Here are links I found interesting in May 2010:

• This is how Apple rolls – John Gruber discusses the way Apple builds its product platforms. On Macworld.com. Thanks to @DonPerreault for sharing the link.
• Apple blinks: New iPad XL to offer Flash capability – “Apple effectively raised the white flag in its war against Adobe today, announcing iPad XL — a new iPad specially designed to run Adobe’s Flash software.” Read more on Scoopertino.com. Thanks to @Markk11 for sharing the link. ;-)
• What’s missing from Mark Zuckerberg’s defense of Facebook – “If Facebook is truly listening to the public outcry over its practices, maybe it needs a hearing aid.” Read more on ConsumerReports.org. Thanks to @gglockner for sharing the link.
• How the iPod Took the World by Storm – An infographic depicting iPad’s impact. On Mashable. Thanks to @jodene for sharing the link.
• Facebook Privacy Scanner – ReclaimPrivacy.org has a free tool to scan and fix your Facebook privacy settings.
• 7 things to stop doing on Facebook – Advice from Consumer Reports
• USA Today Duped by iPad Steering Wheel Hoax – Another example of USA Today publishing a story without all the facts. This time, they’re publicly humiliated. Will they learn? Probably not. Read more on blogs.SFWeekly.com.
• A New Type of Phishing Attack – Jeez, this one might even fool me. On azarask.in. Thanks to @jodene for sharing the link.
• Facebook Mania: Privacy Changes for Nearly 500 Million – “Sometime in the next few weeks, Facebook will officially log its 500 millionth active citizen.” Read more on Time.com.
• Amazon.com’s Kindle fails first college test – “If Amazon hoped for honest feedback when it started testing the Kindle DX on college campuses last fall, it certainly got its wish; students pulled no punches telling the Seattle Internet giant what they thought of its $489 e-reader. But if Amazon also hoped the Kindle DX would become the next iPhone or iPod on campuses, it failed its first test.” Read more on the Seattle Times. Thanks to @BLG for sharing the link.
• Calling all authors: How to sell your books in the iBook store – Basic information about how to get started selling your books in the iBookstore.
• Google to employees: ‘Mac or Linux, but no more Windows’ – “Google is phasing out the use of Windows internally, as employees are migrated to either Linux or Mac OS X on machine turnovers or new hires.” Read more from @MikeTRose on TUAW.com.

Here are links I found interesting in April 2010:

