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What’s up with the .@ reply in Twitter?

Or “dot at” or “period at”…whatever. I see this cropping up all over Twitter and Google search for the answer was a little difficult as the results are just a bunch of .@ replies! Finally I found an article written by Michael Calore at WebMonkey which explained the limitations of the @ reply: This means [...]

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Corruption

Corruption

via queenofspainblog.com I was a witness to the PJs at the Reynolds School of Journalism. I was so glad of the opportunity to have someone as successful and prolific as Erin speak to J-school students and especially professors about new media, getting personal, and still being a good storyteller. Erin Kotecki Vest + Jeff Howe [...]

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Sex versus religion

Sex versus religion

via floatingsheep.org Sam sent me a link to this interesting map using geotags with references to Sex, Allah, Hindu, Buddha, and Jesus. My concern is that the geotagged places may not have been done by locals, but by tourists. This map seems to imply that these tags reflect local values and beliefs. But what if [...]

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NordicTrack with Google Maps, but is the run still boring?

NordicTrack with Google Maps, but is the run still boring?

via nordictrack.com I hate treadmills. The name just makes me think of gerbils’ futile efforts. I saw a commercial today for the NordicTrack X7I which let’s you program your run based on a geographical areas terrain using Google Maps. You can even see yourself running around the map – they call it progress, I still [...]

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