Seems I’m not the only one suddenly deluged with Twitter spam (20 attempted followers in 48 hrs - which is 18 more than the rest of the time I’ve been on Twitter). Twitter says:
However, spammers are posting links on a whole different scale and they’re doing something else we call Aggressive Following. This behavior entails [...]
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Twitter Fighting Twitter Spam
July 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
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Pat Phelan and iPhone in Breakup Shocker
July 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Boy meets phone. Boy loses phone through third party interference, miscommunication and misunderstanding. Boy wins phone back with help from commenter on blog.
A happy ending. Until the sequel.
It’s Mamma Mia!* crossed with WALL-E.
Took Herself to this last night as a — gift, penance, masochistic act? — and I laughed in spite of myself several [...]
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The Seduction of Pat Phelan
July 11th, 2008 · 4 Comments
We never thought we’d live to see the day. iPhone porn from former boycott-the-iPhone advocate, Cork’s telecoms entrepreneur supremo Pat Phelan.
The caress of the box. The pauses - oh, the pauses. The tender, delicate removal of each layer of wrapping.
Wow.
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How Obama Won
June 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Obama talks to student organisers in Storm Lake, Iowa, September 07
Now that Obama has clinched, a number of long “how he did it” pieces appear today. One of the best is Karen Tumulty’s Time mag piece, with some explanations from Obama himself - showing a pretty detailed (perhaps unsurprisingly so) grasp by him of the [...]
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The MySpace Murder
May 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments
This case is one particularly horrific example of why Facebook et al have the right idea. No more pseudonyms. You should be as accountable for what you do online as you are standing in front of someone.
A federal indictment accuses Lori Drew, 49, of O’Fallon, Missouri, of using the social networking Web site MySpace.com [...]
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Twitter Marriage Proposal
March 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Who says there’s no poetry in Twitter? Their eyes met (over Skype) discussing thoughts about Dreamweaver. Awww. Then he tweeted the question. Awwwww. (h/t Andrew Sullivan)
Or actual twitter poetry. Can it be long before the 140-character tweet an officially accepted form taught in high school English, like a micro-haiku? She tweets poetic quite often. My [...]
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Protest in the Age of Abundance
March 25th, 2008 · No Comments
In a Wal-Mart world, shopping at Target is a form of resistance. Seriously.
Genius.
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Apple gets 7-month itch on iPhone monogamy
March 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Maybe Pat Phelan can call off his boycott now. Seems like he’s not the only one who wants an unblocked iPhone.
Looks like Apple might want to do the same:
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