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==25 May 2009==
Mashable – Sarah Evans on how to pitch Mashable:
*http://prsarahevans.com/2009/05/how-to-pitch-mashable-series-premiere/

O'Reilly RT – Huffinton on the twitter classroom:
*http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessica-gross/embracing-the-twitter-cla_b_204463.html

Descary - Partager vos flux avec vos contacts sur GoogleReader:
*http://descary.com/google-reader-partagez-et-trouvez-du-contenu-avec-la-fonction-bundles/

Pressecitron – websites tendance:
*http://www.presse-citron.net/des-sites-web-superbes-dans-la-tendance-2009

Cloud – Axiis open source data visualization:
*http://www.axiis.org/index.html

Cloud – Yahoo tests Hadoop:
*http://developer.yahoo.net/blogs/hadoop/2009/05/hadoop_sorts_a_petabyte_in_162.html
*http://hadoop.apache.org/core/

Cloud via Governor – Carr on Google's data center:
*http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2009/04/google_lifts_it.php
*http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2009/05/22/cloud-computing-on-structural-advantages-and-lessons-from-history-emcworld/

Cloud – Enterprise 2.0:
*http://blogs.zdnet.com/Hinchcliffe/?p=382

Cloud - 1-9-90 rule: 1% of your population will create content, 9% will comment or engage with it, and 90% will just browse.

Descary via Tran citing Nick Carr – Timeswire:
*http://www.nytimes.com/timeswire/

==24 May 2009==
O'Reilly – Googlenomics:
*http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/magazine/17-06/nep_googlenomics?currentPage=all

Mashable – creating custom twitter backgrounds:
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/23/twitter-backgrounds/

Pavig – thoughts about SL permission system:
*Dusan: http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2009/05/23/linden-lab-needs-to-think-tank-perms-and-the-world/
*Jacek: http://tentacolor.com/2009/05/21/permissions-and-choices/
*Grace: http://phasinggrace.blogspot.com/2009/05/second-life-killer-apps-and-weak-ties.html

Mashable Getting a video camera this weekend. Choice between Flip Mino HD & Kodak Zi6. Which is best?

O'Reilly – redesigning the front page of Talking Points Memo:
*http://www.shhhaw.com/?p=34

==23 May 2009==
TC – make your Google analytics public:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/22/make-your-google-analytics-data-public/

O'Reilly – Chief Conversation Officers:
*http://epeus.blogspot.com/2008/07/here-comes-everybody-tummlers-geishas.html

Kronos - Daden announces Datascape, an information war room for the virtual world (Second Life):
*http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2009/05/daden-develops-virtual-war-room.html

TC – Twine bigger than FriendFeed:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/22/twine-is-taking-off-now-bigger-than-friendfeed/

Descary – convertir pdf en word ou excel:
*http://www.presse-citron.net/comment-rediger-les-meilleurs-titres-pour-son-blog

Pressecitron – des bons titres pour son blog:
*http://www.presse-citron.net/comment-rediger-les-meilleurs-titres-pour-son-blog

Descary – photos for your blog:
*istockphoto (cheap): http://www.istockphoto.com/index.php
*photoXpress (free): http://www.photoxpress.com/Info/FAQ

==22 May 2009==
AlKronos - Joining the Open Cobalt Ning group... (and noting @malburns is here! Hi Mal!)

TC – Streamy is Google plus FriendFeed:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/22/streamy-gets-more-social-instantly-becomes-my-new-start-page/

Tateru – Evolver to create a 3D avatar of yourself:
*http://www.massively.com/2009/05/21/evolve-your-3d-avatar/

TC – google friend connect integrated with netlog:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/21/google-friend-connect-finds-a-friend-in-netlog/

Mashable – create a twitter profile in google analytics:
*http://econsultancy.com/blog/3858-how-to-create-an-awesome-twitter-profile-in-google-analytics

Shirky – Amazon 3 wolf moon t-shirt (read the comments):
*http://www.amazon.com/Three-T-Shirt-Available-Various-Sizes/dp/B000NZW3IY/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

Mashable – evolution of social media api:
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/21/social-media-api/

O'Reilly – mindcasting on twitter:
http://jayrosen.tumblr.com/post/110043432/mindcasting-defining-the-form-spreading-the-meme

Mozilla jetpack:
*TC - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/20/strap-in-mozillas-jetpack-may-be-the-next-step-in-browser-extensions/
*Mashable: http://mashable.com/2009/05/20/jetpack-mozilla/