• The iPad Launch: Can Steve Jobs Do It Again? – Stephen Fry writes about his recent trip to the Apple mothership and the iPad in TIME.
• Browsers and Transportation – Comparing Web browsers to various means of transportation. Thanks to @estherschindler for sharing the link.
• Can Amazon, Sony, or Google Catch Apple? – I like the “microwave vs. kitchen” analogy in this post. With the release of the iPad, the Kindle and Nook have completely fallen off my list of desirable ebook readers. On TechCrunch. Thanks to @DonPerreault for sharing the link
• Why I won’t buy an iPad (and think you shouldn’t, either) – Cory Doctorow says the iPad isn’t going to save publishing and uses that for a reason not to buy one. I think he’s missing the point. On Boing Boing.
• You don’t need an iPad. But once you try one, you won’t be able to resist. – Farhad Manjoo says, “You don’t need an iPad; it’s an indulgence.” I bet he’s right. But he’s also zeroed in on the killer feature that I’m most interested in. Read more in Slate Magazine.
• iWork Pages for the iPad: Good for Casual Writing but Lacks a Few Essential Features – Objective review of iWorks apps for iPad lists its shortcomings. On ReadWriteWeb.com.
• Free Reading Apps – Why buy a Kindle when you can put Kindle books on your computer, smartphone or iPad? On Amazon.com.
• File Sharing with an iPad: Ugh! – Ted Landau documents using iWorks apps on an iPad. It isn’t pretty. On The Mac Observer.
• Daring Fireball: The iPad – John Gruber reviews the iPad. On Daring Fireball. Thanks to @DonPerreault for the link.
• 15 iPad Apps You Should Download Today – In case you needed a shopping list for your new iPad. Thanks to @DJGrothe for sharing this link. On Wired.com.
• Twitter Has a Plan to Make Money With Ads – Twitter announces plans to earn revenue based on an advertising program. (Like what else is new on the Internet?) You can read more in the New York Times. Thanks to @estherschindler for tweeting the link.
• Twitter’s Entire Archive Headed to the Library of Congress – “The U.S. Library of Congress announced this morning via its official Twitter account that it will be acquiring the entire archive of Twitter messages back through March 2006.” Read more on ReadWriteWeb.com. Thanks again to @Slate for tweeting this link.
• 30 Ways You Can Spot Fake Online Reviews – Good list; makes sense. Be skeptical of all online reviews. On the Consumerist. Thanks to @slate for sharing the link.
• How to: Make an iPad Booksafe Case – Detailed, illustrated instructions for creating an iPad case/cover out of a regular book. If you use one of mine for this, please don’t tell me. On CarryPad.com. The piece also includes a link to a YouTube video that’s getting a lot more attention than these instructions.
• Mark Fiore can win a Pulitzer Prize, but he can’t get his iPhone cartoon app past Apple’s satire police – To me, this is a clear-cut case of censorship. Apple is censoring what can appear on its mobile devices. Read about it in Neiman Journalism Lab.
• Apple Wants to Own You – “Welcome to our velvet prison, say the boys and girls from Cupertino.” Read more on Slate.com. Thanks to @Swoopy for sharing the link on Twitter. This is something I’ve been saying for a while. I don’t own an iPhone primarily because I hate AT&T, but Apple’s control over its mobile computing devices is a definite concern. One of the reasons I’m still sitting on the fence about an iPad — although I’ll likely have to buy one for my work. (Yeah. Poor me.)
• The Library of Congress Is Now Following You on Twitter | The American Prospect – “On Wednesday, the Library of Congress announced it had signed an agreement with the microblogging service Twitter to archive all public tweets sent since the service began in 2006.” Read an interview with the LIbrary of Congress about this on The American Prospect. Thanks to @Slate for sharing this link.
• Steve Wozniak On Apple Security, Employee Termination, and Gray Powell – The Wired Editor says, “It’s Steve Jobs’ honor code. Like Michael Corleone’s: A mistake can be forgiven, but he would kill his own brother for betraying the family.” This really rings true. Read More on Wired.com
• Scott Adams Blog: That Lost 4G Phone 04/26/2010 – For Dilbert fans following the Apple/Gizmodo/4G iPhone debacle. Thanks to @sonorandragon for tweeting the link (sort of).
• A month with the iPad: Surprises and disappointments – Another objective review of the iPad, this time from Macworld. I agree with much of this, but not all. I think it’s because I’m a single user, not interested in games, and I’ve never had an iPad.
• Steve Jobs Email Reply Generator. – Do you admire Steve Jobs’s ability to create short, concise email replies? We do too! Now you can use this handy tool to practice and hone your own terse skills!” Try it out at GeekCulture.com.
• Thoughts on Flash – Steve Jobs shares his reasons why Apple’s iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch do not support Flash. Well thought out. An excellent read. I hope it shakes some sense into Adobe and the developers to continue to develop using this archaic tool.

Here are links I found interesting in March 2010:

