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Facebook Adds New Status Privacy Features

August 25, 2011

Facebook released some new status privacy features. It allows you to tag other users in your status, add location (I think this is what happened to Places), and determine who gets to see each status message. This is all handled in a series of controls at the bottom of the status pane:

It allows you to [...]

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What Chefs Can Teach Us About Social Media

January 21, 2011
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It’s easy to begin using Social Media and the cost of entry is very, very low.  As a result, many organizations feel compelled to begin using social channels without thinking through exactly how they will use them.  Even though it’s easy to begin using social media, using it effectively can be difficult at best.
At the [...]

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Innovation is Fast and Furious

October 13, 2010
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Let’s face it – slow and steady only won the race because the guy in the lead was such a dips#&t that he got caught snoozing.  Innovation doesn’t happen at a tortoise’s pace; it happens because someone, somewhere takes an operatic leap of faith.  Someone, somewhere finds a new application for an old tool or [...]

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Google Instant Search: Backing into semantics

September 30, 2010
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What It Is
Google recently released its Google Instant search product. It is basically a recommendation engine on steroids. The way it works is that, as you type, search terms are recommended; starting with the first letter.  For instance, typing “W” will present you with the weather forecast based on your geographic location.  That’s [...]

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Opera is faster than a potato

May 28, 2010

Opera’s pretty funny take on the Google speed test videos.

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Catching a Wave

November 15, 2009

While some of the initial fervor over Google Wave has died down, desire to obtain one of the elusive invites remains just this side of Charlie Bucket’s desire for one of Wonka’s Golden Tickets. For those who have been lucky enough to receive an invite (like myself), an initial period of confusion is soon [...]

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Dear Google,

October 29, 2009

Did I do something to offend you? I don’t understand why you have rebuffed my Google Wave advances… I’ve been nothing but nice to you. I even had a friend try to hook me up with his invite and still you deny me.
Tell me… What did I do? Come here, baby. Let me hold you. [...]

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