Shirky – Google maps data api:
*http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/05/google-launches-maps-data-api.html

Mashable – build your personal brand on twitter:
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/20/twitter-personal-brand/

Facebook's new apps directory is live:
*TC – http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/19/facebook-verified-apps-rolling-out-tomorrow/
*Mashable – http://mashable.com/2009/05/20/facebook-application-directory-new/
*TC again - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/20/a-stroll-through-facebooks-new-app-directory/

==21 May 2009==
Rfly – top ten mistakes inventors make:
*http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/05/19/the-top-10-mistakes-inventors-make/

Pressecitron – searchmotive cherche dans les réseaux sociaux:
*http://www.presse-citron.net/searchmotive-moteur-de-recherche-dans-les-reseaux-sociaux

Cloud – elegance:
*http://blogs.openforum.com/2009/05/18/in-pursuit-of-elegance-12-indispensable-tips/#more-1876

Pressecitron – profitez de la notoriete des autres:
*http://www.thebigbang.fr/profitez-de-la-notoriete-des-autres-a87.html

MrBoo – travailleurs du web:
*http://www.travailleursduweb.com/index.php
*première expérience ecommerce: http://www.travailleursduweb.com/2009/05/19/ma-premiere-experience-de-commerce.html

Descary – Google sites (service de wiki):
*http://descary.com/google-sites-rafraichit-son-interface/

MrBoo – version française du graphe Enberg:
http://twitpic.com/5htab

Dauran - hallucinations auditives:
*http://funzz.fr/7282-hallucinations-auditives.html

Dauran: le blog de Gally:
*http://www.missgally.com/blog/index.php?2009/05/19/471-de-retour-de-tunisie

==20 May 2009==
TC – iText open source program for PDF:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/20/open-source-developer-intends-to-block-belgian-government-from-using-his-technology-over-tax-dispute/

Mashable – Juice sidebar for Firefox:
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/20/juice/

Mashable – back up your twitter archive (on "make use of"):
*http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-backup-your-twitter-archive/

Mashable – 50 free social media icon sets:
*http://directoryfordesigners.com/50-free-social-media-icon-sets-for-your-blog

Shute – code flickr about maps:
*http://code.flickr.com/blog/2009/04/07/the-only-question-left-is/

Mashable – rise of social music:
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/19/social-music-history/

Google adds Friends' Trends to Reader:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/19/google-releases-new-version-of-reader/

Shute – Google Earth flight simulator:
*http://www.barnabu.co.uk/knee-deep-in-satellite-debris/

Orban – old jews telling jokes:
*http://www.oldjewstellingjokes.com/

TC – European social network Netlog (for "young people"):
*http://en.netlog.com/

Mashable – twitter business cards:
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/19/twtbizcard/
TwtBizCard, visit the site and connect your Twitter account with the app using OAuth.

TC – what's new at Yahoo:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/19/live-from-yahoos-end-of-the-10-blue-links-talk/
*Search Monkey: http://developer.yahoo.com/searchmonkey/
*BOSS: http://developer.yahoo.com/search/boss/

Arrington – login to Crunchbase, use your twitter handle:
*http://www.crunchbase.com/

Rheingold – attention scarcity:
* http://nymag.com/news/features/56793/
"Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention, and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it"
Power browsing…

Ross (O'Reilly) – what Google knows about you:
*http://www.criminaljusticeusa.com/blog/2009/25-surprising-things-that-google-knows-about-you/

O'Reilly – programmers hack hardware:
*http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/articles/2009/05/18/software_programmers_get_physical/?page=full

TC- AdaptiveBlue Enhances Sticky Web Browser Companion Glue With API:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/19/adaptiveblue-enhances-sticky-web-browser-companion-glue-with-api/

Tateru – MetaverseOz on SL retrospective:
*http://www.metaversejournal.com/2009/05/19/second-life-user-retrospectives/

Ev – FastCompany list of 100 most creative people in business:
*http://www.fastcompany.com/100/

==19 May 2009==
Cloud - Google's enterprise stategy (for their apps):
*http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009/05/01/googles-enterprise-strategy-may-be-solid-after-all/

Cloud – Erlang and Yet Another Web Server:
*http://www.infoq.com/news/2009/05/REST-Erlang-YAWS-Steve-Vinoski

