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TechCrunch August Capital 2008

July 26, 2008 – 11:12 am

It’s always an honor to be in the south bay. Last year’s TechCrunch party in Menlo Park was one of my first experiences being away from the city where I live and work. This year’s event was even better.
Special thanks for Michael Arrington for inviting us to his event and being a great host.
Julia Allison [...]

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Interpersonal Communication 2.0

May 21, 2008 – 10:47 pm

By now, you are probably a master at IMing and chatting with friends online. You use AIM, YIM, Adium, and IRC. GChat and Facebook Chat work well in the browser, but there is chatter of a slimmer client, and it doesn’t go down every day like Twitter.

Welcome to Chatterous, the next generation of chatting on [...]

By me | Also posted in Chat, Communication, Facebook, Interactive, Internet, Interpersonal, Live, easy | Comments (2)

Now I work for CBS

May 15, 2008 – 6:34 am

When a young kid has to go move in with his grandparents, it’s not always the best fit, but CBS acquiring CNET might just work.

The suits at Viacom might know something the market doesn’t. That’s right, the Internet is not getting any smaller. Those old janky television sets are not quite as engaging as this [...]

By me | Also posted in Business, CNET, Celebration, Internet, Old Media, TV | Tagged cbs, , Media | Comments (7)

Short attention span theatre

April 25, 2008 – 10:19 pm

Micromedia is addicting to me. I can’t live without Twitter. At Web 2.0 Expo, the speakers of the “Short Attention Span Theatre: micromedia and microblogging”, you could follow , and your Twitter updates would show up on the screen.

The audience controls the session. You could also suggest topics or update the background image on the [...]

By me | Also posted in Community, Micromedia, Twitter, Web 2.0 | Tagged Mashup, Twitter | Comments (0)

Track shipments with Twitter

April 22, 2008 – 9:16 am

pb30 has an awesome thing. You can get updates from UPS, DHL, and FedEx on Twitter.

Here are the simple instructions, taken straight from pb30’s page:

Follow - Since uses direct messages, you must follow it so it can send direct messages to you. will follow you back immediately so that you can send [...]

By me | Also posted in Convenience, Friends, Productivity, Twitter | Tagged awesome, dhl, , fedex, Quick, ups | Comments (0)

Gary Vaynerchuk has an awesome job

April 5, 2008 – 6:29 am

I woke up this morning and pointed my web browser to winelibrarytv.com. About a week or so ago, the Twitterverse was talking about , but I didn’t have time to check him out. The show is basically Gary descriptively tasting wine and cheese. Today, he reviewed a 2005 Aussie wine called Fetish Playmates:

“A little bit [...]

By me | Also posted in Quick, Video, Wine | Tagged , couch, , , Wine | Comments (1)
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