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Is This The Future Of Search?

Fred — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:00:38 +0000

“The video above shows a user interface being bucket tested by Google to select (probably randomly determined) users. Earlier today we showed a screen shot of the interface and a video of the search history, recorded by Adrian Pike, the CTO of startup Tatango. This new video, however (also recorded by Pike), shows the full [...]”
via TechCrunch

5 Twitter Tactics for Building a Stellar Brand

Fred — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:00:37 +0000

“This is a guest posting by Andy Beal , co-author of Radically Transparent: Monitoring and Managing Reputations Online . Join Andy as he shares more secrets at his Online Reputation Management Workshop on August 7th. Micromedia tools such as Twitter, Plurk, and Pownce have introduced the concept of group conversations. Similar to instant messaging, Twitter allows you to send quick, short messages to hundreds of friends at once. Anyone that signs on to “follow” your Twitter profile will receive an …”
via Mashable!

How to Build Your Online Brand

Fred — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:00:36 +0000

“This is a guest post written by Chris Brogan, who blogs about social media for business at chrisbrogan.com . There are only so many hours in a day, and you’ ve got to determine which social media tools drive business, which ones build community, and where you can learn the most in the process. Maybe you’ ve built a blog or a home page or some other starting point for your online presence. How do you manage the rest of …”
via Mashable!

Is RSS an Add-On Feature?

Fred — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:00:36 +0000

“Wizzard Media , the podcast hosting and monetization giant, a couple of days ago released a letter to their shareholders that went towards explaining a bit of their corporate strategy: In a very short time, Wizzard has surprised many people by becoming the largest distributor of digital media via RSS (podcasting). While many other companies took the route of launching online video websites and treating RSS distribution as nothing more than an add-on feature, Wizzard has focused its early efforts …”
via Mashable!

Twitter is Not a Micro-Blogging Tool

Fred — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:00:35 +0000

“Blogging for all intents and purposes has been around for about the ten year mark. During that time it has gone through many changes as more platforms and tools became available that made it easier and easier for just about anyone to become a blogger. Styles of blogs have grown as well with everything from the original personal weblog style right through to today’s political blogs, tech blogs, and one of the hottest niches around – mommy blogging. Through all …”
via Mashable!

NFL Player IQ by Position Played

Fred — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:00:34 +0000

“”The closer you are to the ball, the higher your score.” Details here and here. Hat tip to Kottke.”
via Marginal Revolution

Guy Kawasaki’s Frienderati Slightly Flawed [video]

Fred — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:41:28 +0000

“This weekend and over the course of yesterday, Guy Kawasaki’ s Alltop made the news for creating a new set of RSS feeds added to the site from FriendFeed. They called this the Frienderati, and it was a list of FriendFeed members as determined by a mystery algorithm worth following on FriendFeed. Stan covered this here [...]”
via Mashable!

Hit songs are getting wordier

Fred — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:46:09 +0000

“Average word count of top-ten songs during the 1960s: 176 Average last year: 436 That is from Harper’s Index, August issue. I don’t think it can be a pure length of song effect.”
via Marginal Revolution

Sebastian Flyte rules

Fred — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:49:22 +0000

“Re XII ‘there is a groupie for every male endeavour’ THIS IS SO MONEY. It is one of the great triumphs of modern capitalism: let a thousand status hierarchies bloom! Unlike in hunter gatherer days, there isn’t one status hierarchy…”
via Marginal Revolution

Is the iPhone Killing Terrestrial Radio?

Fred — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:43:17 +0000

“You have to just love it when a more well known industry expert and pundit than yourself says something you’ ve been trumpeting for close to a decade. Today, I got that warm fuzzy feeling down in the cockles of my heart when Jeff Jarvis boldly proclaimed tear down the broadcast towers! In case you’ re (somehow) not [...]”
via Mashable!