2009-02-03 … bandwagon at http://twitter.com/mariusostrowski. Funny thing, Twitter – it’s like Facebook status updates but without the entire rigmarole of Facebook attached. Plus you can ‘follow’ people who probably would never touch Facebook with a bargepole – Stephen Fry, Richard Hammond and the like. Also …
2009-05-10 … of state parliaments, the EU election, as well as the much anticipated Bundestag election. The relevance of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and FlickR have been elaborated on as well the importance of the parties’ own websites and social platforms. One participant was asking …
2009-06-19 … — and to not-so-subtly help out the pro-democracy movement inside the country. Iran’s activists have been relying on blogs, Tweets, text messages, Facebook groups, and uploaded YouTube videos to share information with one another, and with the outside world. Late Thursday night, both Facebook and …
2009-05-01 … "fucking cripple", even though I was physically able. In a modern twist, some of those bullies recently sought me out to add me as their friend on Facebook. No apology has been yet forthcoming from them; they probably don't even remember their vicious taunts. Never mind, let's move on with our lives; …
2008-02-16 … programs are opened in browser windows rather than loaded from the hard disc; instant messages, often attached to social-networking sites such as Facebook, replace e-mail. Web 2.0 also means [not really]free video-sharing on sites such as YouTube and free phone calls between computers. These …
2009-06-16 … contributors over the past few years to social media technologies and the practice of free speech on blogs and social networking platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. The Iranian sector of the blogosphere is one of the largest and most sophisticated online communities in the world so the …
2009-07-02 For anyone who did not see this on Facebook, we present a video from our visit with Kathleen, Bill, and amazing-brilliant-goddaughter Lizzie:
2009-03-11 … to two things. One is catching a bit of Ryan Tubridy on Saturday Night where they were encouraging people to use Facebook as Gaeilge and my last two Facebook Updates have been as Gaeilge. The second is my radio listening. This morning I tuned into Raidio Rí Rá and mentioned that on twitter and guess what? …
2009-06-23 … basij militias alone. He now says he is trying to organise a general strike, and is getting some interesting advice from people responding to his Facebook message. But if the protesters had followed his advice and stopped turning out when rallies were declared banned, he would not now be in a position …
2009-04-22 This is a response I sent to one of my few "theocon" friends on FaceBook to that question: In terms of social issues, he got rid of the Mexico City doctrine, which no Democrat ever supports anyway, so that was no …
2009-07-06 … The wife of the new head of MI6 has caused a major security breach and left his family exposed after publishing photographs and personal details on Facebook. Sir John Sawers is due to take over as chief of the Secret Intelligence Service in November, putting him in charge of all of Britain’s spying …
2009-06-20 … and the use of it’s people’s mobile phones, but they cannot seem to prevent salient information about the election protests from leaking out via Facebook, Twitter and Blogs. By contrast, nations such as Bruma or North Korea which have banned virtually all Western websites and new technological …
2008-05-30 … of the family. That culture has merely become more exaggerated as spiritual alienation and fatherlessness have collided with technology (YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, etc.) that enables the self-absorption of the narcissistic personality. Grown-ups with decades under their double chins may have a variety …
2009-07-04 … meeting this week in Annandale, Va., a Washington suburb. He plans to take questions Wednesday from the audience and from online sites such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Axelrod insisted that the White House has made progress on a health care plan and is working with Congress. Even so, the …
2009-06-23 … able to organize despite a government clampdown on the Internet and cell phones. The government has blocked certain Web sites, such as BBC Farsi, Facebook, Twitter and several pro-Mousavi sites that are vital conduits for Iranians to tell the world about protests and violence. Other sites are slow to …
2009-06-24 … despite authorities banning anyone from mourning her. Neda was reportedly gunned down during protests in the capital city. Videos posted on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter show her bleeding from the nose and mouth as a crowd tries unsuccessfully to stanch the flow and save her life. The video also shows a …
2009-06-21 … might happen next Mousavi was warned to stop the protests, unclear when At least ten people were killed during Saturday protests - information on Facebook on Twitter are mentioning 13, AP "at least 19" and the Israeli media - 20 The daughter of a top Iranian cleric was arrested, together with other …
2009-05-30 … is a direct order from your Company Commander CPT Michael J. Pederson." Agosto posted copies of the Counseling Statements issued by the Army on his Facebook page. Counseling Statements outline actions taken by the Army to discipline Agosto for his refusal to obey a direct order from his company …
