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Live podcasting is the new black

As I was watching Buzz Out Loud today, I felt eerily comfortable interacting with a podcast.
Maybe it’s because I was watching Leo Laporte for six hours straight yesterday.

Laporte was giving hints about his new project yesterday on air, and it sounds like he is gonna be spending a lot of time in front [...]

Pownce stands for participation

I was listening to Leo Laporte and John C. Dvorak argue about the difference between Pownce and Twitter. Guys, THEY ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!
Twitter simply asks, “What are you doing?”

Pownce doesn’t ask you any questions. Instead, it feels like a comfortable, social web app. Yea, it looks like Twitter, but you can choose different media types, [...]

Zivity: For models and photographers

The first time I heard of Zivity, I was skimming the demos of TechCrunch 40.

I finally got an invite about a month ago, and I have yet to be disappointed. Think of Zivity as a social network for models and photographers to exchange resources. As a regular user on the site, you have the opportunity [...]

Buy and sell your friends

I hate 99% of Facebook apps, but this one is truly addicting. These are all my current pets:

You make money on Friends For Sale by logging in and buying friends. When someone else buys a friend from you, the profit goes to you. I am valued at $16,745 today.

I find myself logging in every four [...]

I love content

Tumblr is the best “automatic” blog I can find on the web today. It’s easier than Automattic too.

I just redirected my tumblog to ilovecontent.com. It pulls all my personal content feeds like Flickr, Twitter, del.icio.us, Facebook, last.fm, and Wordie.

For the casual blogger, look how easy it is to post on Tumblr. They separate content types [...]

Planet Blacksburg’s new photo page

Brian Sewell, Planet Blacksburg’s newest sports photographer has redesigned the photo door.
Sewell and PB’s current webmaster, Kevin Cupp, are both very talented photographers. One of my friends once said that most of the web geeks he knows are good photographers.
I think this site looks great now… a lot better than when I left it [...]

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