Cloud – Amazon EC2:
*http://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2009/05/amazon_cloudwatch.html
*http://blog.rightscale.com/2009/05/18/amazon-load-balancing-monitoring-auto-scaling/

MrBoo – portfolio of Steaw (François le Pichon):
*http://steaw.com/blog/portfolio/
*http://steaw.com/book/

Ev – Seth Simonds unfollowed 45,000 people:
*http://sethsimonds.com/why-i-unfollowed-everybody-on-twitter/

Mashable – Twitter sees tools not ads for revenue:
*http://www.reuters.com/article/GlobalTechnology09/idUSTRE54H5CP20090518

O'Reilly – ship simulator on Google Earth:
*http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/05/more-geo-games-ship-simulator.html

O'Reilly – Technology bill of rights:
*http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-management/technology-bill-rights-867

Facebook embraces open ID:
*TechCrunch: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/18/facebook-becomes-largest-openid-relying-party/
*Mashable: http://mashable.com/2009/05/18/facebook-openid-2/

Amazon rolls out cloud management for EC2:
*http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009/05/18/aws-rolls-out-cloud-management-and-scalability-features-for-ec2/

Mashable – Facebook's future is Facebook Connect:
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/18/fbfund-facebook-connect-2/

TechCrunch – Gnip moves data from one social platform to another:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/18/gnip-adds-facebook-data-to-its-api-mashup/

Mashable – Twitter apps for multiple accounts:
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/18/twitter-apps-manage-multiple-accounts/

KathySierra - "Popularity" DEEPLY useful for driving resources. The most popular causes, hobbies, programming langs, etc. have more books, posts, vids...

==18 May 2009==
MrBoo - Amazon web services expand:
*http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2009/05/new-aws-load-balancing-automatic-scaling-and-cloud-monitoring-services.html

Mashable – free twitter backgrounds:
*http://www.twitterbackgrounds.com/

Shute – the fourth screen:
*http://www.robgorrie.com/2007/04/19/extending-digital-signage-back-to-the-3rd-screen-mobile/

==17 May 2009==
Berreby – print green:
*http://printgreener.com/

TC – stream vs. pages:
*http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/2009/05/17/search-engines-to-try-a-roundup-of-the-new-and-the-nifty/

Tateru reviews search engines:
*http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/2009/05/17/search-engines-to-try-a-roundup-of-the-new-and-the-nifty/

TC uses Akismet anti-spam plug-in for WordPress:
*http://akismet.com/

Mashable - Navegg calculates demographic profiles based on users’ online behaviour:
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/15/navegg/

==16 May 2009==
Mashable – celebrity Facebook pages:
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/15/celebrity-facebook-pages/

Descary – NY Times twitter wars:
*http://www.observer.com/2009/media/twitter-culture-wars-itimesi

Descary (RT) - recession lifts linkedin:
*http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/24/technology/hempel_linkedin.fortune/index.htm

Cloud – change skills in business intelligence:
*http://peterthomas.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/maureen-clarry-stresses-the-need-for-change-skills-in-business-intelligence-on-beyenetwork/

iMazine – wonderwheel mindmap de Google:
*http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&tbo=1&tbs=ww%3A1&q=design&btnG=Search&tbo=1

Abry – un fonds d'investissement collaborative:
*http://www.frogventure.com/

Descary – web conferences on drop.io:
*http://descary.com/presentio-un-service-de-partage-ecran-facile-a-utiliser/

Donkey – Stand By Me:
*http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2539741

Cloud – Google "squared" allows saving search in spreadsheet:
*http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9132972

Descary (RT) – twitter icons:
*http://churchcrunch.com/2009/01/31/twitter-icons-and-images-galore/

MrBoo's micro-podcast:
*http://tweetmic.com/p/or8kxxlo10l

==15 May 2009==
O'Reilly – cloud computing a natural conclusion of open source:
*http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10241865-16.html

Mashable – Twitter sign-in comes to disqus:
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/15/twitter-sign-in-disqus/

Mashable - Google Blog Search competes with Technorati:
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/15/google-blog-search-update/

TC – Google Friend Connect:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/15/google-friend-connect-adds-recommendations-gadget/

Orban – gaming in 2030:
*http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2009/05/login_2009_keynote_gaming_in_t.html

Shute - Wired on using Open Sim to simulate star clusters:
*http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/05/virtual-star-clusters/
*http://www.ugotrade.com/2008/07/19/astrophysics-in-virtual-worlds-implementing-n-body-simulations-in-opensim/