2009-06-29 … It is totally sufficient if I learn of that next time I log in. If there is such a time. The services I am most pleased with are Google, Twitter and Facebook. I never received a single email from them that I didn't ask for. Make "no emails" the default and don't cheat by requiring me to uncheck a dozen …
2009-06-28 Stefan and I have been following an interesting phenomenon: SuperPoke!Pets. SuperPoke, for those of you down on Earth, is a Facebook application you use to not only "poke" your friends, but to tickle, hug, wave at them. You can trow sheep at them, buy drinks for them, hate Monday …
2009-07-02 … appears that a new policy was instituted which forbade religious titles, and so he was expunged without notice. His Grace appealed, and obliged the Facebook gods with a change of name, becoming plain old Thomas Cranmer. And they left him alone. But His Grace, being of an inquisitive disposition, decided …
2009-07-02 … to make informed birthing choices. Here are the events planned so far – there are more to come! Check this page for further updates, or go to Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=90218304333 Byron Bay – 11am, meet in car park off Lawson St (behind the Hogs Breath Cafe). We will walk …
2009-06-18 … point of comparison I can think of). The rally was incredibly visible, occupying the main street for an hour or so. One rally participant noted on Facebook that he thought as he sat outside Town Hall, "Gee, I haven't done a sit-in for years! Well, one where I actually end up getting dragged away!" We …
2009-06-16 … for its Autonomy Interwoven web content manager system that let businesses eavesdrop on social networking sites such as YouTube, Twitter or Facebook.
2008-12-05 … in some ways Web 2.0 has never been more alive. Web 2.0 sites that connect people and allow them to share information and more – such as YouTube, Facebook, Wordpress, Wikipedia, and LinkedIn – continue to grow in audience, if not revenue. We are looking up new terms, concepts and people on Wikipedia …
2009-06-27 The Vegan Solution now has a presence on Facebook, Wiser Earth and Architects of a New Dawn.
2009-02-21 Join our groups on Facebook and become friend of our team. John Elliott is our English moderator, Martina Maier is German moderator, Nika Martens is Russian moderator, Karel …
2009-02-14 ElectionsMeter joined Facebook. - join our group US politics - join our group EU politics - join our group Russian politics - join our group German politics - join our group Czech …
2009-07-08 … organ donors.” I have put up a fair bit up on my Paralipomena blog recently, for what it is worth. My Twitter.com identity: jonjayray. My Facebook page is also accessible as jonjayray (http://www.facebook.com/jonjayray in full). For more blog postings from me, see TONGUE-TIED, EDUCATION WATCH …
2009-07-07 … rest of the article points out that Taibbi has a lot of facts on his side -- which may explain the reaction] My Twitter.com identity: jonjayray. My Facebook page is also accessible as jonjayray (http://www.facebook.com/jonjayray in full). For more blog postings from me, see TONGUE-TIED, EDUCATION WATCH …
2009-07-06 … new lot of postings by Chris Brand just up -- on his usual vastly "incorrect" themes of race, genes, IQ etc. My Twitter.com identity: jonjayray. My Facebook page is also accessible as jonjayray (http://www.facebook.com/jonjayray in full). For more blog postings from me, see TONGUE-TIED, EDUCATION WATCH …
2009-07-05 … fortunate to be an American. For it is the American experience which proves that scarcity need not exist.” My Twitter.com identity: jonjayray. My Facebook page is also accessible as jonjayray (http://www.facebook.com/jonjayray in full). For more blog postings from me, see TONGUE-TIED, EDUCATION WATCH …
2009-06-30 … Diana moment. Such vast outpourings of alligator tears and synthetic sincerity were once reserved for mourning presidents. In the age of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, the small looms large." Michael Jackson, Anti-Semite: "Allow me to refresh your memory. While much of the world mourns the untimely …
2009-06-24 … yearnings of Iranians for democracy. I want our children to see how a green democracy takes roots, not just through a technology that is their own - Facebook and Twitter - but the old-fashioned way, in the hearts and minds of Iranians from all walks of life, finally ready to march in the streets. I want …
2009-06-22 … merciless breed. Their capacity for repression is fearsome. We must rein in the modernist conceit that the bloggers, and the force of Twitter and Facebook, could win in the streets against the squads of the regime. That fight would be an Iranian drama, all outsiders mere spectators. That ambivalence at …
2009-06-29 … the calls to confirm the story to take time to tweet it. Or to update the website. Not to mention the site's discussion forums, e-mail lists or Facebook page. Which brings me to my first lesson from Jackson's death: In a breaking news situation, assign some to report and some to publish. But don't …
2009-07-08 … and fancy a night out in Canal Street at the Conference Pride Party, I hope to see you there. Tickets are £15 and can be ordered HERE. CF have a Facebook page for the event HERE.
