links for 2010-02-28

Achievement Porn
Why work hard for achievements, when you could relax and achieve the same? That’s not pathological, that’s how exponential progress works.
But why achieve at all when you can plug into any number of “achievement games” and get the same personal satisfaction? That’s when it becomes pathological.
(tags: advice games gaming life philosophy social twitter facebook [...]

links for 2010-02-27

Facebook | The Norwegian Olympic Curling Team's Pants
(tags: casestudy case roi)

Scott Brown on Managing Your Digital Remains
Hamlet, that lucky stiff, only had to worry about being or not being — what a nice, binary Denmark he lived in. We modern mopes, on the other hand, must consider not only our too, too solid flesh but [...]

The State of The Internet

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Constants

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links for 2010-02-26

Brands And Social Media

Location Will Be This Year’s Twitter At SXSW

3 Little Known Ways To Use Twitter Without Information Overload
(tags: twitter marketing, productivity socialnetworking tools)

Tweepi: Twitter Management for the Spreadsheet Afficianado

Which Type of Twitter Account Should You Create?

Daily Number: Handhelds Get Thumbs Up
Handheld devices such as Blackberries and iPhones are seen as a good thing [...]

Developing A Social Strategy

Developing A Social Strategy Webinar
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links for 2010-02-25

Are SaaS Stocks Overvalued?

How To Make Foursquare REALLY Interesting…

You cannot copyright a Tweet
(tags: copyright twitter socialmedia)

Consulting doesn’t work any more. We need to reinvent it.
(tags: innovation)

Choosing Consistency
(tags: amazon storage)

Design Your Own Wordpress Theme Easily With Constructor
(tags: wordpress themes webdesign theme design plugins blogs howto tools blog code css project tool blogging custom)

Facebook Checks-In On Loopt

The [...]

Google facts and figures (massive infographic)

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Delivered in Beta

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How are social media changing design? What is the value of a prototype? How are work and play merging? Where is design headed in the 21st century? “Delivered in Beta” begins a conversation on these topics and invites your participation (twitter hashtag #od10beta)

Social Media Case studies

Case studies are always very valuable to have. This week I ran into two interesting sites offering a nice selection of case studies (and I expect that these sites will have an impressive growth this year).