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Looking Out the Window From Up Above

Mar. 14, 2010

This is a snapshot, courtesy of Intellicast.com, showing the weather pattern outside my window. See the small plus sign in the middle of the image? That’s approximately where I live, and you can see radar shows heavy rains and wind.
Thanking Doc Searls for the tip about the interactive weather site, I created a short video [...]

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How Flash Mobs Invoke Togetherness

Mar. 6, 2010

There’s something to be said about people getting together because they can, as the below videos demonstrate. While each video was planned in advance with orchestrated acting and dancing moves, the specialness is when the people on the periphery of the mob aren’t aware what’s going on. While the first two videos include every person [...]

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Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion: How Credit Reporting Agencies Use Social Media

Jan. 21, 2010

Every United States citizen is entitled to a free credit report through Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion. Increased security protocols over the years have enabled citizens to apply for the reports online, and not merely by telephone or postal mail.
The Federal Trade Commission shares citizen rights and provides background on the importance of the information contained [...]

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Foursquare, Plancast, and Tungle: 3 Applications to Share Your Activities

Jan. 4, 2010

Raise your hand if you’ve ever visited a location and wanted to share where you were with other people. Or, maybe you knew you were heading to an event and wanted to broadcast your plans? What about soliciting people to meet with you without dealing with back-and-forth emails?
Foursquare, Plancast, and Tungle can help you be [...]

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Satisfying Saturday: 7 Ways to Praise Tweeting Birdbrains

Jan. 2, 2010

Thirteen months ago this weekend, Social Media Today co-founder Jerry Bowles wrote a provocative article leading to 43 comments in response to Twitter as a conduit for idiots.
Love or hate his thoughts, which he later amended, I single out a paragraph near the bottom of his rant:
What I do care about is ideas and the [...]

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How the Ad Agency of the Decade Proves Giving is Glorious

Dec. 23, 2009

Mother London, an advertising agency across the pond that I never heard of although some of their past reels look familiar, was recognized earlier this month as the advertising agency of the decade, according to Campaign, a communications industry publication.
The company wanted to celebrate the last year of the decade with a BANG! and launched [...]

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Showcase Sunday: Satisfying Videos to Watch

Dec. 20, 2009

Reflecting upon the initial success of yesterday’s debut of Satisfying Saturdays, I thought it would be neat to create a comparable roundup series for Sundays. With this post, I commence Showcase Sunday today with a series of embedded videos you might enjoy watching.
Like the Saturday roundup which is based upon blogs and websites I [...]

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