2009-02-05 I've succombed to what my mum always warned me against: peer pressure. I've resisted the 25 random things meme-craze sweeping across Facebook as long as possible. I attempted to deflect it by blogging 25 random things about the Lib Dems over at Liberal Democrat Voice, but tonight I finally …
2008-10-09 … idea who they were, so I don't really remember much. Offensively accurate? Of course! We spent a lot of time looking at our straight acquaintances' Facebook albums to craft this collection of pictures. We were spot-on. I'm so proud of us. (Also, for this party, I made a pretty sweet feltboard game that …
2008-06-03 … to jump on this here bandwagon), well let's follow each other and keep up to date with our respective minutiae. 'Cause we were already doing it with Facebook status anyway. Also: (1:33 pm) Sometimes I spend my day reading a book and I want to jot down various things that stand out to me because I'm trying …
2007-04-21 … “SO much life was left and it’s totally insane anything could happen like this […] 25,000 kids at the school.” Friends created a memorial page on Facebook.com that described Alameddine as “an intelligent, funny, easygoing guy.” “You’re such an amazing kid, Ross,” wrote Zach Allen, who along with …
2009-07-08 … calling for spiritual purification. “May God forgive this woman and give her eternal paradise for literally being killed for her beliefs,” said one Facebook fan. Alexandria’s Popular Local Council said it would name a street after Sherbini to commemorate her senseless killing. The reaction to the …
2009-02-27 … question is, will charging for previously free services work? Would it work for any of the free sites and services you use now? Would you stay with Facebook if they charged even a minimal fee? Would you watch YouTube videos if they cost even just pennies per view? Would you be reading this article if I …
2008-05-31 … customers who think racism and paranoia are bad things. Instead, their capitulation has likely hurt their brand and their outreach (there are now Facebook groups calling for a Dunkin Donuts boycott), while ensuring that a steady supply of bigots and boneheads continues to patronize Dunkin counters. It …
2009-07-05 … on in Luton to register their disapproval at the barracking of homecoming British troops by a small number of local Muslims. There’s also a linked Facebook called the English and Welsh Defence League which – like the EDL - claims to have no political affiliation, but nevertheless claims that “Labour …
2008-11-01 … gave up his election campaign but, in some states, Ron Paul is still electable. A grass-root participation uses the internet communities YouTube and Facebook to support the libertarian candidate. Paul's claim: The state should keep out of the citizen's lives. Additionally, he wants unlimited possession of …
2008-10-07 … and YouTube are the important social networks during this election campaign. And again, Obama leads the click race. 1.3 Million Obama-supporter on Facebook, in comparison to McCain, who has got 200000 "friends" on that network, a huge number. Another important thing for this internet campaign is …
2009-07-08 A fascinating idea: The Canadian military is considering developing its own version of social-networking applications such as Facebook and Twitter to help soldiers communicate and improve teamwork in the increasingly networked environment of modern warfare. The research and …
2008-09-30 … who used them did so as part of their job, they were trained to use them and fired if they could not figure them out. Today, no one tells you to use Facebook. There are no employer sponsored training sessions on the use of del.icio.us. The burden is on the designer of the system to meet a need, entertain, …
2009-06-05 … LP, missed the rally: Earlier:Valleywag landed a slide from hedge fund Clarium LP's marketing deck. It's interesting to us because Clarium is Facebook investor Peter Thiel's fund. Also, hedge funds aren't allowed to market themselves publicly so this is a rare look. Quick take-aways: Thiel was down …
2009-05-22 … Statement On Komen Race For The Cure - St. Louis Review Islamists Attacks & Demands Elected Christian Legislator To Convert - Marisol, JW Pope On Facebook - Tom McFeely, National Catholic Register Res & Explicatio For A.D. 5-20-2009 - Tito Edwards, American Catholic Muslims Hit NYC Streets Calling For …
2009-07-02 … and untouchable. The protests after the Iran elections shows how powerful social networking sites can be. The real news came from Twitter and Facebook, with every other media source lagging far behind. Not only is it easy to post to social networking sites from cell phones, they can reach far more …
