Archive for June, 2010
Sponsored Tweets: Are you selling out?
SponsoredTweets is a new Twitter advertising platform that connects advertisers with Tweeters. Advertisers can create sponsored conversations on Twitter. Tweeters can earn money for spreading the word. I can earn Washingtons and Abraham Lincolns using Twitter?! Oh, boy! I always knew that the day would arrive when I could got paid to send out snippets [...]
4 Damn, Good Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Buy an iPhone 4 Yet
The Day has arrived and Apple’s iPhone 4 is finally here. Thousands around the country are lining up en masse at their local Apple Store, the biggest line-waiting ceremony since the second Twilight movie (Shudder). Yesterday, your Facebook and Twitter feeds were littered with ecstatic status updates from the lucky few who pre-ordered and received [...]
How to Set Up W3 Total Cache with WPtouch Plugin on WordPress
Like many problems with this site, I prefer to fix things when I cannot afford to ignore them any longer or the solution presents itself to me with little effort on my part. One of these growing problems that I chose to neglect showed up again recently when Eric from FWebDe sent me a reply [...]
Steve Jobs Responds to Warren Buffet’s Philanthropic Pledge
Famous billionaire, Warren Buffet, made headlines yesterday when he pledged 99% of his wealth to charity. Collaborating together with the world’s largest philanthropic organization, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Buffet is also reaching out to hundreds of other rich Americans to pledge half of their own wealth to charity. So, what happened when Mr. [...]
How to Integrate Tweetmeme and Su.pr to Increase Your Blog Traffic
Recently, the fine people at AEXT.net wrote an article on how to integrate Tweetmeme and the Su.pr URL shortener. If you aren’t familiar, Su.pr is Stumbleupon’s URL shortening service. It appends a sharing toolbar which allows users to vote or review the page. As many bloggers know, the more “thumbs-up” an article receives, the more [...]
State of the LonePlacebo Address: Why I Blog
Citizens of the World, These first six months has been a thrilling ride. I cannot express to you, my readers, how much I’ve enjoyed blogging about social media, technology, and design. LonePlacebo.com has become my outlet and creative playground. This blog gave me a voice and a place where I could be heard. When people [...]
Apple iPhone 4: “Thanks to Gizmodo, we don’t have to act surprised!”
It’s finally here, people. The end of the world. Pack your bags, tell your loved ones that you wish things could’ve ended better, and remember to kiss your neighbor’s cat goodbye. Oh, shucks. It’s not 2012 yet. Alright. Nevermind. Check out Apple’s newest wonder gadget, the iPhone 4. For more information, head over to the [...]
Steve Jobs Shares His Thoughts at D8 Conference
The last time Steve Jobs attended the All Things Digital Conference in 2007, he was accompanied by Microsoft’s Bill Gates. The two discussed their contributions to the technology industry and made you think just for a second that things between the long competing companies had never been so friendly. Tonight, Steve Jobs, the CEO of [...]