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The Social Network Actually Looks…Good?
The Social Network is the upcoming movie about the start and rise of Facebook. There is plenty of reason for skepticism as much of it is likely to be over-glorified, dramatic and intriguing then the actual birth was; but I … Continue reading
Posted in Random Musings, Social Media
Tagged Facebook, Facebook Effect, Movies, Social network
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What I’m asking on my job interviews
As I announced a few weeks ago, I’m leaving my current job and am on the hunt for the next great opportunity. And while I’m sad to be leaving my current role, I’m excited about what the future holds and … Continue reading
Taking Back the Word ‘Friend’
The word friend has been bastardized by social networks. From Tom at MySpace (your first MySpace friend, remember?) to the friend requests you get daily from people you never meet; we’ve changed what it means to be a friend. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Facebook, friends, friendship, MySpace, Social Media, social networks
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A retail store to get excited about: LEGO
A new entrant to the world of branded, experience-based retail stores (think Apple, Microsoft, etc.) finally has me excited. Lego opened it’s first store in New York (the grand opening is this week) and from the pictures, let’s just say, … Continue reading
The deal with ‘so’
So, as someone who starts many of his sentences with this particular adverb I find this whole article fascinating. I wonder if my time near Silicon Valley had anything to do with my fondness of it as an opener. So, … Continue reading
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Tagged Michael Lewis, Microsoft, New New Thing, Silicon Valley
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Shirky: Does the Internet Make You Smarter?
One of the brilliant minds of our time, Clay Shirky, riffs on whether the Internet brings us all to the lowest common denominator of culture. Do the dumb videos, memes and amatuer created content represent a crisis for our society … Continue reading
Six Writers Share Their Favorite Reads for Summer
A great collection of recommended summer reading by writers in New York Magazine. I don’t know about you, but I love summer reading. It started as a kid, and now I look forward to the longer, lazier days, reading at … Continue reading
Meme architects: The creators of Internet Culture
Here’s a great documentary from ROFLcon with some of the creators of the most famous Internet memes around. My favorite part? Most of them didn’t know what they were creating at the time. via: How I Got Famous on the Internetz: … Continue reading
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Tagged internet culture, internet meme, Keyboard Cat, Meme, meme making, memes, ROFLCon, Viral video
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Video: Tribute to the 80′s Bullies
This video cuts together all the great bullies from those 80′s classics that we hold near and dear. These are the guys that we love to hate. The guys that sweep the leg, chant “Nerds! Nerds! Nerds!” and can’t deal … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's, bullies, huffington post, online video, Video
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Video: Los Angeles Without Cars
An amazing time-lapse video that envisions Los Angeles without cars. And set to Radiohead. Beautiful. Eerie. I love it. Running on Empty from Ross Ching on Vimeo. via Flavorwire » Video of the Day: Los Angeles Without Us.
