Rapid Fire – Thursday, June 12
June 13th, 2008 Posted in Daily Links
Microsoft Surface Computing
Very, very cool. When will Apple launch a full touch screen laptop???
A-10 Warthog (1) on Flickr – Photo Sharing!
Very cool LEGO creation!
AppleInsider | Morgan Stanley: 40% of college students plan to buy Macs
A recent higher-education survey cited by analyst Katy Huberty reveals that roughly 40 percent of college students say their next computer purchase will be a Mac, well ahead of Apple’s current 15 percent market share in the demographic.
Social Networks’ Sway May Be Underestimated – washingtonpost.com
“Facebook, MySpace and other Web sites have unleashed a potent new phenomenon of social networking in cyberspace. But at the same time, a growing body of evidence is suggesting that traditional social networks play a surprisingly powerful and underrecognized role in influencing how people behave.”
The Worst Microsoft Advertisement EVER (Hint: Windows 386) – One Mans Blog
So what do you think? Have promotional videos actually improved over the years?
Reel Pop: Reddit, PBS launch TV show
“It’s a weekly television news program powered by you (really). Material for the show will come from hot stories on the reddit front page every week. Meta discussions about that content and the show itself will all take place at yourweek.reddit, so please submit all your wittiest and smartest comments there. And don’t worry, the pilot (and hopefully all the future shows) will be available online.”
Obama vs McCain Website Smackdown – ReadWriteWeb
RRW reviews both presidential candidate’s web sites. More on McCain next week (I have a rant to share), but overall it’s fantastic to see such engagement with users. Social networking on both sites? Big changes since Howard Dean used MeetUp.com to great effect.
SundryBuzz | advice you didn’t ask for »
Two simple, yet genius ideas for avoiding the dreaded group photo pain.
Swingtown – Groups at Last.fm
Music has been a bigger and bigger focus in movies and especially TV. Shows like American Dreams, and now Swingtown have used music nearly as an extra character. Music is weaved into the fabric of the show. Of course, all too often, the creators fail to help you learn who the artists are. Kudos to CBS and last.fm for building a great partnership around Swingtown’s soundtrack.
Essay: How to Love a LEGO Lunatic
So. Friggin. Hilarious.
Why Gen Y Is Going to Change the Web – ReadWriteWeb
Great look at Gen Y.
Search Insider » Blog Archive » Seven Buzz Monitoring Sites To Watch
“What’s the buzz on the latest and most improved buzz monitoring sites? Here’s a guide to seven of the best, along with some of their peers and competitors.”
6 Great Tools to Save Links for Later – ReadWriteWeb
I don’t know about you, but I collect more links than I can manage. Thankfully there’s a few tools out there to help keep up. And if you’re on the Mac, check out Yojimbo too.
House Party > power your party!
Interesting idea for brand promotion.
Worried About Bloggers Dissing Your Company? Read This. | Marketing Profs Daily Fix Blog
Great look at turning blogger lemons into tasty community lemonade.
10 Marketing 2.0 lessons from the Ryan Montbleau Band | Bloghound
Great list of how bands (and companies) can use social tactics to great affect.
How to Make Facebook Useful Again – ReadWriteWeb
“So what makes Facebook so invaluable to them? On a mission to find out, we turned to Twitter of course. But since Twitter’s crowd is early adopters, we needed to find what the college kids thought, too. The combined answers gave us our big list (below).”
Ali Hewson: ethics girl – Telegraph
Bono wife is pretty awesome.
