After a long hiatus, The Strokes are now working on their fourth album and announced a series of festival appearances for 2010. Their long dormant Twitter account came to life in May and they have been using it to build buzz as they work on the album and return to the stage this summer. The [...]
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Thoughts On Eat.ly
Eat.ly is a new web service that lets you “track, share and discover food.” It’s basically a photo blog, similar to DailyBooth, but focused around food. You take photos of what you eat, provide a few details and email them to Eat.ly for publishing. I’m intrigued by it because it’s simple, visual, social and nicely [...]
Boxee And Support Via Social Media
This past weekend my project was upgrading a home theater PC (HTPC) with some better hardware. I also wanted to give the latest version of Boxee another try on a freshly configured PC. I first tried the beta version from a couple months ago on another HTPC (I’ve got two running) and despite being initially impressed, [...]
Do You Play Foursquare?
Foursquare is going to explode in popularity this year. Foursquare is a mobile web service that launched last year that makes a game out of connecting with friends and exploring cities. It’s played on your phone and if you’re a fan of all things web and go out often, you’ll be addicted in no time. I [...]
MISRC Social Media Presentation
The MIS Research Center (MISRC) at the Carlson School of Management does frequent presentations on all sorts of technology topics. Most recently, Jesse Bockstedt from George Mason University spoke about social media in modern organizations. He gave a great overview of the current social media landscape and even touched on prediction markets, which I was [...]
