You might have noticed pictures like the one above or the one on Twitter’s error page. This meme, a derivative of leetspeak, is a fascinating example of how the Internet is accelerating the evolution of language and communication. (They are also really funny.)
Take an example like “laugh out loud.” The evolution looks something like:
While IMing, [...]
I was impressed by this video on so many levels. But above all, I’m most impressed by the dedication it takes to take a photo a day for six years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B26asyGKDo
Lee LeFever put together a great four minute overview on how Wikis work.
OK, so I’m about to eat some Twitter crow. You may recall I called Twitter super dumb in an earlier post [1]. It turns out “thinking Twitter is super dumb” is more of a phase in a long process of eventually becoming addicted to Twitter. It goes something like this:
Twitter, what is that? Another web [...]
Audio, text, or play birds? I don’t know about you, but given those choices, the birds are a clear winner.
I was walking by Radio Shack today and noticed they have a new tag-line:
Radio Shack - Do Stuff™
I would have absolutely killed to be in the room when this was decided. “We need a call to action that speaks to the youth of today. Anybody have kids? Ask them what they do on MySpace. What [...]
Jul and I started reading Leroy’s blog after seeing him on a Tedd Koppel documentary about living with cancer. He is one of the most open, honest, and articulate writers I’ve read in a long time. This morning’s post was no exception,
When I say that I found peace, I think I mean that I found [...]
There has been a recent spat of blog posts suggesting 30 (26?) is past an entrepreneur’s prime.
As an entrepreneur you are building something most people don’t understand, using a business model people think is stupid. Your competitors are throwing rocks at you, large companies are encroaching on your space, and you haven’t slept without a [...]
Flickr released a long overdue overhaul to their slideshow functionality last week. To a Flickr junky like me, this is big news.
Hilarious post by Scott Heiferman (Meetup’s CEO) on working at Meetup vs. working at Google. He forgot about the scooters. I only work at Google because we get to ride scooters. (Hat tip, Valleywag.)