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Choice Links From My Twitter Account
Here is a wad of interesting links I shared via my @andrwmyr Twitter account over the past few weeks. Enjoy.
Bobcats squat foreclosed home in Lake Elsinore. http://bit.ly/2WiyvB
@pichot Probably already found O'Reilly's Obama interview, but here's a link: http://bit.ly/oreilly
@paperwords Your Carl Malamud article is on Techmeme: http://bit.ly/4pvX09. You should write a real blog for PressDemo.
@andrwmyr [...]
A Comment Reblogged
Blog commenting system Disqus introduced Disqus 2.0 a couple of weeks ago. And, I left the following comment on their post announcing the updgrade:
Now, what if you gave commenters the option to simultaneously post their comment to their own blog as a blog post. Whoa... that would blow my mind.
Originally posted as a comment by [...]
Three Well-Designed Products I Recently Purchased That Make Me Happy
Lately, when I'm getting ready to purchase a product I do three things: 1) Research, 2) Get friend advice (i.e. via Twitter (here) or blog post (comments here)), and 3) Price compare.
These are three amazing products that made the cut and make me extremely happy:
1) Fitness ball
This is my new office chair. Great for my [...]
Forget Oprah’s Book Club, Jon Stewart Tells Me What To Read
If The Daily Show put Amazon links on their Hulu videos they would make some serious affiliate money. Why? Because five out of the twenty-nine books in my Amazon book wishlist were added immediately after watching guests promote their books on The Daily Show, which I watch on Hulu.
The Daily Show bump, much like [...]
Sonoma County Companies Using Twitter
There are some really interesting homegrown companies in Sonoma County, CA. Most of them are small and don't have huge PR/advertising departments. But, this shouldn't stop them from getting out the word to the local community on company news and/or cool events they're doing.
Enter Twitter. It's a super easy and effective way to quickly [...]
Press Democrat Writers Using Twitter
My local newspaper is The Press Democrat. It covers news from Santa Rosa and Sonoma County, CA.
Press Democrat Writers using Twitter:
@paperwords
@LauraNorton
I'll update the list if more Press Democrat writers start using Twitter. Also, it would be cool if PressDemocrat.com started using Twitter accounts for hyperlocal news sections (not NYT syndication articles).
This post was inspired [...]
Kiva’s Addictive Cycle: Invest, Repaid, Reinvest
On July 22, I got an email from Kiva saying, "...your loan to Karimbayli Mammadov
has been fully repaid...."
Who is Karimbayli? He's the 50 year old welder from Azerbaijan that I loaned money to about a year ago (see this post and this post). You can check out his business page on Kiva here.
I'm [...]
Watching Dara Torres on Jay Leno Let Me See the Future of Online Video Monetization
I have a sweet tooth for late night talk shows like Kimmel, Conan, Leno and Letterman. Since I don't have TV, I watch them online,
Yesterday, I was watching Leno on Hulu.com and Leno's guest Dara Torres an Olympic medalist swimmer showed me the future online video monetization.
Dara is 41 years old and headed to [...]
I Am The Guy Who Reads Your Blog and Never Leaves Comments (AKA The Lurker)
I read tons of posts every day. Most of them excellent reads providing me with inspiration, perspective and knowledge I didn't have the previous day.
And, I never leave comments. I read and leave. Vanishing deep into the backwoods of the blogosphere with the only trace being one more lifeless, hollow unique visitor stat. Regular [...]
Am I Left-handed or Right-handed? 23andWe Wants to Know.
Why does 23andWe want to know? It's for their featured research project titled "Handedness".
According to 23andMe, little is known about why people become left-handed or right-handed. They think they can help the science community figure out what genetic component is linked to handedness by polling the 23andMe community and comparing their answers against their [...]
I pretend to have a real job, by which I mean I started my own company. 
