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Twitter as personal news-wire
This chart, posted on the Twitter blog, shows trending of the use of the word “earthquake ” following the earthquake in Southern California on Tuesday. The two headlines are from a San Diego TV station and, nine minutes after the quake, the AP. In the not-so-distance past, getting the story out within nine minutes was…
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Craigmillar Castle photo
One of my photos (on left in image at right) of Craigmiller Castle got included in the “newly released fifthedition of our Schmap Edinburgh Guide.” The screen shot at right shows how it looks in an iPhone/iTouch and here is how it looks in its regular web version. I suspect the creative commons license I…
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Looking for support
In the wake of a hateful crime, a blogger asks the Knoxville community to reach out to the church where the Sunday morning shootings occurred. (via KnoxvilleTalks.com)