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Speak at My Conference…. for Free?

October 6, 2009

Last week I received an email from a conference organizer in the US offering me the opportunity to speak at their social media conference. I’d not heard of him or the conference before but the site looked pretty good and the lineup of confirmed speakers seemed good (mainly representatives of companies, but fairly high profile [...]

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FTC Fail

October 6, 2009

The Federal Trade Commission just released rules to regulate product endorsements not just in advertisements but also on blogs. (PDF here; the regs don’t start until page 55.)
via buzzmachine.com
The FTC has dropped the ball on this one.
They want to listen in to conversations on the Internets and fine folks for not disclosing hidden beneficial [...]

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Roadblocking and Online Ad Measurement

October 2, 2009

Roadblocking is not a new term, it’s been around in the television space for sometime now and refers to an advertiser buying all of the ad placements within a given media space. In this instance, we’re referring to an advertiser who has purchased all the impressions / ad placements on the same page of a [...]

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Twitter Soon to Launch Lists

October 1, 2009

Lists, a new feature we’re testing with a small subset of users. The idea is to allow people to curate lists of Twitter accounts. For example, you could create a list of the funniest Twitter accounts of all time, athletes, local businesses, friends, or any compilation that makes sense.
Lists [...]

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Incredible, amazing, awesome Apple

September 30, 2009

via youtube.com
I can forgive them … after all, Apple is teh Awsum
Ohnoes, I turned into “that guy“!

Posted via web from chrisgarrett.posterous

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OMG – Elite is 25 Years Old!

September 26, 2009

via elite.frontier.co.uk
I can recall now the excitement when Elite came out. It wasn’t until we got our hands on the Atari ST version that we got to experience it outselves. The freedom to explore blew our minds, but I have to confess I was abismal at the actual game.
Whichever platform they decide to [...]

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Dan Bull Creates Fantastic Song About Lily Allen’s Anti-Fan Campaign

September 26, 2009

via youtube.com
You might recall this week Lily Allen was ranting and railing against her fans sharing her intellectual property without paying for it and they should have their household internet connection cut off (guilty until proven innocent, without jury or any actual evidence, because, you know, music fans do not deserve fair legal processes [...]

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Gary Vaynerchuk Rocks It

September 25, 2009

via michaelmartine.posterous.com
Love this guy! Thanks for pointing out the video Michael.
Want to tell you something … but I am not going to share it now, it will have to wait until after the weekend. You will like it.
Promise

Posted via web from chrisgarrett.posterous

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TomTom Car Kit to Include the App?

September 24, 2009

TomTom’s highly anticipated hardware accessory for the iPhone and iPod touch with an external GPS receiver recently became available in several European Apple online stores. They are priced at £99.95 (US$164.10) in the UK and 99.95 Euro (US$147.90) in other European countries, and includes the companion iPhone application.

via iphonealley.com

Edit: It seems this is not the [...]

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