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Archive for September, 2008

Twitter Sheds Light on Election; 98% of Twitter loves Obama

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 by Griffin Hammond

A couple cool items from the Twitter blog: 1) Twitter has launched an Election 2008 page, your one-stop shop to see what people are saying about the hottest trends in the election world. If you've used Twitter Search, you could find these online conversations for yourself, but Twitter's new page serves ...

Facebook Fast Facts

Thursday, September 25th, 2008 by Griffin Hammond

I was doing research for work, and compiled some interesting numbers regarding Facebook: Facebook is the fifth most popular website in the U.S. (behind Google, Yahoo, MySpace, then YouTube) and also fifth globally (behind Yahoo, Google, YouTube, then Windows Live).¹ Currently there are 32 million regsistered users in the U.S.,² a number which ...

Yarrrgh me networks have joined ship!

Friday, September 19th, 2008 by Kyle Welter

On an interesting note...as some of you may know, today is national Talk Like a Pirate Day. To tell you the truth, I had no idea until I hopped onto Google this morning and was delighted to see that they had tastefully edited their "Directory" to a "Direct'ry." It turns out ...

Social Media Reunites Camera and Owner

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 by Griffin Hammond

The Flickr blog happily reports that one of its members used the photo-sharing site to get a lost camera back into the hands of its owner. Irenicdonna posted the following in the Flickr Help Forum and the "Scotland" discussion group: I found a camera, 2 months ago, which I handed in to ...

Politics Remixed!

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 by Griffin Hammond

I apologize for going so long without a post. A new website, Remix America, has kept me busy. It's like YouTube for the political realm, but with some advanced features. You can either upload original video content, or remix other works. The site organizers have amassed a collection of contemporary and ...