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StumbleUpon & Its Friend Features

daver — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:12:33 +0000

Recently I have become for a better word - addicted to StumbleUpon. I cant count the number of laughs and really informative sites about Web Analytics, CSS, and so on that I have found since I started using it more often. One problem I have come across while using it more was a lack of diversity in the people I followed and was friends with - I keep seeing the...

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StumbleUpon & Its Friend Features

New Marketing Campagin? Grab the Username

daver — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:04:41 +0000

So Im up and about on a Sunday morning and am catching up on the last 12 hours of Twitter - you can miss some good stories/link drops. After finding a few interesting articles I come across a bit of a fight between @whoppervirgins and @theBKlounge which you can see here: Now I find it funny that @theBKlounge sent a cease and desist over Twitter but as a Marketer I...

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New Marketing Campagin? Grab the Username

Yahoo Live Shutting Down

daver — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:27:07 +0000

Back in March I was able to watch the Winter Music Conference shake its groove thing at night thanks to Yahoo Live. It seems that Y! Live will be shutting down on December 3, 2008. Earlier this week I read about Revver having financial issues, but the Founder answered the rumor and stated that they were simply migrating to a different and better provider. I personally dont believe him, but...

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Yahoo Live Shutting Down

Twitter WordPress Plugin

daver — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:20:40 +0000

For a long time I have heard good things about twitterfeed but much like graywolf I hate to use 3rd party applications that ask for my username and password. So what else could I do but go on a hunt for a Twitter WordPress plugin? I did a seach on WordPress for "twitter" and found some possible options but only 2 really stood out as probables: Twitpress by Tom Purnell...

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Twitter WordPress Plugin

10 Question Twitter Survey Results

daver — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:30:18 +0000

So recently I had the brilliant idea to put together a bit of a survey and see how others used Twitter. Well, I did it. I did have to do some twitter whoring to get the 100 responses, but it did work. I kept it short and sweet and only had 10 questions. Why did I pick 10 questions? Good question. People like Top 10 lists Im lazy and only...

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10 Question Twitter Survey Results

10 Question Twitter Survey

daver — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:06:31 +0000

Im not sure why I decided to do this, but I have. If you have time, I ask that you take this quick *....deleted link......* In the next few days I will tally the results and share the how, where and why that people use Twitter. Thanks, Daver UPDATE - 8/6/2008 Thanks to all that filled out the survey, the results are now up in a different post: Twitter Survey...

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10 Question Twitter Survey

April Fools Joke – IGN

daver — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:51:59 +0000

I really was going to stay away from April Fool's and the jokes and all the assuming everything is a joke - but I failed. I must give credit to the best, well most costly (Im guessing) and perhaps the most involved joke that I saw today: The Legend of Zelda Movie Trailer. You can tell by watching it that it doesnt look "big studio" like but there are parts...

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April Fools Joke – IGN

12 Ways Social Networks are like High School

daver — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:42:59 +0000

I got the idea for this post after reading how Drug dealers and software developers were similar. As I do come from a web developer background - I found it quite amusing (and quite sad at the end) and wondered if I could do the same for Social Media. Below is my feeble attempt to compare High School and Social Networks - enjoy. High School Social Networks 1.Wanting to be...

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12 Ways Social Networks are like High School

Twitter adds reply to functionality

daver — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:47:22 +0000

As I use Twitter more and more I have been talking to more and more people. The only problem is that when you are using the web interface you must type the person's name in constantly. I often times have used Twitter's site to go back to what I have missed but then used TwitterFox to reply. I can hit a small arrow within TwitterFox and quickly get a name...

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Twitter adds reply to functionality

Seesmic Initial Thoughts

daver — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:01:13 +0000

Well I logged into my email tonight and found a Seesmic invitation code. I have put my initial thoughts down here and will follow with a better and more in depth review in the coming weeks hopefully. Register section is all flash and doesnt seem to let me copy and paste my invitation code. Quite annoying. Why do services make you register and then login? Are you just checking? If...

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Seesmic Initial Thoughts

Twitter Link Finds V2

daver — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:25:34 +0000

The week might have been slow for you but on Twitter it was a busy one. As the number of people I follow sits near 100 the link drops that happen are a plenty. Below you will find some of the great finds I came across this week. These links are often beta sites, news stories, blog posts, and some are just plain out great nuggets. With out further ado:...

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Twitter Link Finds V2

T Mobile shuts down Twitter Service

daver — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:54:29 +0000

It seems that users of T-Mobile are having issues with sending text messages to Twitter. There are reports from Alternageek , CNET, and more at Getsatisfaction with Biz Stone commenting. It is as if T-Mobile has blocked or shut down service to users trying to send messages to the Twitter. Nothing like getting "unlimited" texting only to have the service you use it for get blocked. Can you imagine what...

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T Mobile shuts down Twitter Service

Power of Twitter – Companies Respond

daver — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:26:46 +0000

So today as always I was following news from SEL, SERoundtable, and the various chatter that goes on within Twitter when I watched something interesting. There are often many interesting conversations that take place ranging from personal, to rants, arguments, theories, what people ate, where people are shopping and so on. This was one of the first times I have seen someone suggest something and get action taken by a...

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Power of Twitter – Companies Respond

Gooruze initial thoughts

daver — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:07:37 +0000

As I verify my blog on a site I might as well do a quick review of it. Oh and here is your code Mr Gooruze: daver.gooruze.com Gooruze.com is a Digg for Marketers with some good content and community going on. I havent spent much time on the site as I have been busy in and out of work but plan to dig deeper into it. I am adding my...

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Gooruze initial thoughts

Pownce Invites

daver — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:11:29 +0000

So have you heard of Pownce? If not it is another micro-blogging platform similar to Twitter. I am using it off and on and working on a review. I have some large number of invites so if you happen to want to join/use it but cant - let me know. http://pownce.com/ or look me up http://pownce.com/daver/ Post from: Daver's BlogPownce Invites

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OpenSocial opening the flood gates on Facebook

daver — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:08:11 +0000

Just saw the news that a ever growing list of social sites of various types are joining Google and its OpenSocial idea. As of now the list includes Bebo, Engage.com, Friendster, hi5, Hyves, imeem, LinkedIn, Ning, Oracle, orkut, Plaxo, Salesforce.com, Six Apart, Tianji, Viadeo, and XING. I am interested to see how companies will leverage this and who will be the winner from it all (other then Google as it...

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OpenSocial opening the flood gates on Facebook