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On My Radar: ‘California Is A Place’ Makes Videos I <3 & Google TV Is Coming

May 24, 2010

The ‘California Is A Place’ Vimeo channel is a place that I visit often, just to rewatch pieces like these over and over again:

Scrapertown from California is a place. on Vimeo.

“In order to become a member of the Original Scraper Bike Team, you must: Be a resident of Oakland, CA. Be at least 7y/o or [...]

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What Parents Should Know About Toyota’s ‘Small Talk’ Campaign

May 8, 2010

Integrated marketing campaigns can be immerse experiences that add to an ongoing dialogue, inspiring positive change. But more often than not, they can be creepy as hell and make me vomit in my mouth a little. Enter the “Small Talk” Campaign, a new partnership between Toyota and YouTube that encourages parents to whore out their [...]

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Testing Wordpress App For Droid

April 11, 2010

I am not sure if I am going to make a habit of blogging from my phone, but I like to know that a handy option is available when I need it.
I am creating this post right now, using my new Droid phone. Here’s a photo test:
My friend Sherise and I were having drinks in [...]

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On My Radar: The Magic That Is Mixcloud & Cloud Computing Thoughts

March 28, 2010

@bxwebb recently turned me on to www.mixcloud.com. I am probably the last person on earth to discover this cloudcast service/music community but I don’t care, it rules!

According to their FAQ, Mixcloud helps connect radio content to listeners more effectively. Mixcloud is re-thinking radio by joining the dots between radio shows, Podcasts and DJ mixes. In [...]

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Published On NYTimes.com — Thanks To My Mobile Phone

January 3, 2010

Today I discovered that one of my photos was included in the New York Times feature, “Documenting The Decade.”

I took this pic of a small wheatepasted poster with my Blackberry Storm. I was walking through Williamsburg in 2008, having a conversation with a friend about the recession and gentrification. I laughed when I saw the [...]

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3 Ways To Get A Job Using Facebook Status Updates

December 15, 2009

By now we know that it’s possible to lose your job via Twitter and Facebook Status, so I thought I’d share my suggestions on how you might actually get a job by using Facebook Status.

1. Let People Know What You Want
This is a simple but crucial step towards securing employment: State your desire! Don’t be [...]

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@dcap’s Twitstory Thoughts + 3 Cool Discoveries

October 10, 2009

Before Oprah and that Ashton guy joined, I was a Twitter OG. Back in 2007, none of my friends were using the microblogging service and I was sending updates into the ether that weren’t benefitting me very much. Thankfully, my ludite homies clued in and now everyone and everything seems to be on Twitter, including [...]

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On My Radar: Amazing Millennials & The LAMP

June 15, 2009

When 10-year-old Jonathan E. McCoy wrote and delivered this speech “A New Petition” at Empowerment Temple in Baltimore, he had no idea the controversy it would spawn.
Though there have been numerous contrary posts, Jonathan remains unscathed by the venom and maintains that the N-word should be deleted from our vocabulary “as a people, nation [...]

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On My Radar: Animoto = Future 1st Non-Human Member Of The MPEG?

May 7, 2009

In one of my random internet browsing moments, I stumbled onto a nifty video site called Animoto. Better late than never, right?
Here is a summary of the site’s product description:
Animoto made its public release in 2007. It is a web application that, with the click of a button, produces videos using images and music that [...]

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How To Follow All People Who Tweet About A Specific Thing And From A Specific Location

April 9, 2009

cherman on Mahalo Answers recently asked:
How can I follow all people that tweet about something? For example, I want to follow everyone who tweets “soup” within 100 miles of sf.
This was my response:
1. http://nearbytweets.com/ – Search for tweets that include “soup” within any distance from any location. I found over 100 results with your specifications.
2. [...]

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