Arrington – internet addiction:
*Do any of you work: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/14/do-any-of-you-people-actually-work/
*Scoble: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/22/im-sorry-robert-but-its-time-for-a-friendfeed-intervention/

Sierra – how to design enjoyment:
*http://creativity-online.com/?action=blog:article&newsId=136614&sectionName=on_design

Shute – locative media manifesto:
*http://www.andrelemos.info/2009/05/locative-media-manifesto.html

==14 May 2009==
Labarre – colorotate in 3D:
http://webdesign.2803.com/couleur/une-palette-de-couleur-en-3d-cest-possible/

MrBoo: bit.ly traffic data:
*http://bit.ly/info/18VywN#traffic_data

Cloud RT problogger – 100 geeks to follow on twitter:
*http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/05/100-geeks-you-should-be-following-on-twitter/

Rheingold: Ze Frank on grammar of DIY video.

Sierra – programmer rituals:
*http://www.itworld.com/development/67857/programming-magic-rituals-and-habits-effective-programmers

O'Reilly – credit card data mining:
*http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/magazine/17credit-t.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all

O'Reilly – Google's rich snippets:
*http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/05/google-rich-snippets-semantic-web.html

Mashable – Wall Street Journal conduct rules for using Twitter and Facebook:
*http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003972544

MrBoo: repository for Debian LAMP:
*http://www.dotdeb.org/2009/05/13/php-530-rc2-packages-for-lenny/

MrBoo sur identi.ca:
*http://identi.ca/mrboo

Pressecitron –une pme doit avoir un blog:
*http://tootmark.jungul.com/?p=18

Abry – twitscoop un outil du microblogging:
*http://descary.com/twitscoop-outil-devient-un-service-de-microblogging-essentiel/

Abry – site references generated by social networks:
*http://www.chouingmedia.com/$blog/2009/05/11/audience_genere_par_les_reseaux_sociaux__on_ne_rigole_plus_du_tout

MrBoo – Yslow pour optimiser la vitesse de votre site:
*http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/

Abry – faîtes votre tweetbook:
*http://twitteradar.com/faites-votre-tweetbook/applications-twitter

MrBoo – rush sur viedemome:
*http://twitpic.com/4z4kr

Mashable – applications for your Facebook page:
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/13/facebook-brand-apps/

Mashable – create 3D social avatar:
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/13/3d-social-avatar-i-am-unique/

Mashable – creative twitter icons:
*http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/100-extremely-creative-twitter-avatars/

Tateru's blog – SignpostMarv's WP plugins:
*http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/2009/05/13/blog-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-1033

Mashable – Linux.com:
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/13/linuxcom/
*http://www.linux.com/

Twitter changes reply settings:
*Mashable: http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/05/12/twitter-changes-reply-settings-again-users-protest/
*Mashable again: http://mashable.com/2009/05/13/fixreplies/
*TC: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/12/twitter-decides-were-not-smart-enough-for-replies-changes-them-again/
*Rick Mans (Cap Gemini): http://www.capgemini.com/technology-blog/2009/05/twitter_does_not_understand_di.php

Mashable – JetBlue's reply to Meaghano:
*http://meaghano.com/post/106524573/i-love-the-internet-most-when-it-entertains-my

TC – FutureFeed:
*http://www.futurefeed.net/

Google and RDF:
*O'Reilly – Ian Davis says Google misses the point of open RDF: http://iandavis.com/blog/2009/05/googles-rdfa-a-damp-squib
*TechCrunch – a more structured web: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/12/google-takes-steps-towards-a-more-structured-web/

Geotagging photos in twitter:
*O'Reilly: http://code.flickr.com/blog/2009/05/06/the-absence-and-the-anchor/
*Shute: http://www.designundersky.com/dus/2008/10/31/geotagged-photo-cartography.html

==13 May 2009==
TC sponsor – mattermeter:
http://www.mattermeter.com/flash/mattermeterwelcome.swf

TC – Google will crush Wolfram Alpha:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/12/what-is-google-squared-it-is-how-google-will-crush-wolfram-alpha-exclusive-video/

Mashable – change the world through social media:
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/12/social-media-change-the-world/

O'Reilly – future of social technology:
*http://strange.corante.com/2009/05/05/what-does-the-future-hold-for-social-technology

Google news:
*Arrington: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/12/live-from-google-searchology/
*TechCrunch: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/12/google-launches-search-options-declares-real-time-search-biggest-challenge/

