Archive for June, 2009

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People like to think that only on the Internet does one need to worry about companies watching everything you do and using that information in some way against you. Well I hate to be the one to break the bad news to you but this isn’t the case as credit cards companies have more Full story

As I have travelled around in the social media world I have always tried to maintain a pretty simple idea when it came to following people on the different services. The numbers of people I followed, or who followed me, were never important. For me it was about finding people who I found interesting Full story

When it comes to advertising on the web we complain bitterly and use any tools we can to make sure that we don’t see them. Whether they be text, image or video we decry the pointlessness of advertising. The thing is when it comes to video ads that can be done right, done so Full story

This week Steven Hodson, Mark ‘Rizzn’ Hopkins and myself took on, a full load of subjects, and got in a good amount of Gillmor’ing. - Chris Anderson teaches us that you can write a book by copying large sections of text from Wikipedia. - Steven got to name the third winner of Dickwad of the Week. - Michael SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "CobWEBs Episode 9 – It sounds like Steven’s ... Full story

Firefox 3.5 is ready for you to download and improve your web browsing. It’s been just a little over a year since Firefox 3 was released, but boy was 3.5 ever needed.  As much as version 3 made some improvements over 2, it still had some bad memory management problems that needed addressing.  I am happy Article originally published by StarterTech.com Firefox 3.5 Ready For ... Full story

If there is one constant in social media that you can always count on it is that Robert Scoble will always get flack for his breathless promotion of just about every shiny new thing that comes along. Personally I think this kind of reaction, one I’m guilty of as well, is wrong. Robert truly Full story

I just got an email from the folks at Friendfeed letting me know that users can now select one of the six available themes to change the background and colors of their pages.Besides the classic look you can select from Fresh Bamboo Flowers Butterfly Corner Helvetica Blue Wave. To change to one of the new themes just select the Settings link Full story

In a 5600 square meter building designed by architects Delugan Meissi automobile maker Porsche has brought together an incredible collection of historical and rare Porsches. The complete collection contains 80 exhibits and is located just outside of the company’s headquarters in Zuffenhausen. Here is a sampling of what you will find should you ever get Full story

I’m not even sure what to say about this commercial from Air New Zealand other to say – watch it very carefully. It took me a few moments even to catch on to what is happening, make me almost wish I was a cameraman. As an added bonus here is the video of behinds the Full story