The New Face Of China's Social Media

Facebook Meeting With Baidu Execs In Silicon Valley, Says Chinese Press - business insider
Business Insider calling out Google's social inadequacies is great.

A 5 Year Old Feminist Proclimation

5-Year-Old Won't Marry Until She Has A Job, So Stop Asking! (Video) - Huffington Post
HuffPo described this as the "cutest 46 seconds of your day" I describe it as amazing! In honor of bell hooks, Judith Butler and feminists around the globe - I will not marry you until I have a job - I already have my voice thank-you-very-much!

Hooker Mom's Unite!

8 School Names That Inspire The Exact Opposite Of School Pride - someecards
How do you design a chant around the phrase "Go Hookers" - hmm what high school is coming to these days!

Obama Is Going To Drop a Record Next!

Museveni Might Release Rap Album - news24
Working titles include: I Run This Bitch, America's Most Wanted, and Life After Presidency

Who's More Popular? Lil Wayne or Oreo's?

Lil Wayne Crumbles Oreo's Plans To Set World Record For Facebook 'Likes' - Time
Because selling millions of records (or cookies) isn't enough - having people like you is.

I 33Needs Some Funding!!!

Startup Lets Anyone Invest in Socially Conscious Upstarts - mashable
If we put The Children At Work up on 33Needs, would you donate and could we justify it as a social cause?

Apple To Apples, Google To Google

Google Announces Payment System for Digital Content - new york times
 I didn't know Google knew how to charge money for things.

Twitter Trends Are Trendy

Where Twitter Trending Topics Really Come From - mashable
I admit I always wondered - the power of the retweet. 

Holy Harp Player, That Is Amazing!

Sitting here, having worked all day like everyone else and then you see something like this always puts things in perspective.

See, All Those Beers Were Just Research To Save the Planet

MIT grad's invention turns brewery waste to fuel - boston.com
I knew beer would come through. 

The Robot Take Over Has Begun!!!

Luckily, they only came for out commercial coffee shop scones.

Mamma Always Said, Don't Pee In The Pool!

Bacteria That Grow In Hot Tubs Linked To Playboy Mansion Outbreak - NPR
This explains so much.

Looks Like They Are Getting Amazowned

Amazon.com Closing Facility In Irving - star telegram
Don't mess with Texas, either!

Maybe We Should Consider This?

Using Videos To Amp Up Your Blog - smartblogs
Or not? 

Mubarak Has Left The Building

Egypt Military Supports Mubarak; Protesters Mass - huffington post
I wonder what its like to have your whole country hate you so much that they will pull off a multi-day protest.  

Facebook Getting Another Face Life

Facebook Page Redesign 2011: All You Need to Know - inside facebook
I have already requested the copy right on Black Swan: Social Media Edition.

In The Words of Jonny Drama: VICTORY!!!

Egypt protests: Hosni Mubarak To Make TV Address - BBC
Its is rare that you are able to bare witness to history in the making knowing it will be history beforehand.

I'm Too Sexy For My Fanny Pack?

With Fanny Packs On The Runway, Can Mom Jeans Be Far Behind? - WSJ
Say it ain't so! Fanny Packs? Memories of day glow orange and pink are flooding into memory - let's hope this fad doesn't hit the states.

Get Your Microsoft Shares - Shares For Sale

Bill Gates Sells Off 90 Million Of His Microsoft Shares - Huffington Post
Mr. Gates is selling - selling off as many shares as he wishes lately -the bigger question: is this really about portfolio diversification or something else?

New Technology - Taking Over Your... Phone?

Today In Tech: iPad 3 this fall, the Facebook Phone - CNNMoney.com
We get it Facebook, you're everywhere - and slowing becoming everything

Forget The 3, I Am Buzzing About The iPad 4!!!

iPad 3 To Be Apple's 'Surprise' Release This Fall: REPORT - huffington post
I hope it has wings and a jet pack built in so that I can fly to work.  

We Are Not Slacking, I Promise

We have both been balancing work with catching bits and pieces of Social Media Week - and as an ironic result we have neglected the blog, our own social media forum. Don't worry, we will be back in full swing.

Twitter Can Be Worth Billions Too, Facebook

Twitter as Tech Bubble Barometer - wall street journal
I always find it amazing when the gap between values is in the billions - ehh, just throw in another 2 bill and we'll call it a day.  