2009-06-17 … driving all of this stuff. But today, as Joan said, talking about her appearance on O'Reilly, and all the twittering, I can't tell you how many Facebook friends I have that posted that clip within 15 minutes last Friday night. It was everywhere. It was just going around and around. That obviously did …
2009-06-20 … now? No place shows more sharply the problem than the struggle in Iran and no place shows better how people are learning to deal with it … Twitter, FaceBook, YouTube and all the other mechanisms of the Internet are inflicting grievous damage on a state founded by Fascistic religious despots (financially …
2009-06-17 … so results may vary.” Since BitBlinder has an anonymous browser, it should prove useful if you don’t want your employer knowing what you’re doing on Facebook or other social networks, for example. Indeed, if these sites are blocked it’s possible to use the BitBlinder network to access them. Of course, the …
2008-05-29 … Advertisement trespasses when I’m having interaction with my friends. I once, jokingly, said I started a countdown for the downfall of Facebook. The reason for this countdown is that they are executing a wrong business model. They aren’t near that downfall yet, but if they choose to remain …
2008-05-26 … Google is the king of search of the current web, but the question will be if they can become the king of search within the web 2.0 operating system. Facebook wants to be the next king, and so do all the other services that try to get a grip on user interactions and user content (take Friendfeed for …
2008-05-23 … their content to friends only. It seems that they are more concerned with privacy than this generation is (even though they use social networks like Facebook etc.). I believe that a next generation will not be as excited about the ability of public interaction as this generation is for at least 3 reasons: …
2008-05-21 … of building a YouTube service. We wouldn’t be preparing for everything to become social (web 3.0?) if some college kid hadn’t thought to build a Facebook (-like) social network. And where the pre-web 2.0 era was marked by static and mostly private conversations, the web 2.0 era is a dynamic never …
2008-05-20 … dominated tech discussions when they wrote about the possibility of Microsoft buying Facebook and then locking Google out of part of the web (the Facebook Walhalla that is). It seems like a possible scenario. Facebook has an incredible amount of users and is one of the largest walled gardens in the …
2008-05-19 … respond so quickly to news. If you are familiar with my blog, it’s not a breaking news kind of blog. But the rumors that Microsoft might be buying Facebook are now quickly taking over TechMeme. Robert Scoble just wrote a response to these rumors. He is turning it into the battle of the century where …
2008-05-16 … on to another place on my journey. Google, Facebook and MySpace are fighting it out right now to “own” our data. Google just launched FriendConnect, Facebook delivers Facebook Connect, and MySpace calls it Data Availability. Michael Arrington wrote about this on TechCrunch earlier. He said: Like Data …
2008-08-28 … posts on social media worth checking out: FriendFeed lets you pose like you’re following someone when you really aren’t. What exactly to all these Facebook status updates and Twitterings add up to? Does this Ambient Social Activity provide real benefits? What does all this passively active behaviour …
2008-08-28 … remixing, jungle music, girl talk, and reality remixing.” Bad hair day, Faris? That’s worth the price of admission right there. And any guy with a Facebook avatar like this (on left), well you just know he’s going to be Interesting.
2009-07-01 … full of the real-time web. Google seems to have missed it, Twitter is on top of it but sucks at indexing it, Friendfeed is the aggregation king, and Facebook might get there by copying Twitter and Friendfeed all along. Personally I think it is not worth the hassle. Real-time web is a publisher’s thing, …
2009-06-08 … of interaction (Twitter), limit content and discussions to people we trust (Friendfeed), build up a network of friends we want interaction with (Facebook) or attempt to capture the conversation in one place (Disqus). While technology has found us easy to use and scalable distribution, we do not have …
