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Google Earth: 1,000 Human Lifetimes Spent Looking At It
via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on January 22, 2008
Google’s Marissa Mayer gave a “deep dive” presentation on Google Earth at the DLD conference in Munich yesterday (see our coverage from the first day here). Her presentation is embedded below. Lots of interesting stats and creative use of the technology: “Hundreds of millions of Google Earth downloads and activations,” and the equivalent of “1,000 human lifetimes have been spent...
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DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist - The Hard Sell (2008)
via Robin Hood of Indie Music 2 by ondal on January 20, 2008
DJ Shadow and Cut ChemistThe Hard SellRelease date: 2008Label:Tracklist1. Side 12. Side 2Links:Side 1Side 2ORhttp://www.sendspace.com/file/tu07rchttp://www.sendspace.com/file/lkfz2sIt all started with a phone call (or, in this case, a text message)…”would you want to do Freeze at the Hollywood Bowl?” Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow jumped at the chance to be the first-ever headlining turntablists...
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Getting Gifts Done with Amazon Gift Organizer [Amazon]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on January 21, 2008
Amazon power user Merlin Mann describes how Amazon's Gift Organizer helps you be lazy and thoughtful when it comes to giving the perfect gift:As you surf Amazon and notice stuff that might be cool for Mom or Aunt Sue or that nice UPS man, just click "Add to Wish List" and select the person it's intended for. Into the hopper it goes. Ubiquitous capture. Swish.[...] So, if you start using...
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Twitter on the Campaign Trail from Microblogging Journalists
via Links about Twitter | Enlaces sobre Twitter by (author unknown) on January 20, 2008
I guess it would only be a matter of time till reporters figured out how to use Twitter - and now they have, according to the New York Times in an article today on Campaign Reporting in Under 140 Taps Thor Swift for The New York Times Twitter, the tool of microblogging journalists. "....Microjournalism is the latest step in the evolution of Mr. Dickerson, who worked for years at Time magazine,...
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The Paradox of Productivity [The Daily Saint]
via Getting Things Done by Mike on January 20, 2008
... ask yourself in themorning, "what do I absolutely need to get done today?"It's only when I serve others that I become a leader. Rather than being a corporate tycoon who acts like the "fat cat" andbarks out orders, the leader is the one who serves and is humble,especially when no one is around. The leader takes out the trash, inother words. No task is beneath his character.It's only ...
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Why make the effort to create social media? - Corante
via Links about Twitter | Enlaces sobre Twitter by (author unknown) on January 20, 2008
Why make the effort to create social media?Corante, MA - 3 hours agoIn a must read post, Robert Patterson sums up how social tools like Twitter can not only help build this sense of community but also break some of the ...
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OpenID2 becomes even more important
via Marc's Voice by Marc Canter on January 16, 2008
I have been a MyYahoo user since it’s inception. 3 years ago I went into Yahoo - more or less pleading with them to open up MyYahoo, turn it into a Portals 2.0 - DLA - and ultimately put Yahoo into the lead in the open web.Well they’ve bought lots of companies - but with the exception of Flickr - haven’t really executed on any sort of comprehensive Web 2.0 strategy. The embaras
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Different Ways to Use Twitter [Twitter]
via Lifehacker by tamar weinberg on January 19, 2008
While some people argue that Twitter is not a productive use of one's time, others strongly disagree. Blogger Maki provides a list of 17 different things you can do with Twitter to make it worth your while. By actively engaging on Twitter, you can self-market and build your personal brand. This allows you t
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Predictions on the Social Graph for 2008: Charlene Li and Jeremiah
via Web Strategy by Jeremiah by jeremiah_owyang on January 18, 2008
Listen in to the audio podcast by pressing the play button using the Forrester player above. Folks have asked for me to be transparent in our research, so I’m pulling you all in behind the scenes as Charlene Li and I discuss the topics we research on.Charlene Li, Josh Bernoff, Pe
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Social Media: Distributed Influence Quantifying the Impact of Social Media - A New White Paper from Edelman
via Links about Twitter | Enlaces sobre Twitter by (author unknown) on January 16, 2008
Screencapture from Jonny Bentwood's White Paper on measuring influence. Dave Webb answered my musings about quantifying the intangible with a pointer to this report and observation. Dave Webb said "I have always had a problem forcing something that is organic by nature into a mechanical straightjacket. I mean, they're not called "intangibles" for nuthin'!" Nonetheless, he recognizes,...
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