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My Twitter Friends MosaicJuly 1

This is really cool.  I’ve been wanting to do it for a while but kept forgetting.  Check it out, and create your twitter mosaic here.

Hey, PCs: Will you upgrade to Windows 7?June 26

With much anticipation from nerds like myself, Microsoft’s newest operating system, Windows 7, is due to be officially launched on October 22, 2009. To sweeten the deal, Microsoft is also offering a 50% discount for pre-orders!.

 

 

Until July 11, people running Windows XP or Vista can pre-order upgrades to the home version of Windows 7 at $64.99 instead of $129.95 and the professional version for $124.99 instead of $279.95 “while quantities last.”

With sweet new features and an improved user interface, I have to admit I’m tempted to jump on this and pre-order.

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Some Of My Favourite TweetsApril 30

Inspired by Hutch, here are some tweets I’ve favourited for your viewing pleasure:

@ccarmichael
My youngest just frenched a dolphin in the bathtub… I don’t think we’ll go to SeaWorld this year…
7:49 PM May 6th, 2008 from web

@courtenay
“The Third Jesus” by Deepak Chopra. . . uh, I didn’t know there was a second Jesus.
7:52 PM May 7th, 2008 from twhirl

@theelusivefish
no choice but to save @zoeDisco from the doughnut. SAVE YOURSELF ZOE >heroic leap at box<
1:23 PM May 9th, 2008 from im

@shey
Why didn’t the alarm bells go off when I decided to wear a white shirt the day I’m having KFC for lunch? [Yes, I favourite my own tweets sometimes

1 Year Already?March 26

Hard to believe but I started this blog one year ago almost to the day. It may pale in comparison to other veteran bloggers but I’m happy I’ve been able to keep it going (albeit somewhat inconsistent).

I’d like to thank all who’ve participated in discussions (even if you’ve disagreed with me – I’ve probably learned more from you than anyone else) and to those who continue to visit and share. You’ve made it all very much worth it and have given me way more attention than I deserve.

Here are some stats that you may or may not find interesting:

Traffic

Total Pageviews: 19,661
United States: 61.91%
Canada: 10.85%
United Kingdom: 7.00%
Australia: 2.09%
India: 1.45%
Germany: 1.39%
Philippines: 0.77%
Netherlands: 0.75%
Turkey: 0.72%
France: 0.67%

Sources
google / organic: 26.61%
friendfeed.com: 18.52%
stumbleupon.com: 9.01%
twitter.com: 5.28%

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On Social Media, Are You a Type X or Type Y Thinker?March 17

As sites like Twitter and Friendfeed continue to increase in popularity on the web, so does the potential for users to extract value from these communities. However, while there are many people who love to be at the forefront of it all, others are only there because they have to.

I’ve found there are [VERY] generally, two schools of thought on Social Media and it’s future.   There are the skeptics who I call Type X thinkers, and the believers who I call Type Y thinkers.

Type X  (Skeptics or Pessimists):

This school of thought sees Social Media as a big, never-ending popularity contest rife with narcissism: “Look at me, I’ve got 5,000 followers, I’m awesome!”

Skeptics also adopt the idea that Social Media has no real ROI and if it does, there’s no standard way of quantifying it. Some base it on page s