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Learn 35+ Languages for Free in iTunes
via LifeClever ;-) by Chanpory Rith on May 07, 2008
I was just browsing iTunes for poignant Morrissey covers when I discovered nearly a thousand free language courses on iTunes. 926 courses to be exact. Holy Moleskine, Batman!The extensive library of courses span over 35 languages, from Arabic to Yiddish. Each course comes as a convenient podcast which you can subscribe and put on your iPod or iPhone. To get the entire list of language learning...
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Internet Superstar’s LIVE ROFLCon Show, Open for Biznass
via ROFLCon by Carrie Andersen on May 14, 2008
Some of you may remember that our buddies at Internet Superstar filmed a live show at ROFLCon a few weeks back. For those of you who weren’t able to see the taping, it’s on the interwebs now. And it does not disappoint. Beautiful, beautiful…
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What People Say When They Tweet
via ReadWriteWeb by Josh Catone on May 09, 2008
... Twitter status update messages (tweets) collected from the public time line over a seven day period running from April 27 - May 3. We saw approximately 200,000 active users (users that sent at least one message) during that period, of which 60% tweeted in English. Japanese was the second most popular language on Twitter with about 9% of the tweets that we gathered.Most strikingly, we found t...
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Neatorama’s Guide to 25 of the Strangest Collections on the Web
via Neatorama by Alex on May 14, 2008
Some people collect stamps, others collect comic books. The people on this list, however, collect things that are far, far stranger. Behold, Neatorama's guide to the 25 Strangest Collections on the Web:1. Graham Barker's Navel Fluff Collection Graham Barker's Navel Fluff CollectionSome people see navel fluff or bellybutton lint as life's little annoyances. ...
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Things Younger Than John McCain
via www.thingsyoungerthanmccain.com by (author unknown) on May 12, 2008
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Tips For Dealing With Information Overload
via Google Blogoscoped by Philipp Lenssen on May 09, 2008
I sent a couple of people the following question: “What are your top tips for dealing with information overflow?” Here are some of their answers (with formatting partly adjusted, omissions within quotes indicated with dots). Please add your own tips and approaches in the comments.Niniane Wang, Google: «I like the time-honored tradition of responding to emails or archiving them as soon as I...
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Brand new Google Reader for iPhone
via Official Google Reader Blog by dolapo on May 12, 2008
Mobile web browsers have come a long way since we first introduced an XHTML version of Reader back in 2006. For example, iPhone and iPod Touch owners know how powerful having a full-featured browser is. We on the Reader team are heavy mobile Safari users. Sometimes we use it to kill time, other times for answering important questions that come up during brunch: What is Tyrol's first name? How...
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USA Political Election Logos 2008 - 1960
via logoblink.com by (author unknown) on May 13, 2008
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How @replies work on Twitter (and how they might)
via Twitter Blog by Ev. on May 12, 2008
I see a lot of confusion around how "at replies"tweets that start with an @ and then a usernamework on Twitter. E.g.:@Veronica I vote they should be $2.00 each. Cut down on junk mail. Isn't that the only use of postal mail these days, anyway?10:59 AM May 09, 2008 from web in reply to VeronicaStarting my update with "@veronica" designates that I'm addressing her, specifically, much as...
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Dear PR people: How to Pitch Bloggers
via A Whole Lotta Nothing by Matt Haughey on May 11, 2008
In the wake of my previous post and Gina’s PR blacklist that sprang from it, it seems like a good chunk of the PR industry is blogging about the things they should and shouldn’t be doing, but I’m not seeing a lot of practical real-world solutions that would work for bloggers getting pitched. All the advice has come from the PR side of things so it’s all about how they train employees, how...
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