2009-06-03 … it takes plumbers to realize it. You need development effort to focus on the core aspects of the way the web works. It isn’t about creating a new Facebook or Twitter. There is no glorious, unique business model available to make this happen. It really isn’t even about technology. we already have the …
2009-02-19 … platforms it has to be something that hurts them in their core. Forget about individual services, walled gardens, huge traffic drivers like Facebook or MySpace. Google’s walled garden is the entire planet. Who has the audacity to think big enough and overthrow that? Posted in business model, …
2009-02-10 … Not only are users not even aware of the availability of these settings, but they fail to realize that these settings do not protect them from Facebook. People don’t realize when they enter a zip code to find a restaurant, or look at the weather, they are giving away crucial information that can be …
2009-01-30 … Without customer lock-in, no revenues. It is the reason web 2.0 isn’t really a revolution but simply an evolution. Examples? The most obvious one is Facebook. Once you sign up your soul is sold and leaving again is impossible. Actually, that is not entirely true. If you simply quit, your account will not …
2008-10-16 … software on mobile phones. One thing that worries me is the lock-in Google has build into this phone. Google is everywhere, but where sites like Facebook are bounded by their own platform (you can stay out of it if you want), Google gets a grip on the entire online world (web and mobile). This would …
2009-06-24 … demonstrations, news from the streets and links to photos and videos have all tweeted their way past government censors. Twitter is, unlike say Facebook, decentralized. Each individual Twitter site is connected to a network of other sites. Users can post without ever going to a central Twitter home …
2009-04-09 … generation gap that has developed in Moldova, and the protesters used their generation’s tools, gathering the crowd by enlisting text-messaging, Facebook and Twitter, the social messaging network. The protesters created their own searchable tag on Twitter, rallying Moldovans to join and propelling …
2007-07-06 … OFF YOUR STUDENT LOANS. HERE IS THE LINK – CLICK HERE http://WhoWantsATenThousandDollarScholarship.com Favorite Books: Emma […] I received another Facebook “friend” request that served as yet another example of poor social media marketing. This is like email spam copied and pasted into a profile page. …
2007-06-20 … “Google” has entered our lexicon as an interchangeable term for search; “Friending” now refers to collecting friends in online profile sites like Facebook and MySpace rather than naturally meeting new acquaintances on the street… This introduction of tech language requires an entirely new kind of …
2007-06-16 … versions of traditional play activities and cute animated worlds that encourage self-expression and safe communication. They are, in effect, like Facebook or MySpace with training wheels, aimed at an audience that may be getting its first exposure to the Web.
2008-01-15 Corporate executives should think twice about the information they disclose on social networking sites such as Facebook, a Hong Kong-based security company warned Friday after duping gullible CEOs and finance directors into revealing personal details that could be …
2009-06-24 … networking websites The WSJ reports that EU officials are creating operating guidelines for a number of different social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace to promote compliance with EU regulations on privacy laws governing users' personal information. WSJ Timothy Kirkhope MEP: The …
2009-02-18 … terrorism) Android G2 Hands On: Close to Perfection (tags: mobile android gadgets) Survey Of Insular Social Media Elite Says: Twitter Is Better Than Facebook For Businesses (tags: socialmedia twitter facebook) Buying Experiences, Not Possessions, Leads To Greater Happiness (tags: marketing neuroscience) …
2009-01-12 … wider trends (tags: mobile trends netbooks) Scobleizer netbook smackdown (tags: netbooks) Posted in Daily Del.icio.us Posts, microblogging Tagged: Facebook, gadgets, Grand Central, media, mobile, netbooks, philanthropy, predictions, Skype, social networks, social web, text messaging, texting, Trends, …
2009-01-09 … Posted in Daily Del.icio.us Posts, microblogging Tagged: anti-semitism, Asus Eee PC, Asus touchscreen tablet, blogging, Boxee, brain, cloning, Facebook, gadgets, Gaza, genomics, Google, Hamas, health 2.0, HP Mini2140, IDF, iPhone, Israel, Lenovo S10, love, marketing, media, metrics, mobile, MSI …
