September 2008
28 posts
3 tags
Facebook down for maintenance (according to robot)
It seems the ubiquitous Facebook is down for maintenance. A terse, business like message is displayed (see below) instead of fun and frothy feedback like the fail whale from Twitter (unsurprisingly I guess). Speaking of the fail whale, here is the iPhone being rescued by the reliable Tweeters: (c/o The Fail Whale Fan Club)
Technology Review: Twitter's Growing Pains →
“Plagued by service outages, the microblogging site rebuilds its infrastructure.” (c/o MM)
The Internet Lexicon | apophenia →
danah lists a few examples from a new lexicon made up of Internet researchers. Most end up as verbs.
SayTweet: Your Twitter badge, your picture -... →
“Create a mashup of pictures with Twitter messages. Share it by embedding it on your blog or web site!”
Pew Internet: Teens, Video Games and Civics →
Game playing is universal, with almost all teens playing games and at least half playing games on a given day. Game playing experiences are diverse, with the most popular games falling into the…
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WatchWeb Search Strategies in Plain English by the Common Craft Show
TwitterKeys: Enhance your Twitter conversations →
Add characters like these “♥ ✈ ☺ ♬ ☑ ♠ ☎ ☻ ♫ ☒ ♤ ☤ ☹ ♪ ♀” to your tweets.
Update on missing tweets, other issues
twitterstatus:
Many people are still missing updates from those they are following. We’re working to make sure you get all the content you should be.
Also, some folks have been seeing another user’s profile when trying to view their own. This problem sometimes will resolve itself after a few hours and is caused by a problem with how we cache data. If you find yourself affected by this problem,...
Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT →
A conference at MIT looking at innovations in technology and business. Fairly broad coverage. (c/o Scoble)
State Of The Blogosphere: Get To 100K Uniques,... →
Perhaps you can actually make money on your blog. This Techcrunch post discusses Technorati’s latest report.
Leaked MySpace Music Screenshots | Techcrunch →
“MySpace Music, the joint venture between MySpace and the big music labels, is set to launch this month”
Yammer →
“Yammer is a tool for making companies and organizations more productive through the exchange of short frequent answers to one simple question: What are you working on?” (c/o SC)
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Personality crisis
It became apparent recently, as I convalesce at home after a nasty case of cellulitis, that the Social Space Station is not ME. The Social Space Station is an online location for me to document things I find interesting about social networking, Web 2.0 (does anyone use this term anymore?), Twitter, microblogging etc. and engage with others who might also find something interesting about these...
Zuckerberg Acknowledges Backlash, Comments on New... →
“This afternoon Mark Zuckerberg published a post regarding the new design. The post is reminiscent of what he published when the news feed was first rolled out an massive backlash ensued.”
I’m So Totally, Digitally Close to You | NYTimes →
The effects of News Feed, Twitter and other forms of incessant online contact. (c/o AoIR)
Sweetcron - The Automated Lifestream Blog Software →
“Sweetcron is a free and open source solution for creating a self-hosted Lifestream; a blog-like website that shows your activity across the various websites you visit, entirely automatically.” (c/o…
Tumbltape Mashes Up Muxtape and Tumblr |... →
Now that Muxtape is on hold, a new service that aggregates audio uploads on Tumblr by way of a mashup has just been released.
Life is Meaning →
A curious site dedicated to finding out what everyday things give meaning to people.
Rapleaf Study Reveals Gender and Age Data of... →
Pretty useful stats regarding social network site usage (c/o AoIR).
Goodbye Fail Whale: Twitter Dramatically Increases... →
“For a while, Twitter’s reliability issues were a running joke in the blogosphere, with Twitter’s iconic Fail Whale appearing on anything from tatoos to t-shirts. “
Provisional IR9.0 programme 2008 →
Here is the provisional conference programme for the AoIR run “IR9.0” in Copenhagen. It’s about the internet and is a PDF.
Accessing Tumblr Data | Matthew Buchanan →
Another insightful and useful tumble from Matthew Buchanan. In this one, he has prepared a nice visualisation of the different ways you can extract data from Tumblr.
Google Chrome →
Read (in comic form) about the proposed new Google Web browser - Google Chrome. Multi-threaded, kind of like an Internet operating system.
Twellow | Twitter search directory and search... →
Pretty much what it says in the title. Claim your Twitter ID and your profile is loaded automatically. Warning: It’s yellow (c/o RWW)
August 2008
56 posts
A New Battle Is Beginning in Branding for the Web... →
“Trademark issues may take on a higher profile, fueled by the escalating value of brands in general and trademark holders increasingly trying to assert their rights, especially on the Internet.”
TwitterLit →
Homesite for user “Twitterlit” where tweets comprise first lines of literature. Sign up for feeds or grab a widget.
Introducing the Twiller | New York Times Blog →
A collaborative novel written on Twitter. Makes sense. (c/o MP)
Mad Men obsessives Twitter away | The Guardian →
Piece at the Guardian looking at Twitter and TV, in this case “Mad men”.
Why Google has lost its mojo lately |... →
Opinion piece on Google’s apparent slowdown.
Tumblr hack: A real tag cloud | ibrado.org →
Build a tag cloud for Tumblr using the actual tumblr tags.