On Fame

In his new autobiography Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Rob Lowe explains fame from the famous person’s point of view. It’s something I’d never considered before, and yet it makes blinding sense. In this case, the reference is to Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather. Lowe once praised the film to Coppola, who replied You know,…

No, Facebook Doesn’t ‘Own’ Your Private Photos
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No, Facebook Doesn’t ‘Own’ Your Private Photos

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…

A Spam-Free Inbox

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…

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Interesting Links of the Day

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…

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Hashable

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,…

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8 Reasons Performers Need a Facebook “Page”

If you’re an artist/performer building up your Facebook presence via a personal Facebook account, you should almost certainly be doing so via a Facebook “Page” instead. 8 Reasons You Need a “Page” 1) No Limits. Facebook currently limits personal accounts to 5,000 “friends.” Pages have no limits. 2) Analytics. Facebook provides demographic data to Page…