My Blog Feels Ugly and Ignored, and It’s My Fault #twitter #blogging

(Michael steps into his home to find his blog sitting on the couch.)
Michael: Hey, honey.
Blog: Hello, Michael. You’re in late.
Michael: I brought home Chinese. I got your favorite: shrimp lo-mein
Blog: What? You should’ve called. I spent the last two hours cooking you dinner.
Michael: Oh. Then I’ll put this in the–
Blog: You’ve been coming home late [...]

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High supply, low demand = A Twitter Doh!

Okay, I’m like freaking out, man. The more I submerse myself into Twitter, the more I realize a future problem. Yes, it’s in my title. I fear we’re fiercely pushing towards the tipping point.
Think about it…
Twitter is the ultimate tool for conversation, and we have two types of twitter-ers. These early adopters are either building [...]

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2009 | Celebration’s Over. 5 Resolutions to Keep for Life

These are 5 resolutions that we should set for the rest of our lives.

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OMG Are Those Nipples? Oh My Goodness. (American Apparel)

Wow, if you’re a reader at the blogs Reverse Cowgirl and Debauchette, you’re going to notice something about the new American Apparel ads. Nipples. Female nipples. Provocative…
The California company is known for its racy ads, but they are ready to turn up the heat. People are going to fuss, but the company just don’t give [...]

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Dude, President-Elect Obama’s Weekly Address Just Went Viral (Well, Not Yet. But It Will!)

First, watch Obama’s first weekly address:

What is this? A fireside-chat style YouTube address from President-Elect Barack Obama. Check out this past post for full details.
Now, the viral part…
The address is a hawt trend on blogs:

There are also some tweets about the address. (click the pic or here to see more tweets [...]

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Test Drive: I Want to Try It Before I Sign Up

Many sites want you to sign up, but the tumblelog My Soup actually lets you play around before you sign up.

I’m surprised this doesn’t happen on more social networks. Before I give you my personal info, let me make a test profile. Let me see if your interface is user-friendly.
Before I settled on WordPress, I [...]

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Prop 8

Via Perez Hilton, we find out that ellen talks about the bittersweet Tuesday she had.

The issue is certainly hot on other blogs:

And users on Flickr are certainly capturing the historic protests. A search for “proposition 8 protest” brings some very stark images of the intensity in California.

And now let’s look at the tweets about Prop [...]

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Hot Trends: American Buffalo

Topping Google Trends is an election-related marketing strategy from the producers at the Broadway play American Buffalo by David Mamet. Wow. I can’t believe a play is a top trend. The producers would like everybody in New York from now until Novemeber 16th can get half price tickets.

Now let’s jump into the other top 10: [...]

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3 in the Morning: CNN Hologram

CBC reports that those Star Wars-like Holograms on CNN weren’t holograms, but really tomograms:

Does it matter that our election coverage had holograms or computer generated scenery (as on MSNBC)? Both of these networks have benefited from the past 20+ months of historic election coverage, and this coming Monday people will not choose to continue watching [...]

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Hot Trends: Death of Michael Crichton

Twitter Search and Google Trends have the sad news of Michael Crichton’s death as their top issue. Twitter-ers are also tweeting about California and Proposition 8. Google’s volcanic topic is Rahm Emmanuel being tapped for Obama’s chief of staff. Of course, it’s Nov 5 so Guy Fawkes is on Twitter-er’s minds.
Now, what’s the hot topic [...]

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