News & Notes

• HOW TO: Update Facebook From Outside Facebook (Mashable)
• Add context to news online with a wiki feature (Online Journalism Blog)
• What Is the Average CTR on Twitter? Let’s Find Out (Daily Blog Tips)
• Locational Privacy: The EFF Weighs in on Safeguarding Your Location (O’Reilly Radar)
• Facebook Search: 5 Takeaways From Facebook’s Assault On The Real-Time Web (All Facebook)
• Facebook Versus Twitter Is Getting Ugly For Twitter (Silicon Alley Insider)

[Read more…] about Internet Marketing, Strategy & Technology Links – August 12, 2009

I think it hit me late Saturday night, standing next to $600 of fine Whiskey while watching a Keynote presentation on the subtle distinctions in Regional variations, that geeks wear their passions on their breast pocket, sometimes right next to their MiFi card.  Geek culture is a rhythm that, if audible to your ears, will drive your soul to seek out fellow dancers.

eRubyCon 2009, latest edition of EdgeCase’s Enterprise Ruby Convention, isn’t really about racking up the largest number of talks and demonstrations on the most number possible parallel track, like some conferences I could name.  One track, one room and at most 6 speakers in a day, it is less of a conference and more of a Gathering.

[Read more…] about eRubyCon is more of a gathering #erubycon

• Microsoft Employees Want Your Ideas for Improving Office (ReadWriteWeb)
• Bing Cashback: Buy With Bing, Get Double the Cash Back (Mashable)
• BREAKING: Facebook Acquires FriendFeed (Mashable)
• FACEBOOK FIRED: 8% of US Companies Have Sacked Social Media Miscreants (Mashable)
• Off the clock? Hyperconnected workers sue employers (Ars Technica)
• Recession What? Use Social Media to Your Advantage. (The Social Times)

[Read more…] about Internet Marketing, Strategy & Technology Links – August 11, 2009