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Clipping the Web- Is Catching on!

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:55:50 GMT

clipped by: juliapatriciaroy
clipper's remarks: Watch out clippers. Mainstream is using our word!

Finally, we’re seeing that people are no longer “surfing” the web. They’re “clipping” it. People are using start pages and personal organizers to filter out what they want to keep top-of-mind. Because of this, understanding the value of widgets and branded utilities is critical to success. Brands can no longer rely on people coming to their websites. They now need to think about providing modules that people can add to their personal pages whether it be iGoogle, Facebook, a blog, Pageflakes, Netvibes, etc.

Kids bad Googlers

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:42:46 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Interesting that kids are having a hard time with keyword searching.

Clip Source: arstechnica.com

It's true that young people prefer interactive systems to passive ones and that they are generally competent with technology, but it's not true that students today are "expert searchers." In fact, the report calls this "a dangerous myth." Knowing how to use Facebook doesn't make one an Internet search god, and the report concludes that a literature review shows no movement (either good or bad) in young people's information skills over the last several decades. Choosing good search terms is a special problem for younger users.

4 in 1 House

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:51:53 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Amazing.

Clip Source: mocoloco.com

Compact four-rooms-in-one house.
Designer Luigi Colani has created a space-saving house with a six square meter cylinder inside that contains a bedroom, kitchen and bathroom. The cylinder rotates left or right bringing the room you want into view of the main living room. There's a separate toilet and a small hallway, and everything is controlled with a remote. The house was designed for young professionals who need minimal space while they focus on career...

Subway and Quiznos User-Generated Content Suit

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:06:39 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Read the whole article, very interesting. I'm particularly interested in how this will affected consumer generated contests.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

The Subway/Quiznos case hinges on how the District Court of Connecticut interprets two federal laws: the Lanham Act, which dates to the 1940s and centers on trademark rights, and the Communications Decency Act, which was passed in 1996 to safeguard the Internet.

Last spring, Quiznos and iFilm tried to claim they should not be liable for user-generated content because of the Communications Decency Act, which immunizes “providers” of “interactive computer services” from responsibility for user postings on their sites.

Still, a win for Subway would mean that user-generated advertising contests would have to play by new rules. The sponsors of such contests could find themselves in trouble if participants insulted a competitor or made unsubstantiated claims about products, said Sam Bayard, assistant director of the Citizen Media Law Project.

Jesus finally learns Soulja Boy dance

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:52:11 GMT

clipped by: juliapatriciaroy
clipper's remarks: Go Jesus, raise the roof.

Clip Source: youtube.com

Jesus Does Soulja Boy

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Budweiser 08 Superbowl Sneak Peak

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:40:46 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Teaser for Bud Light SuperBowl ad. Under 200 views so far, wonder if anyone cares? They say over hype and media coverage re:Superbowl advertising is less than average this year. Wonder why?

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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Mass. Auto Insurance

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:24:33 GMT

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clipper's remarks: So glad I never drove in Boston. Crazy drivers there. Much like NYC.

Clip Source: blog.compete.com

Massachusetts is one of the last states to loosen its control of auto insurance rates and potentially the criteria insurers may use to set those rates. Until now, those two factors have deterred several of the nation’s major carriers, like GEICO and Progressive, from insuring in Massachusetts.

After all, Massachusetts is an attractive market. Currently, only 19 insurers sell private passenger auto coverage in the Commonwealth (compared to an average of 36 per state nationally). In addition, Massachusetts ranks among the top five states in most expensive auto insurance premiums and among the top ten in number of insured automobiles, according to the Insurance Information Institute.

For heavy Facebook and MySpace users...

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:05:00 GMT

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Clip Source: www.facebook.com

Fuser lets you check your MySpace messages, comments and bulletins without leaving Facebook. You can even display your MySpace comments as a separate wall on your Facebook profile. Great success!

Radiohead $$$ In Rainbows

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:32:00 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I think that is pretty amazing that they made more money on In Rainbows than all of their other Radiohead albums put together.

Clip Source: www.wired.com

David Byrne and Thom Yorke on the Real Value of Music

Byrne: Are you making money on the download of In Rainbows?

Yorke: In terms of digital income, we've made more money out of this record than out of all the other Radiohead albums put together, forever — in terms of anything on the Net. And that's nuts. It's partly due to the fact that EMI wasn't giving us any money for digital sales. All the contracts signed in a certain era have none of that stuff.

Tags: radiohead music

Word of the Year: w00t

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:46:36 GMT

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clipper's remarks: all I have to say is... w00t

Clip Source: www.merriam-webster.com

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year 2007

The word you've selected hasn't found its way into a regular Merriam-Webster dictionary yet—but its inclusion in our online Open Dictionary, along with the top honors it's now been awarded—might just improve its chances. This year's winning word first became popular in competitive online gaming forums as part of what is known as l33t ("leet," or "elite") speak—an esoteric computer hacker language in which numbers and symbols are put together to look like letters. Although the double "o" in the word is usually represented by double zeroes, the exclamation is also known to be an acronym for "we owned the other team"—again stemming from the gaming community.

1. w00t (interjection)

expressing joy (it could be after a triumph, or for no reason at all); similar in use to the word "yay"

Top Ten List f

Tags: w00t, merriam-webster, contest, word of the year

5 Days in S. Africa

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:47:22 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is a submission for a Behance photo contest by a colleague of mine, Carlos DeSpinola. Please, if you think these photos are kick ass-- VOTE!

Peace in Africa.

Clip Source: www.behance.net

Tags: africa, photos

Open Handset Alliance and Android

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:02:16 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Um, i don't really get it. But it sounds freaking awesome. haha.

Clip Source: www.techcrunch.com

Despite all of the very interesting speculation over the last few months, we’re not announcing a Gphone. However, we think what we are announcing — the Open Handset Alliance and Android — is more significant and ambitious than a single phone. In fact, through the joint efforts of the members of the Open Handset Alliance, we hope Android will be the foundation for many new phones and will create an entirely new mobile experience for users, with new applications and new capabilities we can’t imagine today

Android is the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices. It includes an operating system, user-interface and applications — all of the software to run a mobile phone, but without the proprietary obstacles that have hindered mobile innovation.

Tags: gphone, google

Eric Skiff is my Best Friend :P

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:43:51 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I know you are all jealous. Hehe. Great time at Podcamp with The Evangelist himself.

Clip Source: flickr.com

Tags: ericskiff, clipmarks

Betting (Gambling) on the Weather $$

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:06:22 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Wow, would be great for restaurants with big patios in the summer. They lose so much money when it rains or is crappy out.

Clip Source: venturebeat.com

WeatherBill, a company that lets you make money by betting on the weather, has raised $12.5 million.

The San Francisco-based company sells contracts that essentially let you put money down against bad weather hurting your business, so you can still get paid even if your business itself suffers.

You can choose your contract to be for hot, cold, rainy, snowy or dry days or seasons, and customize every specific aspect of your scenario, such as the temperature, precipitation or snow level. Choose a location with all of your weather specifications and how much you hope to earn from the contract, and the site will calculate its cost.

Tags: socialnetworks, gambling, weather

YouTube video's and Google Earth

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:35:29 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Yah, this is sick. Google is on fire.

Clip Source: blog.wired.com

Google has mashed up two of its more popular services, adding geotagged YouTube videos to Google Earth. The new YouTube layer can be found in the featured content folder in Google Earth's layers section.

Tags: google