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Addicted to social media

December 21, 2007 – 11:38 am

Something might be wrong with me. My dream sequences go through imaginary Firefox browsers. I am always thinking about publishing my life online. Maybe cuz it’s so easy?
First thing this morning, I quickly added about 20 photos to Facebook which only took about 5 minutes.
Then I went into Flickr Uploadr, and dragged about 60 photos [...]

By me | Also posted in Communication, Convenience, Facebook, Family, Internet, Love, Photos, Social Media | Tagged addicted, Computers, Love, Social Media | Comments (0)

Mr. Higgins at the bar

November 19, 2007 – 11:22 pm

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Kitty at the bar, originally uploaded by magerleagues.

He lives on 2nd St., near the old man with the oxygen machine.
Mr. Higgins was diagnosed with cancer today, and he his days are numbered.
Here is his scar. [...]

By me | Also posted in Animals, Bar, California, Cats, Commentary, Google Maps, Life, Love, SF, Social | Tagged Bar, calfornia, cat, disease, friend, health, Love, motorcycle, pet, SF | Comments (3)

Understanding Social Network Portability

August 19, 2007 – 2:37 pm

How many times have you answered emails from different websites confirming the same friends? How many times have you joined a social network, added a few friends, and then gave up because your network wasn’t there? Do you even remember all your usernames for sites that you haven’t logged into in a while?

These questions [...]

By me | Also posted in BarCamp, Brad Fitzpatrick, Code, Community, Education, Facebook, Internet, Palo Alto, Pownce, Relationships, Social Networking, Technology, Twitter | Comments (6)

Highlights from WordCamp 2007

July 23, 2007 – 2:07 am

Unconferencing is one of the reasons I moved to San Francisco. They are free, geek-infested, and very enlightening. The open source software community is probably my favorite group of folks to hang out with here.
I spent my whole day at WordCamp 2007, hosted at the Swedish American Hall in downtown SF.

The event was [...]

By me | Also posted in Blogging, Commentary, Community, Conference, Culture, Development, Digg, Evolution, Facebook, Future, Google, History, Ideas, Identity, Influence, Information, Innovation, Inspiration, Interactive, Internet, Journalism, Media, New Media, Open Source, Participation, Programming, RSS, SF, Social Media, Software, Tags, Technology, Twitter, Usability, Web 2.0, Wordpress, YouTube | Comments (3)

Today: 24 hours of Flickr

May 5, 2007 – 12:00 am

May 5th, 2007, you need to have your camera in your pocket. It’s gonna be a photogenic day.
Flickr describes the event as a “day-long global photo project”. Here is a link to the group. Basically, you join the group and submit your best photo from that day.
They want to gather the most unique photos [...]

By me | Also posted in Community, Contests, News, Photography, Yahoo! | Comments (0)

Show your Flickr photos on Twitter

April 8, 2007 – 11:06 pm

30boxes just released this new Firefox plugin called PowerTwitter. I installed it, and then checked out my Twitter home page:

This is pretty cool. I like how 30boxes is experimenting with Twitter API extentions, especially on the mobile platform.
Download the extension here: http://www.30boxes.com/external/powertwitter.xpi