Sierra – advice for conference booths:
*http://thenonbillablehour.typepad.com/nonbillable_hour/2009/05/ten-rules-for-conference-vendors.html

Shute – longitudinal study of happiness:
*http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200906/happiness

Mashable – scamming twitter trends:
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/12/scamming-twitter-trends/

O'Reilly – strategy of discovery-driven growth:
*http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2227

O'Reilly – Performance based design with metrics:
*http://en.oreilly.com/velocity2009/public/schedule/detail/8970

O'Reilly – slideshare on Create More Value than You Capture:
*javascript:loadDataForSlide(1)

Mashable – GoalKeeper, a free hosted on-line project management tool, with emphasis on usability:
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/11/goalkeeper/

Turn WordPress into social network platform:
*Gwyneth – BuddyPress: *http://buddypress.org/
*Mashable – Blogs.mu: http://mashable.com/2009/05/11/blogsmu/

O'Reilly – Star Trek and "non-excludable" goods:
*http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/11/the_economics_of_star_trek/index.html?source=rss&aim=

Mashable – lessons from WOW about social media success:
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/11/world-of-warcraft-social-media/

==12 May 2009==
AlKronos joined The ARCH Network on Ning.

Mashable – Prism for Firefox transforms web applications into desktop ones:
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/10/prism-10/

Shute – book "Identity in the age of cloud computing":
*http://www.experientia.com/blog/book-identity-in-the-age-of-cloud-computing/

Cashmore - Yooouuutuuube.com
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/10/yooouuutuuube/

Sierra – graph paper napkins:
*http://picocool.com/lifestyle/graphkin---graph-paper-paper-napkins-1/

Sierra – visualcomplexity.com:
*http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/

Gwyneth – high performance cache plug-in for WordPress:
*http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-widget-cache/

Rheta Shan is dead:
*http://rhetashan.name/2009/05/11/this-is-not-rheta/

==11 May 2009==
MrBoo: RWW France on bit.ly and twitter:
*http://fr.readwriteweb.com/2009/05/08/a-la-une/bitly-et-twitter-dessinent-avenir-du-lien/

Descary – google trends on your blog:
*http://descary.com/google-trends-sur-votre-blogue/

Pressecitron – Pagerank for all the URL of your site:
*http://blog.websourcing.fr/testez-votre-pagerank-pour-toutes-les-url-de-votre-site-dun-seul-coup/

Descary – transform a website into a desktop application with Mozilla prism:
*http://descary.com/mozilla-prism-version-1-beta-transformez-un-site-web-en-application-de-bureau/

Thanks to Pressecitron – Framasoft (et Alexis Kauffman):
*http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framasoft
*http://www.framasoft.net
*http://www.framablog.org

Pressecitron – les bureaux des 20 top blogueurs français:
*http://www.presse-citron.net/les-bureaux-des-blogueurs-du-top-20-wikio

Berrebi - The new Twitterriffic is great.

Pressecitron (RT) – twtpoll:
*http://twtpoll.com/r/c3l267

Mashable – Wonderland remixed:
*http://www.booooooom.com/2008/05/27/wonderland-remixed/

==09 May 2009==
TC – TwitDoc:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/08/twitdoc-proving-that-every-file-format-will-eventually-be-shareable-over-twitter/

Shute – RWW on real time web:
*http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/three_models_of_value_in_the_real_time_web.php

TC – search goes real-time with Scoopler:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/08/search-goes-real-time-with-scoopler-twitter-dominates-results/

==08 May 2009==
O'Reilly – front-line mobile apps:
*http://edjez.instedd.org/2008/12/phones-dont-change-world-people-do.html

TC – video on the state of OpenID:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/08/next09-video-interview-with-chris-messina-on-the-current-state-of-openid/

Gwyneth – SL the most used social media tool:
*http://gwynethllewelyn.net/2009/05/08/second-life-the-most-used-social-media-tool-by-far/

Rheingold – his students made this:
*http://www.insightlopedia.com/gutenberg/

TC – Avatar Startup FUHU Strikes Deal With Acer To Put Widgets In PCs:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/07/avatar-startup-fuhu-raises-625-million-strikes-deal-with-acer-to-put-widgets-in-pcs/

Mashable – seven deadly sins of social media (for branding):
*http://www.thesocialpath.com/2009/05/seven-deadly-sins.html

