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What Still Annoys Me About Twitter

{ Posted on Feb 04 2010 by Pixelrage }
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Simply put: there's no way to hide people you're following. There would be drastic pros and cons to Twitter allowing this feature - but can't there be a better way to get things done? Read More »

Cottonelle Rips Off Famous Facebook Poll?

{ Posted on Jan 18 2010 by Pixelrage }
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This totally blew my mind. A television commercial for Cottonelle advertised the "Cottonelle Roll Poll," which basically borrows a concept that has gone viral seemingly forever-ago on Facebook: the infamous poll asking if you install your toilet paper to roll ...Read More »

HGTV and Food Network’s Campaign of Love

{ Posted on Jan 10 2010 by Pixelrage }
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Right now, about three million Cablevision customers haven't had HGTV or the Food Network for exactly a week due to a contract expiration. As you can imagine, this has caused a complete uproar. The two widely popular shows are suffering ...Read More »

Implications of Stupid Facebook Pages

{ Posted on Dec 23 2009 by Pixelrage }
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Yesterday, a friend who is a casual social networking user directed my attention to this utterly ridiculous Facebook Page. The two of us constantly rag on these dumb pages as they show up day in and day out on our ...Read More »

Stagnant Ning Accounts to be Deleted

{ Posted on Nov 25 2009 by Pixelrage }
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If you've ever created a Ning social network, chances are that you have an email waiting for you right now. Ning announced that it will be doing a site-wide cleansing of stagnant accounts on December 18, 2009. If you haven't ...Read More »

Create a Free Online Business Card with Magntize

{ Posted on Nov 18 2009 by Pixelrage }
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Here's yet another "damnit, I should have thought of this myself, but I can't program and probably wouldn't be willing to pay someone a small fortune to do it for me" idea! Magntize is a free new online business card ...Read More »

How to Report a Cybersquatted Twitter Account Name

{ Posted on Nov 06 2009 by Pixelrage }
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If you're wondering how much I hate cybersquatters and socialquatters by now, the answer is a resounding "A LOT." Here's a helpful little article for anyone who wants to report one of these bastards to Twitter for having claimed a ...Read More »

Got My Google Wave Invite

{ Posted on Oct 28 2009 by Pixelrage }
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I think I may have used The Secret to channel up a series of events that led me to getting a Google Wave invite. Regardless, it's here, and my account is ready to go! Read More »

A Sneak Peek at Twitter Lists

{ Posted on Oct 25 2009 by Pixelrage }
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Just today, my Twitter business account got access to a new feature called "Twitter Lists." It's been a long time coming:  a way to organize your Twitter followers by category! Read More »

Blogmarks.net – The Worst Social Bookmarking Site Ever Made

{ Posted on Oct 21 2009 by Pixelrage }
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Way back, many years ago, I had signed up with a social bookmarking site called Blogmarks.net. This was well before the "nofollow" days, and it was relatively simple to figure out a way to give yourself a 100% valid PR5 ...Read More »
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