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Rapid Fire - Thursday, September 04
Google Chrome
Google has released a new Web browser that, in theory, reimagines the browser experience. The feature highlights address some really core issues that have caused problems in the way the browser experience has grown up over the years. No Mac client yet (boo) but you have the ability to not send your browsing data [...]
Community Organizing is Social Media
(I’ll warn you in advance, this is a politics-influenced rant, but it does relate to community issues!)
During last night’s keynote speech by Rudy Giuliani at the Republican National Convention, Giuliani poked at Barack Obama’s former work as a community organizer with a smirk. Giuliani was clearly implying that community organizing was a joke, an utter [...]
Fantastic public speaking
Whatever your politics, whatever you think of Hillary Clinton, her speech at the Democratic Convention this week was an amazing example of public speaking. Watch it below and pay attention to the easy tag lines, complex ideas, and stellar delivery.
On a personal level, I’ve never been a big fan of Hillary and am a huge [...]
You say it’s my birthday?
(Original photo)
I’ve heard the theory that there’s birthday people and there’s Christmas people. If you’re a birthday person, the biggest celebration comes on that special day, while others get far more excited about the holiday season. Personally, I’ve always been a sucker for the holidays. Every year shortly after Thanksgiving I [...]
Rapid Fire - Sunday, August 31
‘Little Known Facts’ about Sarah Palin take over Twitter
“Little Known Fact: Even Sarah Palin didn’t know who Sarah Palin was until today.”
Tags: twitter, meme, humor, dailylinks
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Craig Newmark on The Daily Show [VIDEO]
I stumbled across this funny Daily Show clip from Craig Newmark’s appearance. Fun stuff!
FFF: Olympic Stadium - HDR
(Original image from Rene Ehrhardt)
Imagine if every product was this personal
For years, comedians have made jokes about the “Inspector #34″ stickers, tags, and inserts we find in the products we buy. Most of these jokes were focused on the anonymity of said inspector.
Since I was a kid, I wondered who these inspectors were. What did they do? Were there more than one person filling the [...]
Rapid Fire - Thursday, August 28
YouTube - Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for the iPhone
Oh my does this game look cool!
Tags: iphone, games, dailylinks
WordCamp 2008: Matt Mullenweg’s State of the Word
Interesting in learing more about where WordPress is going down the road? Matt Mullenweg covers it here, and on video.
Tags: video, blogging, wordpress, dailylinks
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Tiger Woods: Joining in the fun
Apparently this is the week of humorous videos that are also smart marketing. I stumbled on a video response that Tiger Woods and EA created as a response to a YouTube poster pointing out that a bug in Tiger Woods ‘08 allows Tiger to walk on water.
Rather than getting angry and lashing out (like far [...]
