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US Air Forces puts bloggers in their sights

So one day you’re blogging away and end up writing something a little on the negative side about the US government (like that’ll never happen) or more specifically about the US Air Force only to find your ... continue

Are moms the new mainstream?

One of the terms that really came into popularity in 2008 had to be mommy-bloggers, a term meant to describe the growing number of women raising a family who were becoming proactive on the web. Where advertisers ... continue

Can we please STFU about Twitter

Look – I realize that Twitter is slightly interesting to talk about but is the technology landscape so frikken boring that this inane service is all that we can talk about. With every refresh of my feed ... continue

Making a joke of Social Media

I’ve been working on another idea and as a result I’ve been doing some thinking about this whole Social Media thing that has gotten a whole bunch of folks wet and warm. My thoughts have been exacerbated ... continue

My kids use to have make believe friends too

Risking the possibility of getting slapped by the boss since he already wrote about this weekend’s little ego tiff over Twitter and <gag me> authority search </gag me> I was reading some of the smarter commentary out ... continue

Well cry me a river – people are pirating stuff

Jeff Atwood had a great post the other day about the pirating of software and as much as I would like to say that there was anything new that will come out of it – well – ... continue

The danger of ‘right now’ news

The real time web. The most current news and information always available at our fingertips. Thirty minute old news is no longer important – it has to be the news that is happening ... continue

Twitterer of the Year: You!

I don’t get it. Really I don’t understand this seemingly insatiable need to declared someone the king of some stupid ass hill – even if that hill is Twitter. In a blogosphere where everyone on the A-List ... continue

Social media dickwads on the hunt

While much of the tech blogosphere was pre-occupied with some faux bitchmeme about Paris or some such conference there was a much more interesting discussion going on elsewhere. A discussion that has some definite pros and cons ... continue

Get that domain for free

‘Tis the season of jolly old men and the spirit of giving. While the jolly old men might end up in the drunk tank; or worse depending on whose sitting on their laps, the spirit of ... continue

Microsoft and the Business of the Social Media Web

Earlier today I wrote a post here about the introduction of the open source blogging platform called Oxite by Microsoft. Ya, I know people are having a real hard time comprehending using Microsoft and Open Source in ... continue

Is social media becoming a social mess?

Ever feel like you are suddenly standing in a pool of quicksand and there is nothing that you can do to get out of it? Lately this is how social media has felt like. From both as a ... continue

Social media lets small business get all Sherlock Holmes

Yesterday I wrote how a police force in Canada had moved their cold cases online. Now today, we hear about small businesses turning to social media to track down people ripping them off. Once again of course ... continue

Why we shouldn’t trust social media startups

A lot of conversations having been going on since the email announcing that Pownce had been acquired by Six Apart. Of course the real news wasn't the purchase so much but that the Pownce service was going ... continue

Even old dogs like IBM can learn new tricks

What is usually the first company that comes to mind when you are talking about the old guard of computer technology? For most of us it would probably be companies like DEC, Microsoft, Oracle or IBM affectionately known ... continue

Prove how uncool you are – be a Microsoft fan

In a world of Web 2.0 and Googlemania there is almost one thing that seems to be universally accepted by everyone involved - Microsoft is uncool and evil. Plus, anyone who professes even the slightest bit of ... continue

FriendFeed mapping might be cool but so what?

FriendFeed is a great service and one that I use on a daily basis. I like FriendFeed because it is able to give me a constantly refreshing source of news tips and interesting links to follow. As ... continue

Can I shove this fire hose down your throat?

Don't get me wrong - I get what this social media idea is all about. It can be great stuff; much like the hippies painting flowers on their cheeks and putting flowers in gun barrels. The idea ... continue

Could social media implode from too many friends?

First came Web 2.0, which begot social networking, which morphed into a much easier term to hype called Social Media. While Web 2.0 is considered to be more of an umbrella term for a new philosophy for how ... continue

Do You Have a Social Media Last Will and Testament?

With an increasing number of people living much of their lives online; whether it be through blogs, MySpace, Facebook or any number of other social media sites, one has to wonder what happens when that fateful days ... continue

SmartSpace Aims to Make Social Media Simple

GoDaddy is trying to snag its share of the social media market with a new all-in-one 2.0 tool called SmartSpace. The service gives you a pre-made social setup available immediately upon domain registration, letting you blog ... continue

Is Social Media Useful or just Ego-Boost?

With the rise of social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn comes a rise in a market designed to "teach" companies how to leverage social media sites for business purposes. But aside from marketing initiatives, are ... continue