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TWiT Live Slams a Lady That Hates Technology

I’m watching TWiT Live (http://live.twit.tv/).
@kevinrose did a search for “I hate technology” and found a lady with 2 followers (@LisaTickledPink) and immediately more than 2000 people started following her.  The worst part is: she has email notifications on.  I bet she really hates technology now.
They’re offering a free iPad to anyone that followers her on [...]

1 Comment by James Thompson  /  March 7, 2010  /  Posted in: News & Events
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Why [the] Web Won’t be Nirvana

Here is a Newsweek article published in 1995 by Clifford Stoll (<- Wikipedia). The original article is at Newsweek Here.  I’ve modified it to make more sense:
After two three and a half decades online, I’m perplexed. It’s not that I haven’t had a gas of a good time on the Internet. I’ve met great people [...]

7 Comments by James Thompson  /  March 1, 2010  /  Posted in: Insights
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The Twitter API

I’ve been messing with the Twitter API for the first time in the last few hours, and I’ve learned a TON.  I know – I’m jumping on the bandwagon late, but oh well.  I managed to create a script to retweet “stuff” based on the search functionality and I made a script to automatically follow [...]

2 Comments by James Thompson  /  February 4, 2010  /  Posted in: Insights, Programming, Tutorials
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Bill Gates is on Twitter

Oddly, I find it somewhat amusing that Bill Gates (@billgates) is getting into twitter so late in the game. Either way, as of right now, he has almost 100,000 followers in just over seven hours. I find that truly amazing, especially since Ashton Kutcher was so happy to make it to a million, [...]

No Comments by James Thompson  /  January 19, 2010  /  Posted in: News & Events
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The Internet – A Small Town in Cyberspace

The internet is a community like any other town in the world.  It has people, transportation, communication, media, and many other features of actual cities and towns.  The people that spend their time working and playing online have developed relationships with others in a way that people become friends in real life (I hate saying [...]

1 Comment by James Thompson  /  January 13, 2010  /  Posted in: Insights
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