Last year, we orchestrated War of the Worlds 2.0 on Twitter. Many people had fun, and Wired wrote about it. You didn’t think we’d stop there, did you? No, of course not. You’re a reasonable person. I know many of you may be unfamiliar with the work of H.P. Lovecraft. That’s perfectly OK. In fact, [...]
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There are lots of rumors swirling about an Apple Tablet. It’s to Apple’s credit that people get excited about (and start reviewing) a device they’ve never seen. Maybe Apple is making one, maybe not. I have no idea. But the rumors are swirling more quickly than usual, gaining details as they go. They feel pretty [...]
I’m pretty opinionated when it comes to Twitter. I use it a lot, and I’m often annoyed by it almost as much as I’m delighted by it. Because of that, I’ve built up a list of etiquette rules in my head over time, and I’d like to share those rules with you now. I’d love to hear yours in the comments.
Recently on Twitter, I wrote a very confusingly-worded feature request. I later realized the idea made no sense after being compressed into 140 characters, and I figured I should probably just write about it here. I think it would be really useful, and I hope they implement it. When a person follows you on Twitter, [...]
I recently stumbled upon an amazing new artist called Pogo, and I want to share a couple samples of his work with you. His mood and insight take my breath away. Pogo makes music by reusing pre-existing material. He samples and loops and clips and layers. Sometimes he adds his own drums or an original [...]
I just had a really odd idea for a fun social web application, and in classic form, I’m just going to hand it out rather than make it myself. Call me lazy. No, go ahead. Call me lazy. I’ll wait. OK, my idea: you may have seen things called “soundboards” before. Arnold Schwarzenegger has quite [...]
