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Archive for July 9th, 2009

Blogging on Blogs

So, I figured it was time to blog about blogs. You know, those (these?) popular posts that existed pre-Twitter. I’m curious and you can help me by sharing your opinions. A few questions: more

Politics And Five-Day Mail Delivery

In May, U.S. Postmaster General John E. Potter told attendees at the second annual National Catalog Advocacy & Strategy Forum that he is convinced his proposal for five-day mail delivery will become a reality. more

Ocho Cinco or Ocho Twitto?

Have you been to Chad “Formerly Known As Johnson” Ocho Cinco’s Twitter page? Neither has Ocho Cinco, apparently (maybe it’s not the real one), but he wants to live-Twit during games he’s playing in.


If he does, the NFL says it will fine the Cincinnati Bengals receiver. more

Ocho Cinco or Ocho Twitto?

Have you been to Chad “Formerly Known As Johnson” Ocho Cinco’s Twitter page? Neither has Ocho Cinco, apparently (maybe it’s not the real one), but he wants to live-Twit during games he’s playing in.


If he does, the NFL says it will fine the Cincinnati Bengals receiver. more

Jackson’s L.A. Memorial an Interactive Event

07-09-09-white-glove.jpgIn case you needed a bit of perspective on how events like the Jackson memorial service feed (and feed on) interactive media, here’s a link to a strong post from the AppScout blog detailing the traffic counts and social links that the live event produced. The Facebook Live Stream referred to in the article lets viewers of video streams on other sites see a real-time discussion among Facebook members of the content they’re watching. After testing it during the Obama Inaugural, Facebook only rolled the feature out into general release about two weeks before the Jackson memorial service. more

Jackson’s L.A. Memorial an Interactive Event

07-09-09-white-glove.jpgIn case you needed a bit of perspective on how events like the Jackson memorial service feed (and feed on) interactive media, here’s a link to a strong post from the AppScout blog detailing the traffic counts and social links that the live event produced. The Facebook Live Stream referred to in the article lets viewers of video streams on other sites see a real-time discussion among Facebook members of the content they’re watching. After testing it during the Obama Inaugural, Facebook only rolled the feature out into general release about two weeks before the Jackson memorial service. more

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