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Sirius Internet Radio

I mentioned on Twitter that I was looking for a better way to stream music from Sirius.  Even though I have a Stiletto, I find that it is more convenient to listen via the computer when I am in my…

Social Media Advertising: Overhyped & Risky

Key takeaways: Ad executives think social media is overhyped. Advertising on social media & user generated content sites is risky. From the “2008 Prospects for Media Mergers and Acquisitions” survey released by AdMedia Partners. The doubts about the growth prospects…

Blogging Stats

According to the BIGresearch Simultaneous Media Survey this is how U.S. bloggers stack up against the national average (adults 18+). Slightly younger [37.6 years old vs 44.8 years old] Slightly better edicated [14.3 years vs 14.2 years] Slightly lower income…

U.S. Internet Access

Nearly one-quarter of Americans do not have access to the internet according to a study released last month by by the Pew Internet & American Life Project and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of…

Social Network Traffic

MySpace.com averaged 76.35% of all US visits in 2007* among a custom category of 53 leading social-networking websites, followed by Facebook.com, Bebo.com and BlackPlanet.com with 12.57%, 1.24% and 0.87%, respectively, according to Hitwise. The remaining 49 social networking websites in…

Online Video Usage Numbers

Pew Internet & American Life Project released indicating that the number of internet users who visit video sharing sites is on the rise. Question: “Do you ever use the internet to watch a video on a video-sharing site like YouTube…

Twitter Down

What’s the deal?  All the attention from the last couple of days finally get to you? The “twittersphere” is tweeting about the down time.

Spellify 1.0 – An Automatic Text Field Spell Checker

Spellify is a script.aculo.us/prototype based spell checker for form fields that utilizes Google as its spell check engine. Spellify version 1.0 has been released, officially taking the application out of beta and bringing it to prime time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fFA0uWTd4M |

Windows Live Writer

I have just installed the Windows Live Writer (WLW) and thought I would take it for a spin by writing a little review about it. First Impression: It actually seems pretty nice.  WordPress 2.3.1, the backbone of this site, fully…

“The Bubble”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6IQ_FOCE6I via TechCruch  The Bubble video, watched over a million times since it was uploaded to YouTube and other video sites in early December, is back. It was down briefly when photographer Lane Hartwell complained via her attorney that one…