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Entries from June 2008

Gmail Hack: Newsworthy Tweets to SMS to Profit!

May 31st, 2008 · No Comments

This post could also be called “A C-List Blogger Takes on the B-List, One Tweet at a time.”
Step One: Forward tweets to GmailStep Two: Filter for newsworthy headlines like “Microsoft Buys Yahoo”Step Three: Send to phone as SMS with its own ringtone to wake you up if you’re asleepStep Four: ????Step […]

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Tags: Entertainment

I do not Recommend the Jamba Juice in Times Square

May 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Testing Twitterfone to Podcast Feed

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Even More Excited for Switch-a-Bit

May 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Why?
Because yesterday a representative of the not-yet launched software provider contacted me admitting to a bug that messed up my tweets when I hadn’t even realized their software caused the problem.
Amazing customer service for a company that doesn’t even exist.

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Rape

May 29th, 2008 · No Comments

People expect to hear stories coming out of the Middle East and Africa like this one: A woman, Mukhtaran Bibi, is gang raped by six men and they are convicted and sentenced to death.  The men appeal their punishment and the conviction is overturned for five men; the sixth’s sentence becomes more lenient- life in […]

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Tags: Culture · Editorial · Featured · News · Other

Summertime in THE City

May 28th, 2008 · No Comments

 
May is almost over and even though that means I have to pay my June rent and my June student loan payment, it still means summer is almost here.  This is my first post collegiate summer which means a few things- investing in some summer friendly work clothes and finding things to do in New […]

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Tags: Culture · Entertainment · Neat Stuff

Think Twice Before Switching

May 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

There’s even MOAR talk today about leaving  Twitter for other services.
The point that you hear so often is that people don’t leave Twitter because of the community, rather than staying for its tool set.
So of course, people suggest a move to Pownce or Friendfeed (or Jaiku if they need a nice three-item list).
But the surprise […]

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Tags: Internet Mish-Mash

New York City taught me!

May 21st, 2008 · No Comments

 
New York City is a place of learning.  There are certain skills and trades one can learn here that are impossible to learn elsewhere.  Many of these require practice and rigorous training, while some come naturally once one makes the move and buys one  one’s first unlimited metrocard.

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Tags: Culture · Editorial · Entertainment · Manifesto · Other

Netflix has new technology that will kill my social impetus.

May 20th, 2008 · No Comments

 
Netflix has been awesome all along, but now it is getting even more awesome.  Besides singlehandedly keeping the US Postal Service in business, their live streaming technology is finally available, and it is simple, affordable and easy!  All you do is hook up this little gadget to your computer, which will live stream all sorts of […]

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Twitter will be down for a two hour maintenance window tonight starting at midnight Pacific time.

May 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Twitter’s going to be down tonight.
This would usually really piss me off, but this time they’re telling us about it ahead of time.

Still not a perfect Twitter by any means, but at least they’re keeping the conversation open this time, so I urge everyone to be a bit, erm, polite this time around.

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B List Fail

May 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments

 
Mark Evans caused a stir today and got a whole lot of links.
Good for him.
But he’s not going to overtake the top dogs.
Why?
Because the big dogs have jumped in and have already, six hours later, grabbed all the eyeballs in the debate.
Nobody cares about what B and C-listers have to say during weekday bitchmeme attempts.  […]

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Tags: Internet Mish-Mash