JUST BEING SERIOUSLY SOCIAL: Archive

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“Any company that isn’t primarily delivering its service via mobile five...”

– Keith Teare, cited by Hamish McKenzie in Web 2.0 Is Over, All Hail the Age of Mobile via PandoDaily (via stoweboyd)

Apr 30th

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SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING: Pinterest, not just a... →

Pinterest, the virtual pinboard, is (some believe) Tumblr with some different features. For some, it’s essentially a well designed interface for Amazon wish lists. But brands and companies have already noticed that Pinterest is a hot cake and users are addicted to pinning images on Pinterest » While research points to a continued decline in interest in social bookmarking sites, the...

Apr 30th

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“When they look back at this era, Internet historians will mark Facebook’s...”

– Web 2.0 Is Over, All Hail the Age of Mobile (via courtenaybird)

Apr 29th

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Apr 29th

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“We are living in an everyone-is-special-and-there-are-no-losers society. As a...”

– Worth a read. (via brycedotvc)

Apr 29th

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gcsingh asked: Recently I've been able to crack the code with social media. Thanks to your blog! BTW, why social media is so important?

Apr 28th

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“She won’t stop drunk-texting me from Cartagena.”

– Barack Obama on Hillary Clinton (via peterfeld)

Apr 28th

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“While technology can help strengthen relationships with people you barely know,...”

– Nathan Gilmore of Team Gantt

Apr 28th

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Culture, Not Biology, Shapes Human Language →

There’s no language gene. There’s no innate language organ or module in the human brain dedicated to the production of grammatical language. There are no meaningful human universals when it comes to how people construct sentences to communicate with each other. Across the languages of the world (estimated to number 6,000-8,000), nouns, verbs, and objects are arranged in sentences...

Apr 27th

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Study: Twitter Users Believed Bin Laden Was Dead... →

courtenaybird: By the time network news broke into programming 21 minutes after Urbahn’s initial tweet, 80% of tweets discussing bin Laden’s death had been written as fact or in certain terms, according to the study. “We believe Twitter was so quick to trust the rumors because of who sent the first few tweets… They came from reputable sources. It’s unlikely that a CBS News producer or a New...

Apr 27th

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“Twitter is a weird medium for certain people. There’s something about it...”

– Digby’s Hullabaloo, Unfunny Twits

Apr 27th

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Zuckerbergonomics: Are you really worth $100 to... →

Apr 27th

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Apr 27th

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Apr 27th

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Apr 26th

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Apr 26th

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“We use each of our devices at a different time. When it comes to sharing on...”

– Bitly to Launch New Consumer Version (via thenextweb)

Apr 26th

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Apr 26th

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“We can have what Turkle terms a “big gulp of real conversation” —...”

– Own It: Social Media Isn’t Just Something Other People Do - Alexandra Samuel - Technology - The Atlantic. The Turkle essay needs a critique, but the rousing peroration here makes me cringe. “We are only as alone as we choose to be”? Do we really want to blame lonely people for...

Apr 26th

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Recycle Your Facebook Status to Save the Planet,... →

Honest Tea launched a Facebook campaign that lets you repost your Facebook status updates — supposedly, to raise awareness of recycling everyday products » The Facebook campaign has its own official website. Users can scroll through statuses until they find a great one. The old status will posts to Facebook with an alert that says: “I’m recycling this old Facebook status message as a sign...

Apr 26th

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Apr 26th

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“Facebook has close to a billion active users, but it makes a remarkably tiny...”

– What if Facebook isn’t so special after all? (via courtenaybird)

Apr 26th

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Apr 25th

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Apr 25th

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“Thanks for [adding] me on Twitter. I’m not a loser anymore!”

– We emailed with that girl from that photo with President Obama, and that’s the message she has for the world! (via newsweek) Madalyn Starkey posted a picture of herself with President Barack Obama, and became an internet sensation overnight. The now-famous “Dive Bar Girl” is...

Apr 25th

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