TC - Schmidt On Netbooks: Forget Android, It’s All About Cloud Services
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/07/eric-schmidt-on-netbooks-forget-android-its-all-about-cloud-services/

Gwyneth – online synthesizer:
*http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix

O'Reilly – twitter runs Ruby on Rails on Linux machines:
*http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/05/velocity-preview---keeping-twi.html

TC – Stupefix launches API to generate videos:
*http://uk.techcrunch.com/2009/05/07/stupeflix-releases-awesome-api-to-generate-1000s-of-videos-on-the-fly/

Gwyneth - ideology-driven feature changes in SL (Prok threatened with suspension):
*http://secondthoughts.typepad.com/second_thoughts/2009/05/warning-or-suspension-from-second-life-over-protest-against-copyright-erosion-and-opensource.html

http://secondthoughts.typepad.com/second_thoughts/2009/05/warning-or-suspension-from-second-life-over-protest-against-copyright-erosion-and-opensource.html

TC - FreshBooks Adds Collaboration Tool To Online Billing Service
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/07/freshbooks-adds-collaboration-tool-to-online-billing-service/

O'Reilly – how to search the social web:
*http://www.interactiveinsightsgroup.com/blog1/how-to-search-the-social-web-ultimate-toolkit/

Tateru – exercise virtual fashion design in Frenzoo:
*http://dwellonit.blogspot.com/2009/05/impressions-frenzoo.html

TC – Microsoft's Virtual Earth is better than GoogleEarth:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/07/where-awesomeness-meets-microsoft-integrates-photosynth-with-virtual-earth/

Tateru – Koster says avatars aren't tokens:
*http://www.massively.com/2009/05/07/tokens-matter/
*http://www.raphkoster.com/2009/05/06/avatars-arent-tokens/

==07 May 2009==
O'Reilly – Wolfram Alpha and SaaS:
*http://praxagora.com/andyo/article/saas_wolfram_alpha.html

Mashable – twitspeak:
*http://www.kitchensoap.com/2009/05/06/mechanical-analogies-to-web-stuff-part-2/

O'Reilly – mechanical analogies to web:
*http://www.kitchensoap.com/2009/05/06/mechanical-analogies-to-web-stuff-part-2/

Hrheingold @SharonG One of the reasons we created the social media classroom was that the forums in particular weren't adequate in Moodle or Sakai.

Mashable – track social networks with Google analytics:
*http://econsultancy.com/blog/3761-2-easy-ways-to-track-social-networks-in-google-analytics

O'Reilly – water footprint:
*http://www.alternet.org/water/139831/shrinking_my_water_footprint:_how_much_water_do_we_use_and_where_does_it_comes_from/

Rheingold: student-authored wiki textbook:
*http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Social_and_Cultural_Foundations_of_American_Education

TC – Saracudah rips PayPerPost:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/06/news-flash-paying-for-coverage-is-still-taboo/

TC – the CrunchCam, with comments:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/crunchcam/

Abry – TwtAd:
*http://www.vincentabry.com/twtad-la-regie-pub-pour-twitter-4770
*http://twtad.com/

Abry – Google Analytics blog:
*http://analytics.blogspot.com/2009/05/share-customizations-and-dive-much.html

Dauran – Google AdPlanner:
http://adsense-fr.blogspot.com/2009/05/attirez-advantage-dannonceurs-sur-votre.html

Pressecitron – bloggueurs et billets sponsorisés:
*http://guam.fr/index.php/blogospholy/blogueurs-et-billets-sponsorises-3/

Descary – free SEO grader for your site:
*http://grader.rezoactif.com/

Mrboo RT @JCCapelli: RT @alexdc "Creating a startup is like jumping off a cliff and assembling an airplane on the way down" -Reid Hoffman :D

Tapahonte: bateau de croisière écolo:
*http://www.tapahont.info/2009/05/06/un-bateau-de-croisiere-green-ecologeek/

Bagatelles - consoglobe va commercialiser des ordinateurs & téléphones récupérés auprès d'entreprises et reconditionnés par Emmaüs:
*http://www.consoglobe.com/

==06 May 2009==
TC - Ning apps:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/06/ning-apps-bring-a-new-dimension-of-flexibility-and-power-to-the-social-network-platform/

Rheingold – interactive multimedia tools:
*http://socialmediaclassroom.com/vircom09/wiki/interactive-media-resources

