Posted on June 28, 2007 by danspira
In my email inbox today I got this typical spam message (Yahoo Mail, not Gmail, of course) : SENDER: Cartwright G. Ranald SUBJECT: porch amorphous I usually subconsciously mark these as spam and move on with my life, but for whatever reason, tonight I actually noticed it and laughed. So typical. So funny. This spam formula has been around for [...]
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Posted on June 22, 2007 by danspira
I have some older posts (currently un-WordPressed but scattered elsewhere on the interwebs) dealing with the subject of “Linked In Open Networkers” aka “LIONS” aka “TopLinkedIn.com 10,000+connections ” aka “I.Put.My.Email.Address.In.My.Name.Field@LinkedInManiac.com “ Rather than dig those up, though, here’s a question posted a few minutes ago, in the LinkedIn Answers Forum: As an ardent LI OpenLinker, I see value [...]
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Posted on June 20, 2007 by danspira
This blog is about three months old now, and it’s starting to take on a shape. So far, the main theme seems to be memes… currents of current thought… assorted ideas and links. So today I’m renaming it from “Revisionist Story (Actual title subject to change)” to “Meme Menagerie (an edited assortment).” That should do for now.
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Posted on June 18, 2007 by danspira
With close to two million views of this video in less than 60 days, the folks at this company now have a backup business model, just in case, like, their primary business model doesn’t work out. Lip Dub – Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger from amandalynferri on Vimeo Full Screen Version: http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=173714 Info on Video: http://www.vimeo.com/clip:173714
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Posted on June 18, 2007 by danspira
For all you data geeks out there, Swivel is the new heaven on earth… and for everyone else, it’s just really cool. The Swivel website is one of the most inventive “Web 2.0 concept” implementations to date. Here’s is a quick chart I whipped up in just a few minutes, comparing retail gasoline and coffee prices in [...]
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Posted on June 13, 2007 by danspira
This map has been circulating online since January 8, 2007, and is generating lots of comment: On the map, each state of the U.S. is named after a country that has a similar-sized GDP (Gross Domestic Product). The map was first posted online by a Norweigen blogger named Carl Størmer. He credits the map to The York Group [...]
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Posted on June 12, 2007 by danspira
The thing about online user-generated content (e.g. blogs) is that it’s not just about scale. Yes, a prominent aspect of the phenomenon is that by being so big there is something for everyone. But it’s too easy to then fall into the trap of saying — and stopping – at any of the following statements: “the signal to noise ratio [...]
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Posted on June 3, 2007 by danspira
Ok, here’s the pitch: Create a program / form of certification called the “School of Hard Knocks MBA.” Plenty of people say they have ”an MBA from the School of Hard Knocks” in the metaphorical sense, but what if they could actually get one, i.e., a real certified School of Hard Knocks MBA? I won’t get into the various [...]
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Posted on June 1, 2007 by danspira
One of the more interesting video sub-genres online is the “I Took A Picture of Myself Every Day For X Years” concept. This self-portrait time-lapse (and sometimes also stop-motion) technique has many precedents in film, music videos, early photography, art and even science, however the first instance online is “Living My Life Faster - The Daily Photo Project” by Motor City, [...]
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