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beyond the 140: killer apps and devil dolls

nobody@vox.com(Jason) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:57:29 -0700

@toddkelley you are so wrong for that avatar. I have seen the black devil doll trailer. in HD! about 15 hours ago from twitterrific in reply to toddkelley

@toddkelley heh heh heh. Undercover Black Man posted a link to it a couple months back. SOOOOO wrong. Funny. But SOOOO wrong. about 15 hours ago from twitterrific in reply to toddkelley

Black Devil Doll (Not Safe For You Anywhere). There is nothing right about this at all. And, of course I want to see every minute of it.

http://quotably.com/ is hot about 12 hours ago from twitterrific

have I said recently how much I adore skitch? about 11 hours ago from twitterrific

trying out this friendfeed joint. I'm not sure how it's different from plaxo pulse but I'll give it a shot. about 10 hours ago from twitterrific

It was a "fun with the internetz" day. Quotably really is great for following a twitter conversation. Especially if you don't follow all the people who are talking with the person driving the convo. I used it several times today. Tweetburner launched today too but I haven't really checked it out yet.

Skitch is kind of a killer App (mac only). I'm here.

As Mau pointed out to me, the big thing about friendfeed may be that it makes facebook updating a passive activity. (Yeah, I'm back on facebook after a 2 month hiatus. Sigh.)

I also really like drop.io.

np: way down in the hole by tom waits about 11 hours ago from twitterrific

i did this for @michellej but since I like drop.io so much, I figured I'd share. I'm not going back to pownce. http://drop.io/waydownhole/

Pretty cool, right?

Am I really buying the day26 album? about 2 hours ago from twhirl

My name is a Jason and I'm a Making The Band addict.

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On Falling (in love and otherwise)

nobody@vox.com(Jason) — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:48:37 -0700

It shouldn't come as a surprise that at an Irish wedding, I went down like a sack of potatoes. Not five minutes after helping out a bridesmaid who had drank herself into circular thinking and walking, I was on the ground outside the Women's Cultural Center in Montclair having missed a step. With my legs sprawled out and in my new shirt and nearly taking out Felicia in the process.

Open bar is a dangerous thing.

I didn't dance nearly enough at the Balvanera nuptials. Lacking a willing partner and my own rusty swing and samba partnering skills were my achilles heel. The bride and groom, however, having first met in a ballroom class got their swing on to a little Zoot Suit Riot. Not to mention that the first dance was Somersault by Zero 7. There's a reason why I like these people.

The traditional Irish Wedding Blessing hit me in all the right places. It goes...

May your mornings bring joy
and your evenings bring peace.
May your troubles grow few
as your blessings increase.
May the saddest day of your future
Be no worse than the happiest day of your past.
May your hands be forever clasped in friendship
And your hearts joined forever in love.
Your lives are very special,
God has touched you in many ways.
May his blessings rest upon you
And fill all your coming days.

And after 48 hours in San Francisco, having seen about half of my favorite locals, having helped two friends create a new family, and having eaten my face off, again, it's becoming increasingly clear that this place will one day be called home.

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Stil Shot Soundtrack: Joell Ortiz Says...

nobody@vox.com(Jason) — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:25:55 -0700

Alison with the banned glasses, originally uploaded by maubrowncow.

White-rimmed Sunglasses Ain't Hip Hop. (full disclosure - I really want to say that it is Fat Joe doing the intro on this track but it may, in fact, be Joell himself. This post was once called "Fat Joe Says..." but I changed it in case I'm wrong)

Hip Hop (RMX f_ Jadakiss and Saigon)

Joell Ortiz

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My Twitter Indoctrination

nobody@vox.com(Jason) — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:48:49 -0800

I've been thinking a lot about how I became so instantaneously obsessed with Twitter and how I use the tool.

All I can say is that the idea of getting little updates from folks throughout the day about the ephemera of their days is kind of delightful. Twitter is like passing notes in class. When I was in junior high and high school, that was my constant means of staying connected and making it through the day. Sure, I loved school (i'm a goodie two shoes nerd, what do you want from me?) much like I love my job but I often get lost in the bell jar when I'm working. Twitter keeps me connected. In the midst of discussing site launch calendars and budgets and recruitment, I twitter to talk about what happened on the bus or skinny jeans or blipster culture or presidential politics.

Damnit, I want to know what my friends are having for lunch and listening to on their iPods.

Twitter gives me that.

Mau asked, though, what should I be twittering?

Here's how I twitter:

To answer the mantra question: what are you doing?
To announce work and personal launches (like this post).
To ask questions.
To answer questions.
To crack wise.
To make note of something too small to blog but that mattered enough to give me pause.

Here's also how I twitter:

When I'm at the computer, I turn text messages off.
As soon as I walk away for an extended period of time, I turn them on.
I made my updates private. You gotta friend me to see me and I gotta know you (or know of you) to give you access.
I try not to post too many times too often. If a long term or more private convo breaks out , I take it to direct message or IM.
I don't follow all my friends all the time. Some of y'all get twitter happy and need a small case of pianissimo.
I'm becoming the master of the 140 character sentence.
I use the @<username> often and use the correct name. Twitter then tracks who you're talking at correctly. It's dangerous to use @<notquitetheusername> because there could be other twitterers with that name and twitter will think you're replying to them.

Also, while I still haven't memorized all of these and the Twitter IM bot never wants to work anymore, here is some twitter lingo courtesy of the site itself:

Twitter Lingo
Send these commands to 40404 or over IM and interact with Twitter on your mobile phone or chat window!
Inviting or Adding People
invite 415-555-1212 john sends a text invite to john
follow username you will get phone updates from this person (requires initial approval)
Getting More Updates
get gets recent updates from all your friends
get username gets this person's last update
follow all turns on updates (entire friends list)
nudge username encourages this person to update
Getting Less Updates
leave username disables updates from this person
leave all turns off updates (entire friends list)
off disables twitter updates
on enables twitter updates
Finding Out Stuff
stats a few statistics about your Twitter account
help sends back a list of twitter lingo commands
To update your own Twitter timeline, just text whatever is on your mind to the Twitter number 40404 or IM twitter@twitter.com.

Bonus: Buzzfeed is all over Twitter this week.

Double Bonus: While I'm not committed to any candidate yet, John Edwards is my friend. That's going right for the web hipster's heart, innit?

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Kelis Counter-Measures

nobody@vox.com(Jason) — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:17:33 -0800

Mau (who won't register to comment) counters Bossy with "Suspended" but I'm coming back even more hardcore.

Get Along With You (FakeID Remix)

Kelis

Y'all don't know nothin' 'bout that.

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