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My name is Andrew Long and I work as a Lecturer at the University of Otago, New Zealand. I have interests in online social space and intend on using the Social Space Station for my views and reviews of all things socialable and connected.Drop me a line here or subscribe to the emailJoin the continuing mission to explore online social space! Orbiting SignalRead/WriteWebMedia 2.0 WorkgroupMetaversedIRGONew Music StrategiesPlasticbag.orgSocial MediaBubblegum GenerationDigital music newsPublic AddressWired
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quillpill - Tell a little story
quillpill - Tell a little story: Bringing microblogging to storytelling. (c/o Tchcrunch)
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Export your Pownce data before December 15th.
Export your Pownce data before December 15th.
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Goodbye Pownce, Hello Six Apart | The Pownce Blog
Goodbye Pownce, Hello Six Apart | The Pownce Blog : Pownce is shutting down and soon. Key people are joining the Six Apart team (behind Moveabletype). Elegant implementation but not as useful as Twitter.
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"I think Leah said it best were bittersweet about shutting down well come..."
I think Leah said it best were bittersweet about shutting down well come back w/something much better in 2009, stay tuned - Kevin Rose on the imminent closure of Pownce (c/o Twitter)
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Google launches Street View in New Zealand | Computerworld
Google launches Street View in New Zealand | Computerworld: Google has finally released Streetview in New Zealand. I saw two Google cars at different times taking shots.
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Koornk Blatantly Rips Off Twitter | Techcrunch
Koornk Blatantly Rips Off Twitter | Techcrunch: Heres a piece at Techcrunch discussing a new Twitter clone Koornk. It seems this one is more explicit than most in its emulation.
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State of the Twitterverse Survey
State of the Twitterverse Survey: Take a quick survey about your usage of Twitter. Some good questions in there and Im looking forward to the results.
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Why I Love Twitter | O'Reilly Radar
Why I Love Twitter | O'Reilly Radar: If you care what I think, you know that Twitter is just about the best way to learn what Im paying attention to. I pass along tidbits of OReilly news, interesting reading from mailing lists and
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Mumbai attacks reported all over Twitter
Twitter has again demonstrated its utility in terms of reporting world events as they happen. The current example is the recent and ongoing attacks on civilians in Mumbai by unidentified assailants (at time of writing). Image credit: CBC News The advantage presented by Twitter is the speed of repo ...
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MySpace Suicide Case: Lori Drew Convicted After Megan Meier Killed Herself Over Fake Messages | Sky...
MySpace Suicide Case: Lori Drew Convicted After Megan Meier Killed Herself Over Fake Messages | Sky News: A woman has been convicted in a landmark cyber-bullying case after a teenager committed suicide over hoax messages on MySpace. Nb. these a lesser charges as proving that actions on Myspace
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MODULE - PATTERN DOT LIFE
MODULE - PATTERN DOT LIFE: Online remix project from Wellington musician Module. Get tracks, remix and submit.
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Teenagers Internet Socializing Not a Bad Thing | NYTimes
Teenagers Internet Socializing Not a Bad Thing | NYTimes: More on the recent Digital Youth Project report at the NY Times (c/o db)
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Unit Structures Serious Privacy Issues with Google SearchWiki
Unit Structures Serious Privacy Issues with Google SearchWiki: Another insightful blog from Fred Stutzman at Unit Structures. This one deals with privacy issues with the new Google SearchWiki.
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Video demonstrating recent changes to Google Streetview (c/o...
Video demonstrating recent changes to Google Streetview (c/o RWW)
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TweetsGiving
TweetsGiving: This online service is experimenting with Twitter and the social web to raise $10,000 US in 48 hours to fund a classroom in Tanzania.
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A scientific formula for popularity on Digg, YouTube | Webware - CNET
A scientific formula for popularity on Digg, YouTube | Webware - CNET: HP has figured out when YouTube and Digg content can become popular using an algorithm that will make you wish you paid attention in math class. (c/o CA)
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The Whole Point, In 140 Characters | Altitude Branding
The Whole Point, In 140 Characters | Altitude Branding: A short blog by Amber Cadabra describing a scenario where a one-word-tweet resulted in immediate assistance from her followers.
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Twitter / tweetbomb
Twitter / tweetbomb: Tweeple can be tweetbombed now by mob (flash) replying to a specific Twitterer. It run from this account.
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Justin.TV Teen Broadcaster Commits Suicide | Fast Company
Justin.TV Teen Broadcaster Commits Suicide | Fast Company: Live Internet broadcasting site Justin.tv mourns the loss of one of their broadcasters, who committed suicide while viewers watched and some even egged him on.
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TweetStalk
TweetStalk: Just when you thought Twitter was a stalking site, here is an actual site based around stalking. Follow others tweets invisibly. Nb. groups are included (c/o DR).
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