News from the Social Media Vortex
–Someone broke the Interwebs yesterday morning, with a denial-of-service attack hitting Twitter, Facebook, Google, and LiveJournal. Twitter was the hardest hit (or the worst prepared), with the service going completely offline for a couple of hours. [And as of this writing, the site was Continue Reading →
The news this week needs no introduction. See for yourself.
News from the Social Media Vortex
–Chris Anderson, editor of Wired, briefly became the most annoying person in the technosphere this week (and that’s saying something) after an interview with Der Spiegel was published. Here’s how the conversation began:
SPIEGEL: Mr. [...]
Continue Reading →The problem with neglecting to post The Vortex on a weekly basis is that it easily spins out of control. I’m staring at a raft of links I’ve saved up, wondering which ones will flag me as Out of Date, the ultimate sin in the technosphere. If you see something past its sell-by date below, [...]
Continue Reading →Were I to tag this week, it would look something like this: SXSW, Facebook redesign, Foursquare, Christopher Walken, not Christopher Walken, Rackspace, Rob Cordry. Allow me to explain…
News from the Social Media Vortex
–SXSW occurred and a good time was had by all, especially Foursquare [...]
Continue Reading →I stumble into this week’s Vortex still bleary-eyed from DEMO 09, so be gentle dear readers. If my verb tenses don’t match, blame four days of company-launching mixed with profuse cocktail-drinking. Welcome to the DEMO experience, Matt!
News from the Social Media Vortex
-Alert the authorities: Scoble’s leaving Fast [...]
Continue Reading →We’re back after a week away, half of which was spent in the Dublin airport. I love Dublin and we met some fantastic companies, but when I go back to see them, I’m taking a boat.
News from the Social Media Vortex
-The previously mentioned Shorty Awards, for great achievement in Twittering, [...]
Continue Reading →Lots o’ links saved up this week. Let’s see if I can adequately sort through them without boring you. No Vortex next week, as Chris and I are headed to London and Dublin for the next round of Innovate!Europe workshops. Pip pip.
News from the Social Media Vortex
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There is so much to share from this week that I’m literally giddy. In such a busy week, though, there have been no standout tweets. I may just nominate myself. We’ll see how I feel at the end of the post.
News from the Social Media Vortex
-Hutch Carpenter developed a handy chart to delineate [...]
Continue Reading →I don’t know about you but this title ain’t doing it for me. I tend to shorten things and calling it ‘The View’ only brings to mind four women who yell at each other about subjects they don’t know much about. Something snappier, zippier is needed. Suggestions?
It was a quiet week around the technosphere, [...]
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