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Do Everyone A Favor And Share The Source
It’s a little bit annoying when you follow a link on Twitter or Facebook only to be taken to a site that summarizes the story, then makes you click though to the source with the full story.
I think we need to do everyone a favor and share the source.
Don’t get me wrong, there are lots of big sites out there that collect and re-post great information. Sites like TechCrunch, CrunchGear, TUAW, LifeHacker, Gizmodo and so many more do a good job of giving the smaller sites added exposure, but they are also stealing it away.
Where are the iPad Apps?
The iPad was released over 5 months ago, on April 3, 2010, and we’ve yet to see some of the biggest iPhone apps be updated to take full advantage of the iPad.
The biggest Twitter app was Tweetie, which then turned into Twitter and has a ton of fans. However, it’s still absent on the iPad.
While we await Twitter, Twitterrific is quickly raking in the money as its by far the best Twitter app on the iPad. Its price tag of $4.99 may be a bit much for some, but it beats waiting for Twitter to release their version.
How Do You Create a Facebook Profile Page For Babies?
I recently thought it’d be a fun idea to set up Lily with Facebook so friends and family could “talk” with her. Even though she’s only 9.5 months, I think a lot of people would like it. But it’s not that easy.
The first thing I tried was setting her up with her own profile. Facebook does say “anyone can join” but that’s not true. It turns out that you have to be at least 13 years old.
It’s Time To Take A Social Media Chill Pill
I think it’s time we all started thinking less and just enjoyed social media more. I know I for one have to relax a little myself.
You see, I now have all these Twitter followers; like 700, and I try to impress them all. Some are friends, some are co-workers, some are industry professionals, some are celebrities, some are random other people and I worry about what I tweet.
What if someone doesn’t like it? What if I offend someone? Chances are, no one would even notice. They’ll see my tweet and, if they don’t care, they’ll skim right buy it and get on with their overly busy day.
All You Need To Know About Social Media [pict]
Unlocking the awesome potential of behavioral disorders.
Have you ever wondered the difference between Facebook, Twitter and MySpace? Well Despair.com has just the answer for you. It seems that Facebook is a combo of narcissism and stalking where MySpace is narcissism and ADHD. Twitter on the other hand has all three! Go Twitter!
If you’d like, Despair.com makes this print available on a T-Shirt and laptop skin for your gift giving pleasure.
Get Quick Updates On All Your Favorite Social Sites With Fluid
If you’re anything like me, you have more than a few social networks you are a part of. Keeping up with all those networks can be hard too. However, with the Mac app Fluid you can create multi-site menu bar applications for quick and easy access.
What I have setup is Facebook mobile, Weather Underground mobile and Plurk mobile all loaded into one application and stored in my menu bar. When I click on the blue F, I not only see the weather conditions, but also any Facebook updates and Plurk updates.
Twitterkeys Work Great in Plurk and Other Social Communities
Have you heard about Twitterkeys? It’s a site that puts together a list of special characters that you can just copy and paste and put into a Twitter post.
Where as they are marketing to Twitter, these symbols work great for Plurk, ReJaw, Facebook, email or whatever you want to use them with.
Twitterkeys offers lots of different symbols from hearts to stars and even a snowman. I think there are about 200 symbols to choose from.
Check them out as it may come in handy.
Plurk, SocialThing and Facebook Sidebars Minor Update
The Plurk, SocialThing and Facebook Firefox sidebar extensions got a minor update today. I just bumped the max version to work the the latest security release of Firefox 3.
Are there any other site’s you’d like to see load in Firefox’s sidebar?
SocialAddict – 11 Social Sites, 1 Adobe Air Application
After my recent success with Plurkit, I decided to take the idea to the next level and add in more social sites. The outcome is SocialAddict which has 11 social sites within one Adobe Air application.
What SocialAddict does is loads the mobile or iPhone version of each site for easy access. Again, I didn’t tie into any APIs or do massive re-construction. These are all previously available applications that have been tied together to make it quick and easy to go from one to the next.
Within SocialAddict you’ll find:
- BrightKite
- FriendFeed To Go
MidnightFox Theme and Facebook Sidebar Extension Downloads Fixed
If you tried to download the iPhone Facebook sidebar extension or the latest MidnightFox theme beta, you may have noticed the button didn’t properly install the files. Instead it threw some odd error. This is an issue that effects mostly Windows users.
I’ve since been made aware of the issue and included a link to download the theme and extension file directly. Once downloaded, just open your addon’s window in Firefox, drag and drop them in and they should install.
Sorry about the confusion and thanks to those who brought it to my attention.
