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Why Twitter Hasn't Cracked the Teen Market
via Servant of Chaos by servantofchaos on June 03, 2008
I started this post back in February 2008 and left it for a while. I was never quite able to finish it -- and it didn't seem overly important. But in light of the recent problems with Twitter and the emergence of the shiny new Plurk, I thought I would resurrect this post and look again at the future, potential and challenges for services such as Twitter, Plurk, Jaiku and Pownce.I remember how...
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BBtv -- Tyson Ibele, 21-year-old animation savant
via Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin on April 06, 2008
Today on Boing Boing tv, we explore the work of award-winning, self-taught animator Tyson Ibele, who is based in New Zealand. In this episode, the 21-year-old artist explains that he taught himself animation during high school using free software freeware. He says:I was originally introduced to 3d animation by a great freeware program call Anim8or way back in 2000. Soon after, I...
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Write like a blogger
via Seth's Blog by Seth Godin on April 06, 2008
You can improve your writing (your business writing, your ad writing, your thank you notes and your essays) if you start thinking like a blogger: Use headlines. I use them all the time now. Not just boring ones that announce your purpose (like the one on this post) but interesting or puzzling or engaging headlines. Headlines are perfect for engaging busy readers. Realize that people have...
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Who clicks on ads? (Revisited with data)
via RB | Upcoming | min 3 by (author unknown) on February 16, 2008
zephoria via apophenia shared by 3 peopleTwo months ago, I ruffled some feathers with a post called Who clicks on ads? And what might this mean? Lacking any good public research, I pointed to a blog post by an AOL Global Advertising Strategy guy talking about research they did on AOL ad clickers. The report was by no means generalizable to all ad clickers, but it made a significant point:...
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An Extremely Compelling "LOST" Theory
via Digg by (author unknown) on March 26, 2008
This guy may actually have it all figured out.
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Gary Wolf profiles Ray Kurzweil in Wired
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on March 26, 2008
Our pal Gary Wolf profiled famous scientist and singularitarian Ray Kurzweil for Wired.Kurzweil does not believe in half measures. He takes 180 to 210 vitamin and mineral supplements a day, so many that he doesn't have time to organize them all himself. So he's hired a pill wrangler, who takes them out of their bottles and sorts them into daily doses, which he carries everywhere in...
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Pig Bladder Powder Regrows Fingers [Medicine]
via Gizmodo by Jason Chen on March 25, 2008
Lee Spievack accidentally cut off his fingertip working on an airplane. His brother, a research scientist, sent him powder made up partially out of pig's bladder and told him to sprinkle it on his fingertip. The finger regrew itself in four weeks. How did it work? Researchers are using materials such as the pig's bladder, which contains something called extracellular matrix, a "mix of...
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NASA won't dampen exploratory spirit of Mars rovers
via Engadget by Darren Murph on March 24, 2008
Filed under: RobotsBack in November, we knew things weren't looking up for the twin Mars rovers, but it seems that both Spirit and Opportunity will still be doing their respective thangs after a letter foreshadowing their doom was rescinded. Reportedly, the entity was tasked to slash $4 million from the project's budget just yesterday, which would have forced Spirit into hibernation and...
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Japanese ads downplay URLs, encourage searches
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on March 24, 2008
Cabel Maxfield Sasser recently went to Japan and noticed an interesting trend in advertising there: search boxes have replaced URLs. Within minutes of riding on the first trains in Japan, I notice a significant change in advertising, from train to television. The trend? No more printed URL's. The replacement? Search boxes! With recommended search terms!It makes sense, right? All the good...
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