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links for 2010-02-28

• SirOblivious comments on Reddit, I got a book deal! Thank you. -The Oatmeal
  A PR/social media agency comment spammer gets (quite rightly) publicly dragged through the mud on reddit.
  (tags: PR bad_PR spam astroturfing socialnews reddit)

links for 2010-02-25

• Twitter Blog: Measuring Tweets
  Twitter's growth over the last 3 years as measured by number of Tweets. According to Twitter, there were 5,000 tweets per day in 2007 compared to 50 million tweets per day in 2010.
  (tags: twitter statistics trends analytics visualization PR)
• ManageTwitter - Fast & Easy Unfollowing
  A utility that sorts through who you're following and highlights users that aren't following you back or have inactive accounts.
  (tags: twitter tools API socialnetworks via_TechCrunch)

links for 2010-02-20

• Mac Buyer's Guide: Know When to Buy Your Mac, iPod or iPhone
  A wiki maintained by MacRumors.com that tracks the time since the last upgrade or release of an Apple product and warns you about when to hold off on buying so you don't miss the next gen. An ingenious site made necessary by Apple's close-to-the-vest PR.
  (tags: apple shopping hardware technology iphone)

feature creep

This Avira anti-virus that I've installed on Ryan Meray's recommendation seems to be somewhat more protective than most software of its kind.

links for 2010-02-10

• kung fu grippe : 43 Simple Ways To Simplify Your Life
  Classic Merlin Mann.
  (tags: humor zen)

links for 2010-02-04

• CheckFacebook
  Facebook geographic distribution statistics and aggregated news, mined from Facebook's advertising back-end.
  (tags: facebook statistics analytics demographics socialnetworks)
• Facebook COO: 175 Million People Log Into Facebook Every Day
  According to Facebook, half of their 350 million unique users log in every day.
  (tags: facebook statistics socialmedia socialnetworks sheryl_sandberg davos)