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Yet Another Facebook Story: One In Five People On The Web

Michael Arrington of TechCrunch reports that Facebook is simply killing it. In November 2008 Facebook drew 200 million unique worldwide visitors; more than 1 in 5 people who accessed the Internet that month visited the site. When sites are that big growth generally stagnates, but in Facebook's case it's still skyrocketing. In December, 222 million people visited the site says newly released Comscore stats, a 10.8% …

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Titles Are Static. Media Is Not.

Lots of people who are looking for work are asking Scoble for advice. And Scoble has copious advice for these seekers. Let's just look at one item he offers: Demonstrate you are "clued in." This means removing ANYTHING that says you are a "social media expert" from your Twitter account. There is no such thing and even if there were there's no job in it for you. Chris Brogan already has that job and he's not giving it …

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In The Deep End With Kevin Kelly

You know how you sometime finds things right when you need them, or when they will make the most sense to you? I just bought a new MacBookPro this week and I can't get thousands of songs I "own" to play in iTunes, thanks to a DRM glitch somewhere. It's maddening, this denial of my rights of ownership. As I wait for an Apple customer service rep to help me with this problem, Kevin Kelly offers some thinking that …

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Self-Promo Ad #3

Type too small? Click through to the Craigslist listing. This is my shape shifters appeal. Media and marketing are not what they were, and they won't be tomorrow what they appear to be today. You can wonder about it, complain about it, ignore it, join the circus or any number of other options, but the Web will continue to grow in complexity. Because billions of people are making the Web, every second of every day. …

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Man’s Handheld Survives Memphis Meltdown

It's rare, but sometimes flies get caught in the social media honey. There are two such stories floating today. One involves a man who murdered his wife after she changed her status from "Married" to "Single" on Facebook. Marshall Kirkpatrick at ReadWriteWeb has the goods on that one. The other story is about a PR guy's unwise use of Twitter and how that came back to bite him and his agency on the ass. According to …

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Tradigital Talent Is Still Rare In These Parts

Owen Hannay, chairman and CEO of Dallas agency Slingshot, suggests in Adweek that clients ought to ask five tough questions of agencies proposing to handle both traditional ad duties and digital marketing. 1. Is the agency team that leads brand strategy as adept and knowledgeable about the digital space as it is the traditional space? (And vice versa.) 2. Where will the work be done? 3. What percentage of the …

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Chained To Your Desk When You Could Be Carving Turns

We've had our National Day of Reconciliation, now the freakers who shred Copper want a National Snow Day. They want it so bad, they asked Wexley School for Girls to make a video promoting the concept. There's also a microsite, complete with an online petition. Because Americans who ski and snowboard "deserve the thrill of an unexpected day of freedom." …

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