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Don’t forget to vote!

29. August 2008

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Don’t forget to vote!

Don’t forget to vote for our panel at SxSW, today is the last day, you have until 11:59 CST.  Just to refresh your memory here is what our panel is about: Digital Urbanites: How to Become Part of the New Social Capital Social capital online is like the stock market, users build portfolios of vast profiles. Include [...]

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Verizon V740 EVDO

28. August 2008

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Verizon V740 EVDO

As many of you know this year at the Democratic National Convention in Denver there are more bloggers than ever covering the happenings 24/7. However, in order for a blogger to really be successful covering a live event you absolutely need consistent internet access. Internet access and “live blogging” is a marriage kinda-like ‘turkey and swiss’ or ‘cherry and [...]

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iPhone/iPod Touch Apps that you need

26. August 2008

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iPhone/iPod Touch Apps that you need

Today I came across Oosah via Mashable.com. It’s a web app. And well, I love web apps.  I hadn’t really browsed the iTunes store recently for free Apps, so today I made a goal to download 5 free apps. Here is the list in no particular order (All links go to iTunes [...]

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Scoble loves CollectiveX too

23. August 2008

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Scoble loves CollectiveX too

Today at Gnomedex Robert Scoble was able to get a sneak peek of CollectiveX’s new features and from the video you can tell he loves CollectiveX too.  You might remember we interviewed CollectiveX’s CEO, Clarence Wooten, back in April where we spoke about CollectiveX and he shared some tips on running a successful start-up.  In [...]

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Tiffany B. Brown

22. August 2008

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Tiffany B. Brown

This week we speak with the, oh so funny, All in the Family lovin, Blogger, Designer, and Freelancer Tiffany B. Brown. Tiffany is currently working as a UI Developer for Arm Chair Media, a small design firm based out of Atlanta, GA. Tiffany has served on multiple panels including Blogging While Black at SXSW, and [...]

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Social Media Mogul

22. August 2008

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@lynneluvah shared this with me the other day and you all know that we love stuff like this so I decided to share, plus it’s Friday: A Poem on Social MediaA poem talking about various people and services in the social media community If you like this check the full song titled

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Palm Treo Pro

21. August 2008

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Palm Treo Pro

I have to keep up with the countless announcements of new cellphones, in previous years this wasn’t so hard, nowadays forget it. Yesterday, Palm announced their newest model a windows based version called the Palm Treo Pro. I have personally recommend 3 different phones for people who need to get business done via phone. They [...]

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Jargon: Firebug

21. August 2008

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If you’re a web developer, this tool is pretty well known…at least….it should be. For those breaking into the industry, this tool is a MUST HAVE. Built as an extension to the very popular Firefox web browser, Firebug allows a user to dive deeper into any page as they browse. From the Mozilla plugin website: Firebug [...]

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Q-Tip Shweets on Spin

20. August 2008

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Q-Tip Shweets on Spin

For the digeratti of us all up in Tweetspace, that’s Twitter for those not in the know, Q-Tip of the legendary A Tribe Called Quest just unleashed a tweetstorm on SPIN magazine over there. And no, I couldn’t find a better way to capture “Shits on Spin,” and converging shits with tweets — well it [...]

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BET launches 106 & Park Connect

20. August 2008

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BET launches 106 & Park Connect

Today BET will launch 106 & Park Connect in conjunction with 106 & Park’s 2,000th episode, the festivities which include special guests will occur sometime tonight around 6pm when the show airs.  The site is actually live right now and you can check it out for yourself at 106andPark.com.  The social network was built using [...]

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