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EntreCard my way

August 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments

While using EntreCard, I’m doing a couple of things to add even more value to my actions or drops. Since it’s rainy and grey outside (can’t wait to go to Turkey), it’s a perfect day to write about it.
Firstly, I’ll explain what EntreCard is. Secondly, I’ll go through some of the basics for all the [...]

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Tags: internet · marketing · thoughts

Facebook’s Social Ads & Privacy

November 12th, 2007 · No Comments

A rather big discussion erupted on using Facebook members’ names and pictures for making ’social ads’. You read things like:
Daniel Solove, an associate professor of law at George Washington University law school, blogged that Facebook “might be assuming that if a person talks about a product, then he or she consents to being used as [...]

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Tags: internet · marketing · thoughts

Activism meets Web 2.0

November 6th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Seems like activists are catching on to the power of web 2.0. I assume most of the readers here are familiar with Avaaz.org and their emails calling on people to sign petitions and send emails to representatives. Their method is rather conventional however and (dare I say) dated.
Good news. Rethos.com has opened up their beta [...]

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Tags: activism · internet · news · politics · society

ClipMarks

October 31st, 2007 · No Comments

Check out this tool I found called ClipMarks. Let’s you easily make screenshots of what you want, so you don’t have to crop your print-screens, and it’s even easier to share your clippings. Go check it out!

clipped from clipmarks.com

Save your clips privately or add them to the public library
Use ClipSearch to find what you [...]

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Tags: internet · media

Why you should use StumbleUpon, reason #2

October 16th, 2007 · No Comments

Okay, another reason why you should use StumbleUpon is something that I started using a lot quite recently. I accidentally emailed my complete GMail addressbook recently with an invite to StumbleUpon, really hate it when that happens, but it resulted in a lot of people signing up. So now, when I’m surfing the web, I [...]

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Tags: leisure · life

DailyMe Launches Public Beta

October 9th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Looks like I won’t be giving out invitations after all.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007, 12:05 AM
I’m pleased to announce the launch of the DailyMe public Beta. This means our DailyMe news platform is now available to everyone.We’ve been working hard to be able to make this day happen. I’d like to thank all of our early [...]

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Tags: internet · leisure · life · news

Two Web 2.0 Tips!

October 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

RSS2Twitter
Just found a really nice tool for shameless self-promotion. A simple tip to increase your SEO ratings.
Go to www.rss2twitter.com right now! If you don’t have a Twitter account yet, open up one. Basically, you can let RSS2Twitter export any RSS link straight to your Twitter (the Picasa one doesn’t seem to be working though). Easily [...]

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Tags: internet · thoughts

Tag drafting

October 2nd, 2007 · 1 Comment

Just came across a very interesting notion called “tag drafting”. Most of us are familiar with sites like del.icio.us, stumbleupon and Technorati (if not, join the revolution today) and are developing our own ways for using these sites effectively.
Here’s another philosophy to increase your efficiency and effectiveness in finding interesting sites. Drafting is a phrase [...]

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Tags: internet · thoughts

DailyMe

September 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment

StumbleThisPost!
Just received the following email. Sounds very interesting and definitely something I’ll be participating in in the future.

Thanks for your interest in DailyMe.
DailyMe delivers your daily fill of news, information, blogs, articles, columns, and all the other stuff that you read each day, just the way you like it. We let you decide what’s most [...]

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Tags: leisure · life · news