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April 2010

Two Twitter Trending Topic Poems

April 30, 2010
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On the Twitter homepage, users can see Twitter’s 10 trending topics. These can include the most popular hashtags or the most widely-tweeted words and phrases. The top 10 trending topics are constantly changing, and they can be organized by specific location or worldwide. I decided to write two 10-line poems to honor the topics.

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How to Brainstorm a Concept for a Blog

April 28, 2010
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Choosing a blog concept is difficult because your decision sets the stage for the future of your blog. You don’t want to limit yourself by being too specific, but you should try to create and maintain a niche that will help you build an audience of interested readers. The first post will be the most difficult post.

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Constructive Criticism > Combative Commenters

April 27, 2010
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The web has so much potential to be a place where educated, well-intentioned people share constructive criticism with one another. When someone shares an idea or a piece of writing, that person could ask for and access feedback from hundreds of thousands of readers! We could establish mutually-beneficial relationships!

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SWF Seeks a Good Story

April 26, 2010
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On Friday, I had lunch with my friend Mark Bonner, a writer and editor based in New York City. Among other things, we discussed online dating and the ways that social networking has changed (ruined?) how people date today. We both agreed that online dating lessens the chance that a couple will have a good story to tell.

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10 Ways the Web Has “Standardized” Emotion

April 23, 2010
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Facebook didn’t consider its users’ maturity levels when it launched the new “Like” feature. I’m happy that users are playing with “Like” because the concept should never be taken seriously. Pages like “in the butt” actually fill me with hope for humanity.Some social networks have tried to “standardize” human emotions.

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One Foot out the Digital Door

April 21, 2010
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Do you know someone who will stay in a toxic relationship but leave the significant other the moment he/she meets someone better? Professionals can exhibit the same type of cowardly behavior. These people will never be satisfied because they will never exercise their will and feel confident about their decisions.

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Facebook Is the New Philosophy 101

April 20, 2010
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The “like” button will “…increase the number of connections made across the site”. The more casual the liking the better. We wouldn’t want any relationship to get too serious or heavy. If you happen to “love” a page, just keep that to yourself. Facebook doesn’t offer users an option to proclaim love.

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Content Is Fine, but a Platform Is Divine

April 19, 2010
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How does a media company, especially an emerging media company, earn a solid enough reputation to entice readers to pay? The New York Times can flirt with the prospect of offering premium online content because they are The New York Times. I have thought about this question as it relates to Too Shy to Stop.

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10 Haikus Dedicated to Twitter Spam

April 16, 2010
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Twitter spam is so special that it should be honored with poetry. Spam includes: barely-legal webcam girls, social media gurus, people that promise I can become rich in just one month, people who follow then unfollow me, weight-loss and fitness programs, and accounts promising free merchandise.

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