“While Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch platform(s) are being taken further and further into the gaming sphere, the Nintendo fanbase is playing with developments – much of them “homebrew” – to extend the powers of the DS past its core gameplay design. And one such item comes by way of an individual known as Jorge S. In short, Jorge has put Twitter in the hands of DS owners everywhere. Well, not everywhere. Lots of places, though. Over what appears to …”
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Archive for August, 2008
Twitter Invades the Nintendo DS. Sort of.
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008Top 10 Online Note Taking Applications
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008“Many of us prefer using online note taking applications for research, bookmarking sites, or quickly jotting down ideas. While there are many online note taking applications, we searched around the Web and compiled a list of those we felt were richer in features and usability. Here are the top ten, in no particular order. Which note taking applications do you use and why? Let us know in the comments. Evernote Evernote is one of the most talked about online note …”
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6 Online Email Aggregators that Do More Than Just Aggregate
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008“For most of us, Gmail can be the simple answer to aggregating all of our emails together in one place. But for those who are looking for something new with a bit more spice, there are a whole new breed of email aggregators that promise to redefine the way we look at and use our inboxes. Here are 6 online email aggregators that do more than just aggregate. Zenbe Zenbe , designed to be the world’ s best email experience, …”
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Six Apart Launches Blogs.com to Promote You — Maybe
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008“Six Apart announced today that it has officially launched Blogs.com in an attempt to find the best blogs on the Web. And even better, the company said that it’ s willing to let any blogger submit their site for consideration. At first glance, Blogs.com is well-designed and its editorial staff, which picks the top ten stories to be placed on the site, seems to be working hard at finding the right balance between the top stories and a wide …”
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Why does India win so few Olympic medals?
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008“A loyal MR reader writes to me: Here’s an interesting fact: despite a population of more than 1 billion, India has won a grand total of 18 Olympic medals (mostly in field hockey): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_at_the_Olympics there are many obvious hypotheses, all…”
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The Twitting Point
Saturday, August 16th, 2008“Twitter users are going manga kerrazy, replacing their avatars with those from FaceYourManga . If you’ ve got a manga Twitter avatar you’ d like to share, post a link to your Twitter account in the comments. Or, read on for further thoughts on this intriguing trend. Twitter’ s Manga Invasion The above graph was extracted from a viral marketer’ s wet dream. It shows the sudden, seemingly inexplicable rise of the terms manga (green line) and faceyourmanga (red line) …”
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The Changing Role of Public Relations
Saturday, August 16th, 2008“It’ s not often I say this, but Steve Rubel is onto something in his latest blog posting . Most often when I write something about a post by Rubel, it involves hyphenated words Kool-Aid , skunk-drunk , and off-base. Today, though, he’ s struck up a meme on the changing role of the Public Relations person. He bases his post off the supposition that we as bloggers simply don’ t care to have our news spoon-fed to us …”
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Designing Monopoly
Saturday, August 16th, 2008“In Alabama it is illegal to recommend shades of paint without a license. In Nevada it is illegal to move any large piece of furniture for purposes of design without a license. In fact, hundreds of people have been prosecuted…”
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35 Tools For Teachers, Tutors and Students
Friday, August 15th, 2008“With the summer nearing its end and the school year almost upon us, teachers, tutors and students have a lot to prepare for. As with just about any profession nowadays, there all kinds of tools that can help you do most of your planning from your computer keyboard. We’ ve put together a list of 35 tools to help you get your school year started right. Here you’ ll find resources for learning management systems, social networking communities for students …”
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IRONY ALERT: Social Media Introverts?
Friday, August 15th, 2008“It’ s undeniable at this stage: social networking is a core feature of nearly every new website, an underpinning of the web. Leading the charge: the earliest of early adopters, those who staked their claim in Twitter , Facebook and FriendFeed in social media’ s embryonic stages. The kind of people who spend 18 hours a day in front of a screen: introverts, possibly? Wouldn’ t it be a great irony if the leading proponents of the it’ s about …”
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