UPDATE: The video I was in is now online. You can watch it here via YouTube or the embed is at the bottom of the post. I make an intro at 4:57. Also, WoodysGamertag posted this behind the scenes video you might enjoy. Urban Dictionary’s definition of “YouTube Stars” One of the people in …
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★ A year (or more) away from Tech Conferences
The last tech conference I attended was SXSW in March of last year. Prior to that, Blogworld was in between trips to Columbus and Amsterdam. I really love those two shows because of the people, the content and the locations. Austin and Vegas are two of my favorite cities and it’s great to see all …
★ The Most Expensive Social Network
I just received this from SXSW: Let me translate this for you. If I don’t spend a minimum of $695 (as of this writing) for a pass to SXSW, the profile I created last year that includes all of my information along with photos, bio and interests will be deleted as if it never existed. …
★ My Issue with Mashable, Huffington Post, Business Insider and every other up modern news site
Each day, I go out of my way to find the original source of a news article. As soon as I hit a page that I know doesn’t employ reporters and isn’t known to actually report original news or is a site that simple writes blurbs about every hot topic in order to get search …
★ Thoughts on Blogging and Why I’ll Never Have over 5,000 Readers No Matter How Often I Blog or Why Niche Blogging is Important and I Disagree With That
Three Thousand People checked out my blog last month. Traffic has increased since I began linking to things that interest me while adding commentary or what I think about these articles being linked to. Many of my most passionate readers are still subscribing despite raising concerns that they’d rather see more unique editorials and less …
★ My Thoughts on The Future of Facebook and Social Networking
This post is overdue but I felt some cringing while following the news coming from Facebook’s F8 developer conference yesterday. This is not more of the same where I complain just to complain or show my age and how I’m just too old for social networking. This is the case where I look at the …
★ Looking for Advice on DMCA Takedown Notices [Help Needed]
Hello Internet. On Saturday, I received a very aggressive Twitter reply from a Floridian photographer. His name is Jason Wilder and he runs http://www.ishotyourband.com/. After a few hours of back and forth on Twitter, I realized he was just angry about people using his photos and not paying for them. I get that and understand …
★ UPDATED: Nigerian Money Scams come to Facebook
Received this in my Facebook Inbox: Anyone else receiving these? It’s amazing that this could actually work. Then it’s mostly based on the fact that I’m a jerk who will say “sure, I’ll take the money” and then the scamming me out of my money begins. Here’s the person’s Facebook Profile – http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000347630341 UPDATE from Paul: …
★ Twitter is Forcing Trending Topics Down My Throat
Twitter for iPhone version 3.3 was released yesterday with a few changes. Here is their change list. – Quick Bar, shows trends and other important things without leaving your timeline! Swipe the Quick Bar left/right to cycle through trends – Trends based on your location – Cleaner, redesigned Tweet compose screen. – Automatically shortens URLs. …
★ My Mostly Stagnant Twitter Following
When I arrived in San Francisco, I had 800 followers. Withing the first month, I had acquired 1,000. The growth continued but it became stagnant. Believe it or not, I had peaked at 3,800 around September of 2009 (just 1.5 years after moving to the bay area). I did an experiment that I very much …
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