2008-04-23 … something like Gawker or Pink is the New Blog? For me this semester has changed my (social) media habits. Before this semester I was using email, Facebook, LinkedIn, and surfed traditional media’s Websites like New York Times and Washington Post. Politico and Huffington Post were also among my …
2008-04-21 … […] Popular Websites Just like in United States Google (one in English and one in Danish), YouTube, and Windows Live are popular Websites, but Facebook (number 5) is more popular than MySpace (number 14). Of the top 10 Websites only three sites are Danish. The social networking site for teenagers …
2009-07-08 … of the set — 2, 3, and 4-year-olds — probably aren't yet updating their Twitter accounts with 140-character messages, or posting quiz results to Facebook. Rather, they are sitting in a parent's lap in front of a computer, being exposed to the Internet that way, said Peter Grunwald, president of …
2009-07-03 Twitter/Facebook: Time Well-Spent for Child/Youth Advocates? by Ray Schultz, Child Advocacy 360 This year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference drew standing-room only …
2008-05-26 Thanks JR… So I guess u r missin out on the CSA in San Andres, eh? I had to send my regrets as well… Hit me up on Facebook…
2009-07-05 … officials -- fried noodles and vegetables, spicy sour soup, dried fish and fried rice. After a delicious dinner, I took the opportunity to update my Facebook status with the words: "Lou Charbonneau is in Naypyidaw, the surreal and brand-spanking-new capital of Myanmar, better known as Burma." I'd like to …
2009-07-01 … that there has been some progress in advertising standards, then check this Listverse top 10 vintage cigarette adverts, e.g. a few examples: Facebook/Twitter/Myspace addicts should check out this mental health advisory! (HT Visual Culture) Posted in 20th Century, 21st Century, apologetics, Asia, …
2009-04-01 … Lincoln’s pocket watch bears a secret message inscribed by his watch repairer! Welsh toast cutter – for Welsh people who like toast… and Wales. Why Facebook is for Old Fogies! Intriguing Time article! (HT Raquel Medina Megolla) Wiki has a wonderful compilation of modern misconceptions. As you look down …
2009-06-26 In his Facebook page French philosopher and writer Bernard-Henri Lévy has a video, which was clandestinely shot and brought out of Iran, showing …
2009-06-25 Not Obama, nor Bush, nor Twitter, nor Facebook. It’s women who are shaking the regime, wrote Anne Applebaum in last Tuesday’s Washington Post. Years of work and effort lie behind this public …
2009-04-07 … and Udine, and ferrying me places of interest – it was a shame she hadn’t got more help from her colleagues). Earlier in the week I had posted on Facebook that I was off to ‘walk in the footsteps of Rilke’ and a German friend asked me to read out a poem for him (’Say one poem for me for Rilke, one of …
2009-05-05 … freezer / Susie Martinez, 641.555 MAR • Effective business writing / Patrick Forsyth, 651.74 FOR • End of overeating / David A. Kessler, 613.2 KES • Facebook era / Clara C. Shih, 658.872 SHI • Fifty is the new fifty / Suzanne Braun Levine, 155.66 LEV • First tycoon: the epic life of Cornelius Vanderbilt / …
2009-06-22 … that any country with a "supreme leader" whose power is handed down by God probably has a regime that doesn't care about the beating they'll take on Facebook forums. But, if perchance I give the impression that Buchanan and Haaretz -- strange bedfellows if ever there were -- are reading off the same page, …
2009-05-12 … Roper. Staff took strike action last week, and yesterday at 5pm students occupied a canteen in the Commercial Building. For more info check out Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=46966049540 Blog: http://savelondonmetuni.blogspot.com/ Press Coverage: …
2009-01-15 … Barack Obama already has a speechwriter, 28-year-old Jonathan Favreau, who gained his 15 seconds of fame recently for photos, briefly posted on Facebook, that showed him groping, then dancing with, a cardboard cutout of Hillary Clinton. He has described his speechwriting partnership with Obama this …
2009-06-08 … slogan: We will make some noise on your behalf. A political party unable to provide a role for the citizen deserves a defeat. As someone wrote on Facebook today: the problems of this party-turned-institution are the same as the Lutheran Church´s. And it is not saved by recycling Blairite slogans from …
2009-07-05 Via Giulio Manieri over at Facebook. Not my favourite scene from Mike Leigh's High Hopes. That would be this scene.
