August 2011
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“Part of what made the Macintosh great was that the people working on it were...”
– How Steve Jobs Made Apple Great
… when reading this quote, I couldn’t help but think about one of the things we always say about the early days of foursquare and having a diverse group of friends to beta test on. The first 100 foursquare users - the one that really helped us shape the product -...
Spread of Earthquake-Related Tweets
miguelrios:
Below is a visual of the Tweets from VA and Washington, DC one minute after the August 23 #earthquake.
This is an official Twitter visualization we created to see how far and fast a tweet can travel. This is part of what we do on Twitter’s analytics team. Join us: http://twitter.com/jobs .
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Stellar - Eduardo Morais' faves →
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I like Stellar. As Jason Kottke put it, it tracks your (and others’) favourite things online, by reading your ‘favourites’/’likes’/etc. from YouTube, Vimeo, Twitter and Flickr, and crossreferencing it with other users. It’s a cool way to discover neatness.
On the other hand Stellar makes Tumblr, which I described as “blogging for the lazy” upon discovering it, feel like a bureaucracy -...
brianvan:
Don’t really have a joke about Skype buying GroupMe except to say that I STILL don’t know what Hashable does.
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“You’ve been published by The Atlantic? That’s cool. My name is frequently used...”
– McSweeney’s dig at Observer! (via fimoculous)
“More specifically, gamification is marketing bullshit, invented by consultants...”
– Sorry to all those out there going for a Just Add Badges! philosophy. Really solid post from Ian Bogost called Gamification is Bullshit. (via arainert)
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