February 2012
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Feb 5th
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January 2012
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Yahoo! Hiring Social Editors →
Excited about this. Click through to inquire with our social lead, Violet Lim. yahoosocial: Big news, digital media people: Yahoo! is hiring social editors across its News, Sports, Finance, Entertainment, Lifestyles and Commerce properties. Check out the job descriptions: Y! News Y! Sports Y! Entertainment (Movies, TV, Music and omg!) Y! Commerce (Travel, Shopping, Autos,…
Jan 31st
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Jan 30th
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“I didn’t show up to Sports Illustrated asking to write half a column. Gary...”
– An interview with SI senior writer Thomas Lake
Jan 30th
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Jan 27th
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Lack of Grammar Power Rankings
5. Twitter — More like 140 grammatical errors, AMIRITE? 4. Facebook — Over-punctuation generally accepted. 3. Email — Complete sentences are frowned upon. 2. IM — Society demands error-filled discourse. 1. Handwritten note to self — All bets are off.
Jan 24th
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Jan 19th
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“I don’t miss snorting coke through penne, because I don’t miss...”
– Anthony Bourdain on WTF with Marc Maron
Jan 18th
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Jan 17th
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Jan 13th
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Jan 10th
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My Social Network Power Rankings [UPDATED]
5. LinkedIn: Ex-coworkers. 4. Tumblr: Neat things. 3. Instagram: Pretty things. 2. Facebook: Family stuff. 1. Twitter: Funny stuff. No longer ranked: Google+ Not yet ranked: Pinterest Previous rankings: July 20, 2011
Jan 9th
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Jan 6th
December 2011
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Dec 25th
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Best Songs of 2011 for Real
Here’s the annual mix CD I make for people. It’s my favorite songs from the year that was, and what’s nice about this year is Spotify lets me link to the playlist for everyone to listen to. Technology! Spotify: Best of 2011 | Best of 2011 (EXTENDED EDITION) 1. Fleet Foxes, “Helplessness Blues” 2. Charles Bradley, “The World (Is Going Up In Flames)” ...
Dec 22nd
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Dec 15th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
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“One of my goals for 2012 is to have our market opportunities tightly align with our consumer and revenue product development and goals and to have our leadership operate the company to build the products and talent that will continue to put AOL at the forefront of where the Web is going.” — AOL CEO Tim Armstrong “Any biz school dean would be proud of that...
Dec 7th
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November 2011
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My Friends' Favorite Books of 2011
Thanks to everyone who responded on Facebook and Twitter yesterday to my “What was the best book you read this year?” (new or otherwise) query. The results: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian The Alchemist The Art of Fielding Augustus Between a Rock and a Hard Place The Big Short (two responses) Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It Butcher’s Crossing Cutting for Stone...
Nov 30th
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TMZ Needs to Chill Out a Little Bit
An actual unsolicited email from our friends at TMZ.com: Subject: TMZ EXCLUSIVE PHOTO: Kobe Bryant — Secret NBA Training with the Jews Body: Your use of this photo is permitted starting today through December 5th, 2011 Any use thereafter must be cleared again with TMZ. It may not be archived or used as file photo stock unless permission is granted by TMZ. In addition, the TMZ bug must...
Nov 29th
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Nov 28th
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Nov 22nd
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Nov 21st
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“Dear Editorial Staff: We hired you because we were impressed with your...”
– Erik Wemple’s social media guidelines for all
Nov 18th
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Nov 16th
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Nov 16th
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“My old friend Buck O’Neil always used to say that what you do in the dark will...”
– Joe Posnanski, who was writing a book about Joe Paterno when the Penn State story blew up
Nov 8th
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Nov 2nd
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October 2011
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Oct 31st
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Oct 31st
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Oct 26th
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Oct 25th
Oct 12th
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Oct 12th
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Oct 11th
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Oct 11th
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Oct 10th
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Oct 8th
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“Records to date, for tweets per second (TPS), as peak times, as has been...”
– Tweets About Steve Jobs Spike But Don’t Break Twitter Peak Record I guess you could call this a TPS report.
Oct 7th
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Oct 6th
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Oct 5th
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Oct 4th
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The Furthest Thing From Don Draper
Me: “Oooh, Jon Hamm did an interview with one of my favorite podcasts.” My wife: “How many non-nerds have favorite podcasts? Just curious.”
Oct 4th
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September 2011
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Sep 30th
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Sep 28th
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Sep 26th
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Yahoo!, Facebook announce "socially curated" news  →
yahoosocial: Today Yahoo! and Facebook announced a new feature on Yahoo! News that simplifies sharing and discovery of stories. The integration gives users the ability to seamlessly share everything they are reading on Yahoo! News with their Facebook friends. They’ll also be able to see what their Facebook… Whether it’s for you or not, this seems innovative. Cheers to that.
Sep 23rd
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Sep 22nd
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Sep 21st
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