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25 reasons I’m not taking part in the Facebook 25 Things meme

February 5th, 2009  |  by mykl  |  published in communication, design, social web, trends

Photo by Jodi Roventine

Hack the Debate – The best of both worlds

October 7th, 2008  |  by mykl  |  published in trends

Al Gore may not have invented the internet, but he’s doing a hell of a job to make it better. Gore’s cable network, Current TV has mashed together two of my favorite vices: politics and Twitter. Hack the Debate is an innovative use of the two mediums. During each debate (last week’s vice presidential debate [...]

I am suspending my blog

September 25th, 2008  |  by mykl  |  published in trends

Photo by Mike PD This week, America’s financial system faces an historic crisis. If we do not address this crisis, we will be forced to borrow from other countries and relatives we haven’t seen since the last family reunion. This will be incredibly awkward as well as have devastating consequences for our economy. Politicians will [...]

Are you master of your domain name?

July 1st, 2008  |  by mykl  |  published in trends

Photo by coba Adele McAlear wrote a great post this week about ICANN’s decision to remove restrictions on top level domains (TLDs). Essentially this means that .com and .net could soon be replaced by .anything and .everything. This started me thinking about how I have been using web addresses/URLs lately. More specifically, how I haven’t [...]

They’re listening. Are you?

May 7th, 2008  |  by mykl  |  published in trends

Photo by keela84 It all started a few weeks ago. I had recently given into the hype and begun using Twitter. I quickly became addicted to the micro-blogging platform and a bit of a zealot, trying to convert everyone I met into a user. But this isn’t about that. I’d like to focus on the [...]

Are social networks source-worthy?

April 24th, 2008  |  by mykl  |  published in trends, web culture

Original photo by ElvertBarnes There’s something about this post from Minneapolis Metblogs earlier today that fascinates me. It’s not the subject matter per se (a scoop on the latest venture of a recently fired local weather man) it’s the story’s sources. They cite a tweet by local blogger and entrepreneur, Graeme Thickins (go Graeme!), and [...]

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