Writing Archive

Great twitter app

The title of this post is what I said when Martin Dufort first showed me his new app Reportage. Obviously it was a joke but Reportage is such a perfect, simple and intelligent application that it raises the bar considerably. It does what no other Twitter app does, it treats individual as their [...]

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Amazing picture…

I was chatting with a friend Annie at my ultimate game last night and she showed me the above picture that she recently posted for Wordless Wednesday on her blog PhD in Parenting. Its such a great pic that I had to share it.  The pic is of her son and he looks like a [...]

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10 products names

Here is a link to a great article that explains how 10 companies picked the names of some really influencial products including the iPod, Twitter and Firefox.  Here is a short excerpt:

When cofounder Biz Stone saw the application that Jack Dorsey created in 2006 he was reminded of the way birds communicate: “Short bursts of [...]

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Rubber Power

Here is a cool invention and video by Darcy Whyte.  He has completely reinvented the rubber power model plane so that it is accessible for younger children as well as adults with less time. Here are some links if you are interested in finding out it is done…
http://www.Rubber-Power.com
http://www.rubber-power.com/How-to-fly-a-rubber-band-poweredl-airplane.htm

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SM Book Club: Cluetrain Manifesto

Kelly Rusk just posted the following info about the next Social Media Book Club:

Spring is a busy time of year! That’s why I hope you can appreciate this month’s pick–the Cluetrain Manifesto. The book has been out for quite a while (11 years!!) So my hunch is many of us have already read it. If [...]

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