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How NOT to do undercover reporting

From the Onion, of course…
Reporters Expose Airport Security Lapses By Blowing Up Plane

What Tech Bubble?

OK, this really cracked me up this morning, and I needed a laugh. Enjoy!

Thanks to Silicon Alley Insider for turning me on to this.

I think this is me — too funny!

Cinnamon Pants really nailed me here:

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Spammer with a sense of humor

OK, I love this
I just found in my Wordpress moderation queue this comment, submitted in response to my post about my blog being hacked by a spammer hawking Viagra:
“I hate viagra spam!!!”
…With (of course) a link to a site that sells Viagra. ROFL! Nice try, but no dice!

Tutorials (and marketing) should NOT be boring!

If I haven’t said it before, I’m saying it now: CommonCraft’s video tutorials ROCK! This is a company whose “product is explanation.” They have a distinctive style that is uniquely charming and effective because they capitalize on making it look low-tech with paper cut-outs. Don’t let that fool you, they really know what they’re [...]

Pretty much says it all…

Viewer Voices: Where We Respond To The Opinions Of Our Uninformed Viewers

Jott: Auto-Transcription as Entertainment

RBerteig, via Flickr (CC license)

Cattle eater? Huh?

I’m trying out Jott, a free service that transforms short (30-seconds or less) phone messages into text, sent by e-mail or SMS to you or whoever you choose. This fits in with my overall strategy of managing all my tasks through e-mail. (Yes, GTDinbox is still rocking my world.)
I’m [...]

Stephen Colbert v. Andrew Keen, online troll extraordinaire

Comedy Central

Watch this video. Better skewering than a shish kabob festival!

My colleague Tish Grier has joked that the fastest way to get traffic to your blog is to “flame an A-list [blogger].” That’s the troll ethic in a nutshell.
Andrew Keen — a consummate smarmy snobbish gadfly and author of “The Cult of the Amateur” [...]