Web curation for October 27th 2010 through October 28th 2010
Filtering the web so you don’t have to for October 27th 2010 through October 28th 2010:
- Herding Firesheep in New York City –
- Mount Everest gets 3G mobile network – The world's highest third generation (3G) mobile network services base station was set up at the bottom of Mount Everest on Thursday.
- Mashable Is Hiring Editors and Reporters! Here’s How to Apply –
Interested in joining Mashable’s growing editorial team? With offices in New York City and San Francisco, we’re always looking for talented writers and editors.
Read on to learn more about our job openings and how to apply. Weekend Editor (NYC) The weekend editor is responsible for overseeing Mashable’s editorial content and community over the weekend, reporting directly to Mashable’s Editor in Chief. As such, the editor will write and edit content being published on S.. show all text - Check in and vote on foursquare | Foursquare Blog –
With election day right around the corner, we’re giving people yet another reason to go to their voting booth on Tuesday (in case choosing your government isn’t reason enough): a new ‘I Voted’ foursquare badge. On election day, simply head out to your local polling station and check in when you vote to unlock the badge. We’ve also created a data-filled map, in partnership with Rock the Vote, the Pew Trusts, Google, the Voting Information Project, Engage, Twitter .. show all text - Twitter Blog: Twitter for Windows Phone: Pivot Power –
There is a new addition to our mobile family: Twitter for Windows Phone. This Twitter client is available now for all Windows Phone 7 devices. We want you to be able to get Tweets quickly and easily, no matter what device you’re using, and the clean design of the Windows Phone platform is particularly great for this. As with our other mobile clients, Twitter for Windows Phone includes all of the features that you’d expect from Twitter – your timeline, suggested users, messages, lis.. show all text
- Why It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Free Wi-Fi – Part Two | The Home Of Peter Shankman –
Remember my post back in August about how it’s time to say goodbye to free WI-Fi in coffeehouses, in airports, etc?
I have never been more sure of something in my life – Today, I’ll prove it.
I’m on the 6:20am Amtrak from NYC to Boston right now. For a brief moment, I switched off my Sprint EVO 4G, and am using Amtrak’s free WiFi to prove a point.
I also installed a little Add-on to Firefox (I usually use Chrome, I switched to Firefox for this experiment,) called F.. show all text - Dictionary hung up on economic downturn | News.com.au –
- Brown opens wide lead over Whitman, poll finds – SignOnSanDiego.com –
- instagr.am –
- Looks Like BoingBoing Got Hacked (NSFW) –
Something is definitely up at uber nerd site and “Directory of Wonderful Things” BoingBoing.net. A trip to the front page brings up the charming image above, which seems to be some sort of vulgar message from someone called “the lone” to site editor Cory Doctorow. The hack also ingeniously incorporates the “Jesse Slaughter Dun Goofed” viral video.
Diehard fans have found a workaround URL for now. And the official BoingBoing Twitter account seems to .. show all text - Seth’s Blog: I spread your idea because… –
Ideas spread when people to choose to spread them. Here are some reasons why:
I spread your idea because it makes me feel generous.
…because I feel smart alerting others to what I discovered.
…because I care about the outcome and want you (the creator of the idea) to succeed.
…because I have no choice. Every time I use your product, I spread the idea (Hotmail, iPad, a tattoo).
…because there's a financial benefit directly to me (Amazon affiliates, mlm).
…because it's funny and laughin.. show all text - Punk Social Media | Geoff Livingston’s Blog –
On February 2006, the Sex Pistols — the four original members plus Vicious — were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Their response: “Next to the Sex Pistols, rock and roll and that hall of fame is a piss stain.”
The height of disco was the mid 70s. The movie Saturday Night Fever prolonged the light, synthesized pop music’s stay on top of America’s charts, but it had a new competitor: The very raw irreverent birth of punk music. One could say that .. show all text - Subtraction.com: My iPad Magazine Stand –
Because I recently left a job at one of the most prominent publications in the world, people often ask me about my opinions on the cavalcade of publications rushing to the iPad — those apps designed and developed by newspapers and magazines principally to deliver their print content — and the chances I see for their success. So here it is.
To start, I think it’s too early to say anything definitive about whether these apps will become lasting delivery mechanisms for print cont.. show all text
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