2009-07-04 Clinging onto the back bumpers for dear life, the SPGB finally climbs aboard the Facebook bandwagon: Socialist Party of Great Britain Facebook Group Socialist Standard Facebook Group Feel free to grab onto the toggles of our collective anorak. Coming Soon: The SPGB on Twitter […] but only …
2009-07-05 … to take over as head of the British Secret Service (“C”) later this year, made a little security booboo by putting everything about her life on Facebook, including holiday pictures, one of them featuring a blindingly pale Sir John playing frisbee in his swim suit, the location of their London flat, …
2009-06-22 … what it is they are voting for. People need to be brought back into the process. Parmjit Dhanda argues that people are engaged in politics, but on Facebook and social networking sites while parliament chugs along. The big question is whether people would engage or whether there would be the same level …
2009-06-16 … between his RSS and his elbow and getting it wrong, seemed to have really stepped up their online strategy. There is now a 'Believe in Labour' Facebook group but also something that has the appearance of a party wiki. Labourspace seems to post policy ideas and for others to comment on them. Included …
2009-05-07 … more creative." His pledge was to "reach beyond the halls of government" and engage the public. The result has been to 'be where the people are'; Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, Vimeo, Twitter, YouTube and iTunes. The White House blog post "Technology has profoundly impacted how – and where – we all consume …
2009-07-05 … the unknown British politician, Danial Hannan who got millions of hits when he put his speech to Gordon Brown about how incompetent he was on Facebook Imagine Palin doing that - weekly. She can say anything she wants, the advertising will pay for the rest of her campaign, she will get 10s of …
2009-07-03 … with Hyde and the Rock & Hyde lineup of the band, again under the name Payola$. Thanks to all of you for your attention, especially my "friends" on Facebook for your many comments. I hope the last four weeks have been as much fun for you as it has been for me. I have no immediate plans to do this again, …
2009-06-29 … Fun 80s nostalgia trip with the obligatory Canadian Content. I know I've got a fair number of American readers (and not a few American "friends" on Facebook), who may be familiar with a few of these songs. If the rest are obscure, rest assured they received significant airplay on Canadian radio stations …
2008-06-08 … a corporate P.R. giant. Such viral organization and fund-raising is a seamless fit with bottom-up democracy as it is increasingly practiced in the Facebook-YouTube era, not merely by Americans and not merely by the young. You could learn a ton about the Clinton campaign's cultural tone-deafness from its …
2009-07-08 … wrote in The Observer, Tweets do not “shake” the political world. More accurately, we have just witnessed a mini dotcom boom and bust: YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Flickr were seen to be “powerful political tools”. They aren’t. Especially when they are only being used by a relatively small urban …
2009-07-05 … With a baby and a house to tend to, time is oh so precious! Limiting computer time doesn't include only blogging, either. I rarely log on to my Facebook account and can truly understand my friends who opted not to start one at all, or closed their account (are you reading this, Judith?!) I limit the …
2008-09-06 … politically correct, I don't know what is. Just a pity the idea behind myfirstidentity.com is such a lousy copy of existing services (similiar to Facebook et al […] Thanks to Hagenburger GmbH for the hint.
2009-07-07 More as we have it, but TechCrunch is reporting on an apparent Chinese crackdown on Twitter and Facebook access, plus search censorship, seemingly in response to the riots of ethnic Uighurs over the weekend. That China has no qualms about attempting to …
2009-03-14 … 9 times … it’s getting old…and the inside of my lip looks like hamburger…sick 2) wish that people (especially Christians) would stop using their Facebook status updates to complain…(especially about the new home page). Seriously people… note that the words reveal the heart. 3) Have subbed kind of a …
2009-02-06 I was on Facebook the other day and saw various friend’s pictures and I laughed at something that I’ve noticed for a long time in people pictures…. in ‘group’ pics …
2009-04-13 A Facebook status is really a tool for social change… A recent message on Shlomi Moto Wagner’s Facebook homepage called for a boycott of Amazon.com. The boycott due to the insulting search result for ‘homosexuality’ on the Amazon.com website. The …
2009-06-18 … email peoplekorps@gmail.com Spindoctor calls Libertas poll failure Simons ‘psychotic bitch’ ATTACK: But anti-Lisbon candidate gives no response to Facebook slur "> By Kevin Doyle, POLITICAL REPORTER Thursday June 18 2009 LIBERTAS’S main election spindoctor has described the party's failed Dublin …
2009-07-02 … might catch something I miss, especially since you live in the area. July 2 News Got an e-mail from Gina stating that the Justice For Teish site on Facebook has now garnered 1,000 members. However, the site for Angie had 5,000 members at the same time period, and there's been a huge disparity in the …
2009-07-07 … got that much coverage from CNN. We really have become a celebrity-obsessed culture, and that's not a positive thing. UPDATE: A comment from Dean on Facebook: "Since he is 85% plastic, after the funeral, they're going to melt him down into legos so the children can play with him for a change."
2009-07-01 … the Media became the force of this election for the Reformists, who used the internet as a tool for their campaigning. The Mousavi Group on Facebook boasts 89,000 users, many of them from Iran, who update the rest of the world with the latest news on the happenings in Iran as well as the speeches …
2009-03-31 … visit Y.A.N.A.’s website http://www.yanaccujm.org . More photos can be found at http://www.yanaccujm.org , multimedia section as well as in the Facebook groups. Y.A.N.A. (You Are Not Alone) Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=38829995619 Y.A.N.A. (You Are Not Alone) Page: …
2009-07-03 … Begich had a meeting with Sarah Palin two days ago with no mention of her leaving office. Palin's press secretary, David Murrow had posted on his Facebook page Wednesday, "David Murrow is considering life's ironies." He was hired less than a month ago. Yesterday he wrote, "There's gonna be some …
2009-04-01 … at CSU Long Beach would seem to say, “yes.” And it may be illegal On March 18th, Zo Farooqui, an assimilated Muslim student senator (whose Facebook page features the quote “Kiss French. Wear Italian. Drive German. Drink Russian.”) submitted a sophisticated, albeit totally false set of …
2009-05-13 … A pdf of the leaflet can be seen here. You can keep up with the latest info about the campaign by joining the Not Liberal - Not Democrats group on Facebook, or by signing up for the eBulletin on the DM's main website.