Palo Alto Is So Last Year: Facebook's Migration

Facebook Announces Its Big Move - mashable  
 Menlo Is In.

Facebook Kappa Alpha: Pay For Your Friends!

Facebook Ads for $1.07? Can't We Do A Lot Better Than That? - constantcontact
Wait, people actually click the ads on Facebook?

Not Plugging The Book, But This Is An Interesting Interview.

Your Next Favorite Book: The Now Revolution - socialmediaexplorer
I probably wouldn't buy the book because I hate reading - the link does have a video!

OMG It's Social Media Week, AHHHHHHHHH

Social Media Week Is February 7th-11th - livestream
As if we needed an excuse to be completely obsessed with the internets.

Small Business Failing Because of Social Media!!!

Facebook and Twitter Dominate Small Biz Social Media Use - socialtimes
Ok, not really, but maybe?

Facebook Pages With A License To Kill It

This Week’s Most Explosive Facebook Pages - allfacebook
The key to raising your group count: free stuff.  

Marketers Beware - Social Media Bandwagons During Global Meltdowns Are A Don't

Kenneth Cole's Social Media Marketing Lesson - Harvard Business Review
You may make some nice underpants Mr. Cole - but you're social marketing team sucks. Way to try and be 'hip' when in fact, you were just capitalizing on a global crisis.

It's Fist Pump Time!!!

Beat That Beat with DJ Pauly D - Youtube
Alas, the ultimate viral / reality / pop culture mash up.

In Case The Black Eyed Peas Made You Vomitt

Super Bowl Commercials 2011: All The Ads (VIDEOS) - Huffington Post
For all those advertising loving people out there

Not The Guy With The Two Naked Girls And The Large Bong?

Finally: Facebook Co-Founder Opens The Curtain On Two-Year Old Asana - TechCrunch
New Tech's second generation take a spin at show and tell.

The Shot Heard 'Round The World

Egypt Protests Grow Larger As Pressure On Mubarak Mounts - huffington post 
First reporter killed - now things will get interesting.  

Me So Horny Politics

2 Live Crew's Luther Campbell Says He'll Run For Mayor of Miami - MTV News
Well, at this this guy is upfront about his sexcapades - unlike most politicians

Whoo Hoo! An Artsy Cult!

An Insider Speaks On The Cult Of Etsy - VentureBeat
An unusual business model gets dubbed a cult - too bad it's amazing!

Will The Real Sarah Palin Please Stand Up?

Sarah Palin Files Paperwork To Trademark Her Name - Yahoo News
Really? But what if there is another Sarah Palin out there? Well, on second thought - she's already changed her name.

This Is Probably What Jesus Would Do

Christians Protecting Muslims in Egypt During Prayers - the islamic workplace
A perfect example of a negative becoming very positive.

Go Facebook, It's Yo Birfday, We Gonna Party Like It's Yo Birfday

Feb 4, 2004: You’ve Got a ‘Friend’ in The Facebook - wired
I wish I had been worth $50B by the age of 7.  

The iPhone 4 Is Officially A Game Changer

Verizon Halts iPhone Sales After Best "First Day" - msnbc
Its amazing what that Apple marketing is able to achieve. 

We Are Thinking About Pooling Our Money Together For This One

News Corp. Exec: “The Right Time” To Sell Myspace - socialbeat
This would be true if you went back in time, say, 4 years.

Didn't Lindsey Lohan Run Over Someone While Drunk? I Don't Think This Driver Has The Same Excuse

The Diplomatic Car That Ran Over 20 People In Cairo (28th -Jan-11) - Youtube
Raw footage from Cairo - scenes of unrest grow more and more disturbing.

This Might Be The Tip Of The Pyramid In Egypt Escalation

Globe Reporter Tweets Round-up In Egypt - theglobeandmail
Twitter might have saved their lives if it got ugly - what a concept.

Like We Even Have Any Real Content

26 Ways to Enhance Your Blog Content - social media examiner
I love lists. I just hate completing the tasks on them. 

Burn! Google Gets Dissed Again!

Path Rejects Google's $100 Million Offer - Huffington Post
So a picture is worth a thousand words, but not a $100 million dollars?

What Would The Goddess Say?

If the term "Goddess" is now defined by JLo - I'm afraid one or two scholars may have a bone to pic - Goddesses dress in glitter? Who knew!

