February 2012
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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.
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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,…
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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
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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.
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I don’t miss snorting coke through penne, because I don’t miss...
– Anthony Bourdain on WTF with Marc Maron
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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
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December 2011
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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)”
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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...
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...
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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...
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Dear Editorial Staff: We hired you because we were impressed with your...
– Erik Wemple’s social media guidelines for all
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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
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October 2011
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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.
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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.”
September 2011
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Yahoo!, Facebook announce "socially curated" news →
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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.
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