Mashable – social media extensions for twitter:
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/06/joomla-social-media-extensions/

Mashable – how to block Facebook photos of yourself:
*http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/how-to-block-facebook-photos-of-yourself/

TC office webcam:
*http://www.ustream.tv/channel/The-TechCrunch-Office-live

O'Reilly – CSS navigation techniques:
*http://sixrevisions.com/css/30-exceptional-css-navigation-techniques/

TC – Google's next social step:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/05/screenshot-of-googles-next-social-step/

Mashable – alistapart on the Widom of Community:
*http://www.alistapart.com/articles/the-wisdom-of-community/

Sierra – totally looks like:
*http://totallylookslike.com/

TC – tweetmeme on the rise:
*http://tweetmeme.com/

KathySierra:
*More #newbiepatterns-- Digital Photos: use histograms for shooting, Rule-of-thirds for cropping; Typography: learn to kern
* I also love "if you change only 1 thing..." newbie patterns. eg. adding "noseroom" to video makes amateur videos WAY better.

Intérroger les experts sur Newsy:
*http://www.newzy.fr/index.php?option=com_joomlaboard&Itemid=106

MrBoo – vinvin on hellotipi.tv:
*http://www.hellotipi.tv/?id=13

Cloud - 37signals on using patterns in web design:
*http://www.37signals.com/papers/introtopatterns/

Tapahont – powersliding:
*http://www.tapahont.info/2009/05/05/powersliding-is-not-a-crime-videeto/

Rfly – Webevangelists parle de Twitter:
*http://www.webevangelists.net/2008/10/07/tout-savoir-sur-twitter-et-le-microblogging/

Dauran – wikio linkinfluence:
*http://labs.wikio.net/wikiopole/
*Pressecitron appelle le suivant "pompeur": http://www.vivanno.com/aggregator/?p=22852

Labarre – StartUp Academy:
*http://www.2803.fr/web-20/start-up-academy-le-retour-5711/

Pressecitron – valoriser les commentaires:
*http://www.presse-citron.net/7-facons-visuelles-de-valoriser-les-commentaires-dans-un-blog

Bagatelle – eCommerce Barcamp est une initiative de Olivier Martineau de 42stores et de Didier Glémarec de Leadshare:
*http://en.42stores.com/
*http://www.leadshare.fr/

Cloud – 5 elements of Business Intelligence:
*http://blogs.hexaware.com/business-intelligence/ascent-of-bi-the-five-elements.html

==05 May 2009==
TC – SeeWhy tracks website abandoners:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/05/seewhy-raises-45-million-improves-website-conversion-by-closely-tracking-abandoners/

Shute – introduce your toaster to your smoke alarm:
*http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=335788

TC – Google reader fails at social thing:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/google-reader-still-trying-to-figure-out-this-whole-social-thing-still-failing/

Mashable's blippr plus Glue:
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/04/blippr-glue/

O'Reilly – Ignite:
*http://ignite.oreilly.com/show/

Gwyneth on Yahoo's MyBlogLog and IntenseDebate:
*http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/GwynethLlewelyn/
*http://www.intensedebate.com/people/GwynethLlewelyn

O'Reilly – Apple gatekeeping (and their deal with ATT not to replace the dongle):
*http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2009/05/apple-learns-the-perils-of-gat.html

TC – top ten tech blogs:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/survey-says-pr-people-love-our-no-embargo-policy/

Rheingold - the Doors of Perception newsletter:
*http://www.doorsofperception.com/

Shute – ReadWriteWeb on Pachube:
*http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/pachube_internet-enabled_environments.php

Mashable – Protoshare for online collaborative prototyping:
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/04/protoshare/

O'Reilly – Saul Griffith's green products:
*http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/04/saul.griffith/

Facebook live in real-time:
*Mashable: http://mashable.com/?p=120216&preview=true
*TC: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/facebook-were-doing-it-live-sort-of/

==04 May 2009==

Bagatelles – ecommerce barcamp:
*http://www.barcamp-ecommerce.com/

Bagatelles – what would Google do?
*http://pisani.blog.lemonde.fr/2009/05/01/what-would-google-do-exemple-ou-menace/

Berreby adds himself to the wefollow directory under #entrepreneur #judaism #internet:
*http://wefollow.com/

Rheingold – Powers of Place:
*http://powersofplace.com/

Gwyneth joins some twibes:
*http://www.twibes.com/group/Wordpress
*http://www.twibes.com/group/SecondLife

Rheingold – twitter as social media case study:
*http://wildeel.com/514_website/index.html

Gwyneth trying SignpostMarv's first WordPress plugin that integrates with SL.