Thanks Pandora - for giving us the option to "feel like a Goddess"

Tasty Delight

Foodie Startup Dubbed 'The Facebook of Food' - Time
That's what the world needs, more food porn - move out starvation and malnutrition - enter the foodie zone.

This Is A Real Headline

Police: Former Doctor Gave Patients 'Purple Drank' Ingredient - ajc
What the fuck is juice?

Sharks Roll Deep

Some Fins Up! 100,000 Sharks Mass Off Florida's Beaches - dailymail
Who wants to go surfing after work? Anyone...anyone?

Snooks Snubs Shocker

Snooki Snubs Sen. Chuck Schumer - Huffingtonpost.com
The bigger surprise - why is Snooki in DC? Do they fist pump in DC?

Yep, Another Holiday To Thank The Pagans For

Why Do We Celebrate Groundhog Day? - mmm.com
So Bill Murray didn't have all of the answers on this holiday - it's roots trace back to pagan rituals.

Coloring Outside The Lines Never Looked So Good

Creating With Crayola - NPR.org
What a sweet deal! You have Crayola on speed dial and the White House thinks your art is rad.

The Books Are Banned!

San Francisco Debuts Landmark Ban On Unwanted Phone Book Deliveries - Change.org
Books are banned? Well at least this time around - the trees will thank us.

Jim Durbin Promises There Is A Future In All This!

Secrets Of A Social-media Headhunter - smartblogs
Only 9 more years until I am in the money! 

I Am Into Into-Now: Ohh, So It Is Shazam For Television?

Social Networking’s Next Frontier: The Boob Tube - reuters
Is this an excuse to not hit the "Guide" button on the TV remote?

Penny For Your Thoughts

But, Why Does Everything Say Made In China?

Despite China's Might, US Factories Maintain Edge - Yahoo
Proof that innovation is good and communism is bad, or something, and not necessarily in relation to each other.

The Power Of The Pen

Photorealistic Ball Point Pen Drawings By Juan Francisco Casas - Amusing Planet
I always struggled with getting my stick figures symmetrical.

Free Facebook February For Fliers...For Fun...F

Fliers Get Free Access To Facebook In February - mashable
You thought they were addicted before, now you want them to get high and go on Facebook.

'Walk Like An Egyptian' Will Be The New Protest Anthem

Egypt Protesters Flood Cairo As Obama Urges Mubarak Not To Run Again - Huffington Post 
That is a lot of people and proves even in the Virtual Age the power of presence is strongest.

Time Lapse Video: The Space Shuttle

Who's Your Son?

Exclusive: Mark Zuckerberg's Proud Dentist Father Markets Himself As 'Father of Facebook!' - Time
Who knew the world of dental marketing was hitting such a low?

Wait For It... Wait For It.. Now!

Now The IRS Will Let You Track Your Refund, But Can't Tell You How Much It'll Be - Sounds Like a "smart" idea. Inc.

For those smart phoned equipped - you can now track the feds and your cash - for those with a dumb phone still - the paper trail hunt it is!

Twitter Will Have You Rolling In The Dough!!!

Twitter Helps Land Dream Job - Examiner
As much as I like this testament to the power of social media - it is still a job at Krispy Kreme. Just saying...

I Have Been Saying This For Years

How Beer Saved The World - Discovery Networks
Does this even need a comment=?

Google Gets Their Art Thang On

Google Art Project Offers Gigapixel Images Of Art Classics, Indoor "Street View" Of Museums - engadget
Regardless of how cool this is, I am still left wondering, "what the hell is a gigapixel?"

I Thought LeBron Was The King?

Jordan's King Dismisses Government, Appoints New PM - CNN
This is a total slam dunk if it can assist the region in settling its political score. 

Facebook Is Not Winning All Of The Races

Where are Social Media Marketers Seeing The Most Success? - eMarketer
The good ole message board community pushes on! 4Chan seen grinning in the corner saying "told ya so." 

History Needs New Swagger, It Is Always Repeating Itself

Why Social Media Is Bringing Back Our Grandparent's Values - Mashable
It is amazing how truth and justification can overlap. We are such enablers.

Social Media Is Our Savior!

Seven Characteristics Of Companies Effectively Using Social Media - b2bbloggers
For the lazy (like me): Strategy, Budget, Channels, Leverage, Participation, Analytic, and Marketing.