2009-05-23 … mark of Liberty University. They are not to be used in any of your publications, electronic or internet, including but not limited to, any website, Facebook, Twitter or any other such publication. If you have questions please do not hesitate to contact me. Mark Hine VP for Student Affairs Liberty …
2009-07-01 One of my Facebook friends’ wrote in her status box that she “is planning on moving out of the country if Prez Obama attends Michael Jackson’s funeral. Ridiculous.” …
2009-06-20 … Heifer International. Support them in any way you can–buy gift animals, volunteer, or just promote them–on your own website or blog, on your Facebook and Twitter, word of mouth, whatever. Just make sure you make it clear that you’re doing so not just because Heifer International is an outstanding …
2009-06-14 … to give me the news in the future, could cable news follow newspapers into the trash? (A few links related to this ongoing story) Iran moves to end ‘Facebook revolution’ http://bit.ly/8gghS Twitter, Social Media and the Iran … http://bit.ly/2QkOG http://twitter.com/Change_for_Iran (Citizen in Iran, posts …
2009-06-14 … that in the hours after announcing that Ahmadenejad received 64% of the vote, the government blocked Mousavi-affiliated sites like YouTube and Facebook, an attempt to supress public outcry over the results. From TehranLive.org: Credit: tehranlive.org Credit: tehranlive.org Credit: tehranlive.org …
2009-06-30 I've been reading the updates from my friends' Facebook pages - those who live in Ithaca - and apparently it's been cold and rainy nonstop. In Jerusalem, on the other hand, it's hot - 35 C this afternoon. …
2007-07-08 … like to bring to the world’s attention that a new generation of young Palestinians has emerged and is connected to the world through Google, yahoo, Facebook, MySpace … We would like to bring to the world’s attention that our worldview represents the majority in Palestine, despite the media and the …
2009-07-08 Ingrid Howard is now on Facebook! facebook.com/mrsingridhoward Ingrid Howard is now on Twitter! twitter.com/ingridhoward
2009-02-27 I love how it all says “Facebook should” after everything it’s users want it to do. I should do my laundry but I’m not going to. I should clean my room but I wont. I should do a lot …
2007-08-13 Quebec touts plan to rein in federal power Email story Print Choose text size Report typo or correction License this article Digg this story Add to Facebook Tag on Delicious I'm proud of Ontario […] but I'm a Canadian first Premier Dalton McGuinty McGuinty, PM at odds in new debate over curbing Ottawa's …
2009-07-04 … readers may be interested in the Facebook Reviews. Here is the most recent. And happy fourth! I hope to be celebrating Iran's independence day soon. Facebook, July 2-3 I Know How the Caged Bird Flies The past two days have brought one piece of bad news after another: friends, colleagues, and innocents in …
2009-05-11 … Tori) in front of Golestan Palace in Tehran. They are not from the class of 1993. My friend Maryam's high school class of 1993 is now gathering on Facebook. She showed us pictures of the group of teenaged girls posed in their black hoods and manteaus in the school's hidden playground. "We threw rocks at …
2008-02-01 … up long before. Like most mainstream media organisations and indeed most 'free' services on the web, social networking sites like MySpace, Bebo, Facebook, Orkut and Friendster are for-profit enterprises selling their users attention spans to advertisers. In order to garner more eyeball time, social …
2009-07-08 … Now we arrive at Destabilization 2.0, really not much more than a slight tweak of Destabilization 1.2. The only thing different is that now Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other social media are being employed to amplify the effect of (and the impression of) internal protests. Once again, Soros henchman …
2009-06-16 … rumour mill here has been central to the escalation of protest and someone MUST do some research on this. Finally, a note about Twitter. Twitter and Facebook and blogs are primarily for the protestors to reach outside Iran, not in the country itself. Furthermore, internet speed has apparently slowed to a …
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