Mashable – 7 ways to create your social start page:
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/03/social-start-pages/

Rheingold – Larry Page commencement address:
*http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/annc/20090502-page-commencement.html

Shute – Lilypad sew-in radio:
*http://lilypadxbee.katehartman.com/

Mashable – twitter manners:
*http://janetfouts.com/twitter-manners-how-to-write-good-tweets-be-good-twittizen/

Shute – NYC resistor, a "hacking collective":
*http://www.nycresistor.com/

Gwyneth – ten page (!) article on social website overload:
*http://twitter.grader.com/index.php?Action=TwitterUsersByLocation&Location=Second+Life

Gwyneth – twitter grader for Second Life:
*http://twitter.grader.com/index.php?Action=TwitterUsersByLocation&Location=Second+Life

Mashable – let workers text and twitter:
*http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_12274217

TC – follow tech news on techmeme:
*http://techmeme.com/

Mashable – social media has trouble monetizing outside of US:
*http://mashable.com/2009/04/27/my-internet-your-internet/

Mashable – is RSS dead?
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/02/rss-dead/

O'Reilly – iTunes applications store one-hit wonders:
*http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/05/the-itunes-app-store-and-one-hit-wonders.html

TC – grow your blog:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/02/how-to-grow-your-blog-through-customer-development/

Rheingold – your brain on Google:
*http://desktop.seesmic.com/

Kutcher, Mashable:  - Seesmic desktop:
*http://desktop.seesmic.com/
*http://mashable.com/2009/05/02/seesmic-desktop-facebook/

O'Reilly - "kid driven" Destination Imagination:
*http://www.idodi.org/index.php

O'Reilly – the man who made FriendFeed:
*http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_man_who_made_gmail_says_real-ti
me_conversation.php

==03 May 2009==
O'Reilly – Wired FAQ about the Google book settlement:
*http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/04/the-fight-over-the-worlds-greatest-library-the-wiredcom-faq/

O'Reilly – workshop on hacking as a way of knowing:
*http://digitalhistory.wikispot.org/Hacking_as_a_Way_of_Knowing

Mashable - 356,300,000 views on YouTube for Crank Dat music video by Soldier Boy

==02 May 2009==
TC – Google's enterprise cloud strategy:
*http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009/05/01/googles-enterprise-strategy-may-be-solid-after-all/

O'Reilly – twitter dreams:
*http://www.dosenation.com/listing.php?id=6114

Rheingold – living with social media:
*http://www.danah.org/papers/talks/PennState2009.html

TC - Fixya adds product recommendations:
*http://www.boonex.com/

Link on TC site – Boonex Dolphin free community software:
*http://www.boonex.com/

==01 May 2009==
Abry – twitter integration on blogs:
*http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/galleries/twitter-on-blogs/

Berreby – opensource mind-maps:
*http://www.xmind.net/

Berreby – Korben posts that Twitter gets hacked:
*http://www.korben.info/twitter-vu-de-linterieur-interface-admin-piratee.html
*http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/164182/hacker_i_broke_into_twitter.html

Om Malik:
*http://gigaom.com/

Orban - Lessig's Remix is now CC and free:
*http://www.lessig.org/blog/2009/04/remix_now_ccfree.html

Tateru – Anshe sells virtual voices:
*http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2009/04/anshe-chung-to-sell-cepstral-voice-products-in-imvu.html

TC - Buddypress adds a social layer to Wordpress
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/30/buddypress-launches-may-a-thousand-social-networks-bloom/

Mashable – personal branding:
*http://mashable.com/2009/04/30/control-personal-brand/

Kutcher – big ball knockouts:
*http://dave.uktv.co.uk/library/must-see-viral-videos/april-must-see-8-big-ball-knockouts/

TC – techies on Time's most influential list:
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/30/times-100-most-influential-people-includes-4chan-and-twitter-creators/
*http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/27/time-magazine-throws-up-its-hands-as-it-gets-pwned-by-4chan/

Rheingold - building a community information hub:
*http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2009/04/building-the-ideal-community-information-hub120.html

TC – Aroxo haggling engine targets eBay:
*http://uk.techcrunch.com/2009/04/30/aroxos-21st-century-haggling-engine-will-target-ebay/

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