Twitter in plain english
Video link. I’ve been using Twitter for a while now and thought this was a great explanation of exactly how the site works. Look me up on Twitter if you’re interested.
Category Archives: Communication
LinkedIn launches company profiles
LinkedIn recently launched Company Profile pages that display detailed information on companies like the Houston Chronicle. I must have forgotten the shear volume of data LinkedIn has from all of its members diligently entering all their connections, past jobs, associations … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Networking, Social Networking
Tagged linkedin, Networking, Social Networking
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The walking hazards of text messaging
The instances of people doing bodily harm to themselves while walking the streets of London and sending text messages with their phones has increased to the point that the city of London has installed padding around lamp posts in certain … Continue reading
Arthur C. Clarke: RIP 1917 – 2008
Award-winning science fiction author, Arthur C. Clarke, passed away in his home in Sri Lanka today. From Bloomberg The author, scientist, space expert and underwater diver was one of the most prolific and renowned science-fiction writers, publishing more than 30 … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Science, Writing
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Trainwreck 2008: Mark Zuckerberg & Sarah Lacy SXSW interview
If hair-twirling and vapid questions qualified one to interview internet superstars, Sarah Lacy executed a 360 slam-dunk today. Between shameless self promotion of her upcoming book (pre-orders on Amazon *giggle*), name-dropping of her past Silicon Valley interviews (Kevin Rose *twirl … Continue reading
LinkedIn redesign
Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! LinkedIn launched a redesign of their site tonight that looks pretty good. I hit their site while they were launching and it looked like they were having CSS issues. Turns out they were launching a redesign. … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Social Networking, Software, Usability
Tagged linkedin, redesign, Social Networking
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SXSW Interactive 2008 panels
I was browsing the 2008 South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive panels for some topics that sound interesting and I ran into a little problem. It’s not the 3 hour drive to Austin. It’s not the $400+ entry fee. It’s not … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Design, Marketing, Software, Technology, Usability, Web design
Tagged 2008, south by southwest interactive, SXSW
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Netscape Navitagor RIP: 1994 – 2008
According to a BBC story: “After 1 February, there will be no more active product support for Navigator nine, or any previous Netscape Navigator browser,” wrote Mr Drapeau. “We feel it’s the right time to end development of Netscape branded … Continue reading
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Google Knol – Wikipedia killer?
From the official Google blog: Earlier this week, we started inviting a selected group of people to try a new, free tool that we are calling “knol”, which stands for a unit of knowledge. Our goal is to encourage people … Continue reading
Open social
Here’s a great post on SixApart’s website on the subject of Open Social: Take a spreadsheet, for example: Imagine if a simple spreadsheet could be shared on one of the services you use, but limited so only your friends could … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Productivity, Software, Web design
Tagged Google, linkedin, myspace, open social, Social Networking
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