When Egyptian police scooped up UC Berkeley graduate journalism student James Karl Buck, who was photographing a noisy demonstration, and dumped him in a jail cell last week, they didn’t count on Twitter.
Month: April 2008
Pride – Soweto Gospel Choir
I’m loving this song and I just ordered the album. It was inspired by Bono’s philanthropic efforts in Africa. All the proceeds go to the Global Fund to fight AIDS.
Soul Singer In A Session Band – Bright Eyes
This is from the album Cassadaga. It’s a great album and the songs just grow and grow on you. Enjoy.
Rebel Rebel – Tegan and Sara
There is nothing like the original version by David Bowie but this version is growing on me a lot. happy sunday morning everyone.
Creep – Radiohead
An acoustic version of an amazing song. Tickets for the upcoming boston show go on sale at 10am this morning. Good luck everyone.
I just noticed that the number of reblogs is clearly displayed on the upper right in the dashboard per post. I like that a lot better!
If you are a Tumblrist you will appreciate the new design of the Dashboard.
Now there is a more efficient use of space, and the Customize, Filter, and Following icons have labels so are more clear.
This is how web development should work, whenever possible: small changes, frequently.
ALSO! New design on “who reblogged this” for each post.
I am so loving the new dashboard. Nice work guys!
I’m Going Higher – M.Ward
I just found this amazing set of songs from M.Ward’s very first demo tape over on I Am Fuel You Are Friends. Incredible.
The Twitter Addiction
I know a lot of folks that refuse to carry a blackberry.
They can’t handle the constant vibration or the blinking red light. Or just the idea that there inbox is growing and they are just a click from checking it out. Anytime. Anywhere.
So these friends of mine carry two phones. One for talking. And one for email/sms.
I have some other friends that won’t even turn on their blackberry on the weekends. They can’t handle it. That’s because the Blackberry is so good at messaging that they can’t put it down. Ever. I set up my blackberry differently. Mine doesn’t vibrate or flash a red light when I get a new email. I check it when I want on my terms.
That’s what came to mind when I read Hugh Macleod’s post today about cancelling his Twitter account. He didn’t just abandon it. It seems as though he actually deleted his account.
There are a suite of web services that I’m addicted to and want to use every day. Either for fun, or to stay connected with friends, loved ones or colleagues or to learn or whatever. Readers of this site know that one of them is Tumblr. I’ve been posting every day for a long time at this point. I love the product and that’s one of the reasons why I invested in David and the company.
Another service that I use every day and many times a day is Twitter. I’m not just broadcasting – I’m reading other people’s updates. More than ever. I’m using it in new ways too. It’s my real time version of yahoo answers. With tracking I talk to folks that I don’t yet follow, I keep track of our portfolio companies and I can interact during important events. I am super excited about the possiblities with tracking on Twitter. I believe it can lead to amazing stuff including business applications and other cool ideas that I can’t stop thinking about.
I just mentioned 3 things that I’m addicted to. Blackberry, Tumblr and Twitter. Am I going to give them up. No way. They mean to much to me at this point. But I use them all on my terms.
I’m getting way more from those things than I give.
And that trade works for me all day long.
Child For a Day – Cat Stevens
This song is for my daughter Sophia. Today is her birthday and she’s now 9. This is going to too fast really but I’m loving every moment.
