter Dating

Idris Mootee

Twitter is continuing its unstoppable move forward. And what about those Twitter traffic “machines” and “buy your follower” programs? Twitter needs to figure this out quick. Twitter litter? Perhaps a payment/filter model will eventually work, weed out the hackers. We are also seeing Twitter viruses starting to happening. Anti-virus for Twitter? The number 140 is [...]

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Friending a Psychopath

Patrick Glinski

It's time companies perform a "Friend audit" to evaluate their peer-to-peer communication quality. Are we honest? Are we helpful? Or are we acting like a bunch of assholes?

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RedCrumb

Kengwei Lu and Patrick Glinski

RedCrumb is a service that meets the experiential expectations of travelers by connecting them with the spaces, places and people that make local cultures truly come to life.