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Turning links into a library with Diigo

January 4, 2010

Can bookmarks make you more productive?
Admittedly, I’m more passionate about bookmarks than most but for good reason.
My bookmarks are my digital memory.
The story is told that a reporter once asked Einsten if he could have his phone number. Einstein picked up the phone directory, looked up his number, wrote it on a slip of paper, [...]

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Why is no one talking about Twitter Tags?

November 15, 2009

Have you ever heard of Twitter tags?
No, I’m not speaking of those search functionaries known as #hashtags, I’m talking about regular tags that are a staple of bookmarks and blog posts.The ability to sort and share are fundamental to how we interact with digital information. However, Twitter seems to have ignored the power of this [...]

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The 3 most important questions that no one asks

August 15, 2009

I exist at a strange intersection where computer networks and social networks collide. These may seem like odd bedfellows but both accomplish the same goal. This story is not about me, this story is about us.
What is the power of technology?
This fundamental question isn’t asked anymore because everyone assumes that we all understand why we [...]

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RSS is Dead, Long Live RSS

July 13, 2009

Why you should dump 50% of your RSS feeds & a few quick tips to help you get there.
RSS is a wonderful technology that allows us to keep track of hundreds of websites without ever leaving our RSS reader, however, many of us have abandoned our bloated RSS subscriptions.
I am one of you.
For [...]

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Accelerate your Community – The Power of Social Media

April 30, 2009

Social media is all the rage these days. Twitter is a buzz word and media sensation and Facebook has become the de facto method for keeping track of your friends lives. Despite it’s popularity its easy to miss the revolutionary power of social media. Socialization technologies are changing the very fabric of how we connect [...]

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Prevent your Twitter stream from becoming a flood

February 24, 2009

Loic Le Meur, a high profile geek and founder of Seesmic, took drastic action yesterday and unfollowed 23,000 twitter users via an unfollow script. He simply became overwhelmed with the spam, robots, and noise so he decided to unfollow everyone and reboot his twitter stream. His newly imposed criteria for following a twitter user is [...]

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