Another panicky status meme is making the Facebook rounds. And while there’s a grain of truth buried in it – as there is with many memes – it’s surrounded by some scare-mongering misinformation. The current status meme reads something like this: ATTENTION: This Friday, Facebook will become owner of the publishing rights of ALL your…
Evidently the discipline of doing this daily has eluded me, but I’m picking up the pieces and carrying on. Here are the links I found interesting today: Facebook has had a glitch that overrides user preferences to not receive email notifications. They’re aware of the issue and working to fix it. In the meantime, you…
Photos from around the Smith College campus taken on April 14, 2011. I was there for the semi-annual Friends of the Smith College Libraries Executive Committee meeting. College Hall Collacott Reading Room, Neilson Library Lyman Plant House Paradise Pond Dewey House Chapin House Campus Center Seelye Lawn, looking toward Neilson Library
Of interest around the interwebs today: The legal aspects of SM are as critical as measurement or branding. Social Media Law Update is a smart resource. Smartphones just got more fun: Atari’s Greatest Hits brings 100 classic games (Asteroid, Centipede, Pong, etc.) to your iPhone. Via Uncrate. Two words: Badminton Jedi. Via Devour.
Catching up on two days worth of notable links: April 4 From the Heifer International site: Kids can make a difference this summer as they participate in your local Read to Feed library program. AOL bought Engadget, but forgot to make sure they’d retain the site’s editorial staff along with it. Oops. E One Entertainment…
This isn’t a commercial or paid endorsement, but it’s going to read like one. Rest assured I’m merely a happy long-term customer. 🙂 Worried about your email address being exposed to spammers after last weekend’s Epsilon breach? Fed up with the spam you already get? Read on. I intentionally use separate email addresses for various…
Linka I found interesting enough to share today: The LAPD joins agencies statewide tomorrow (April 4) in beginning zero-tolerance enforcement of laws prohibiting distracted driving. That menas no texting while driving and no taking while driving (unless you’re using a hands-free device). Think abou it folks. There’s NOTHING so important it can’t wait until you’re…
This groovy wooden koi, which comes in assorted colors/treatments, is from one of my favorite foundries, House Industries.
Here’s what I found notable today: Proud to note that a Smith College alumna is one of the 2011 Pipeline Fellows, as reported by Tech Crunch. Pipeline is a New York-based fund that wants to increase the number of women angel investors and social media entrepreneurs in the U.S. The incredibly useful LifeHacker shared a timely article…
Links of the day for April 1, 2011: My friend Sasha Wilkins, better known as the divine fashion blogger Liberty London Girl, did a brilliant window for Dolce and Gabbana. Sadly, over a dozen people in our San Fernando Valley neighborhood have fallen victim to tire-damaging vandals. The LAPD is advising people to be vigilant and…
I’m two days behind; herewith my links from March 30 and 31: UPS trucks save money, time, and perhaps lives by avoiding left turns. Via Zaibatsu. Samsung laptops: Now with pre-installed keyloggers. Not good. Via ThinkGeek. Making it fun to find a broken link: 35 entertaining 404 (error) pages. Via Mashable. And last: my favorite L.A….
Herewith my links of interest for March 29, 2011: Mashable gathers ten of the most extraordinary Tweets ever, from the very first one (by co-founder Jack Dorsey) to a marriage proposal to the infamous 2008 single-word tweet “Arrested” that arguably first brought Twitter to the mainstream media’s attention. Many people choose to follow a vegetarian/vegan…
Links that caught my eye on March 28, 2011: (With a hat tip to Maria Langer, from whom I got the idea to begin posting thusly.) An abject lesson in how NOT to react when someone posts a negative review of your work. This self-published author had a meltdown – on the reviewer’s site, no less –…
Curt’s first Los Angeles residency since 2009! Shows are 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/18, 5/25 and 6/1. All shows at the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks, seating is extremely limited. Tickets $25, general admission, available exclusively online here. Get ’em while they’re hot!
If you don’t use (and don’t plan to use) MobileMe to sync your calendars, move along. Nothing to see here. If you use a me.com address as your primary email, you can also move along. If, however, like me you don’t use a me.com address as your primary email, know this before upgrading to the new…
I’m a fan of Klout, which (if you haven’t heard of it) calls itself “the standard for [online] influence.” I’ve been the recipient of some Klout Perks, and – unrelated to that – have recommended Klout to a client. I display my Klout badge on my blog (over there to the right; it’s not difficult…
After attending a fair number of media/tech conferences at LA’s Skirball Center, I recommend that all organizers of events held there heed the following: 1. Include Twitter names on the name badges. Not everyone tweets under their real name (some use nicknames, some tweet under company names). Not everyone uses a headshot as their Twitter…
Taken at Disney California Adventure, December 21 2010.
For nearly a decade, I’ve used OnlineLabels as my primary source for label stock. I like their flexibility on quantity, their stock choices (color, removable, etc.), their Avery cross-reference list, their templates, and oh, yeah, their pricing. (It’s low.) To that laudable list I can now add one thing more: their amazing customer service. The…
Aaron Sorkin’s getting a bum rap for his acceptance speech at Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards. In his remarks, the screenwriter encouraged his daughter to emulate the many well-educated actresses in the room*, saying I want to thank all the female nominees tonight for helping demonstrate to my young daughter that elite is not a bad…
I wanted to like Hashable. At first it seemed useful to me: you can use it to document the people you meet, and to introduce others. It’s like Foursquare or Whrrl, except for checking in with people instead of into places. As it describes itself: “Every time you connect with someone – like having breakfast,…
Tired of your inbox being flooded with Quora new follow notifications? Here’s how to stop ’em. Login at Quora.com. Click on “Settings” in the upper-right nav bar. On the Settings page, look for the section on the left called “Email Settings.” Expand each area by clicking on the blue “view settings” link next to it, and…
If you’ll be attending CES this week in Las Vegas, you won’t be alone. The Consumer Electronics Association estimates that about 120,000 others will be doing the same thing. Unless you’re staying a short walk away at the Hilton or the Renaissance, getting to and from the Las Vegas Convention Center can be a time-consuming…