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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
I’m taking a look today at Twitter, a popular online service similar to the “status box” implemented by Facebook. Twitter gives users the opportunity to post small updates on their life via a personal RSS feed.
Here’s the basics. Once you’ve signed up for a twitter account you’ve got your own personal little twitter [...]
Tags: blog, Blogging, Social Networking, status, tweet, twitter
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
Blake’s Post about that bill against anonymous posting got me curious about things so I’ve been looking around, getting a feel for what folks reactions are online and checking out some of the legal issues. Anyway, in my curiosity I’ve stumbled across something that gives me pause and presents me with a bit of [...]
Tags: anonymous, Chris Forcand, cyber vigilantism, internet censorship, myspace, privacy, scientology, YouTube
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
I can’t for the life of me remember where I read that little blurb, but it’s a pretty good evaluation of the still young social networking site Virb°.
The folks behind the site call themselves Virb Inc. and are the same gang that created PureVolume back in 2003. (By the way, if you’re into the [...]
Tags: css, customization, indie music, myspace, purevolume, Social Networking, virb, xhtml
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
This is an incredibly neat little widget I stumbled across today. It's only been live for about a month now so I figured it was worth a little write-up.
"ThatsMyMouse" is a tool that allows users on your site to see not just their own cursors, but the location of anyone else's cursor who happens to [...]
Tags: java, module, social network, that's my mouse, Web 2.0, Web Tools, widget
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
And we do mean everything. Or at least Australian philosophy student Nicael Holt did when he put his entire life up for sale on eBay early in January of 2007.
That’s right, in an entry titled “New Life for Sale” Holt stated that his name, phone number, all worldly possessions, social life, and training in [...]
Tags: australian, ebaY, life for sale, Nicael Holt, odd sales
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