• Books in the Age of the iPad – This has got to be one of the best articles about the rise of digital publishing that I’ve ever read. It makes me excited to be witness to this revolution. Read it and rejoice! Thanks to @andreaLG for sharing this link.
• Why DRM Doesn’t Work – I’ve been saying something like this for a while. On The Brad’s. Thanks to @szymonniemczura for sharing the link.
• The Ad-Blocker’s Dilemma – Some interesting thoughts on blocking ads on Web sites. On PlagiarismToday.com.
• Patently Stupid – According to Farhad Manjoo of Slate Magazine, “Apple’s multitouch lawsuit is both dumb and dangerous.” He makes some good arguments. But what his piece really highlights is the problems with the U.S. Patent Office.
• @ at MoMA – The history of the @ sign, which was just “acquired” by MoMA. Interesting stuff in a weird, geeky sort of way. Thanks to @JenniferWhitley for sharing the link.
• And an iPad in Every Backpack – Media Decoder Blog – NYTimes.com – “Everyone is looking for an angle on much-hyped entrance of the iPad to the marketplace and Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania has grabbed a piece by announcing that every incoming freshman will be handed a tablet when they walk in the door for the 2011-2012 academic year.” Read more in the NYTimes.com Media Decoder Blog.
• Apple is No. 3, closing in on Microsoft – Apple 2.0 – Fortune Brainstorm Tech – With its market cap at $213.9 billion, only two U.S. companies are bigger than Apple. Read more on Fortune.com. Who would have thought this was possible 10 years ago? Thanks to @DonPerreault for sharing this link.

Here are links I found interesting in February 2010:

• Are You Spamming Comments Inadvertently? – Some food for thought for bloggers about comments, comment moderation, and comment spam. On Weblog Tools Collection.
• In their words: Experts weigh in on Mac vs. PC security – Informal survey of security experts on Mac vs. PC security issues. On CNET News. Thanks to @EstherSchindler for sharing the link.
• All The Many Ways Amazon So Very Failed the Weekend – An excellent, entertaining, and truthful read by John Scalzi. Thanks to @Jodene on Twitter for sharing the link.
• 20 Years of Adobe Photoshop – A great summary of the history of Photoshop, which is 20 years old this month. On Webdesigner Depot. Thanks to @estherschindler for sharing the link.
• Stopping Self Content Theft – “Feeding Google’s insatiable appetite for content is on of the main reasons why infringers scrape and plagiarize content and also one of the biggest reasons why it is important to monitor and, in many cases, defend against it.” Read more on PlagiarismToday.com.
• We’re turning comments off for a bit – Engadget realizes (belatedly) the problems that ensue when you fail to tightly moderate comments on a blog. Thanks to @MikeTRose for sharing the link.
• Why You Should Never Consider Buying A Used Kindle – Another great post about Amazon’s long reach into their customer’s lives. Thanks to @Jodene for sharing the link.
• 15 Design Tips to Learn From Apple – 15 practical ways to follow Apple’s example in creating beautiful interfaces. On Design Shack.
• Why Amazon Cannot Afford To Lose The eBook Wars To Apple – “The Apple iPad isn’t even available yet, but already it is forcing Amazon to respond in a variety of ways to protect its competing Kindle eBook business.” Read more on TechCrunch. Thanks to @alanpringle for sharing the link.
• YouTube – High Quality JPEG Recompression Artifacts – 500 saves – Interesting video shows the degradation of an image saved as JPEG over and over. Thanks to @BorrowLenses for the link.
• WordPress for BlackBerry Version 1.0 – Information and a video about the new WordPress for BlackBerry app. On WordPress.org.
• Macmillan gets standing ovation from American booksellers | theBookseller.com – “US publisher Macmillan received a standing ovation at an America Booksellers Association meeting, according to various tweets from the event, picked up by GalleyCat.” Read more on TheBookSeller.com. Thanks to @publishingtalk for sharing the link.
• 8 Types of People That Belong on Twitter | Inc.com – Fun article summarizing the kinds of people on Twitter. On Inc.com. Thanks to @cofrenchy on Twitter for sharing the link.
• mea culpa – One of the best and most honest things I’ve read about Apple in a long time. By Rick LePage. Thanks to @BWJones on Twitter for sharing the link.
• Free Speech and Freedom of Information: Advice for Bloggers – “The information bloggers choose to put out there often has a huge impact on how they’re perceived and what others online think about them. And what many bloggers don’t realize is that information they put on their blogs can have a direct legal impact.” Read more on WebDesignerDepot.com. Thanks to @yaksierra and @flyingwithfish for sharing the link on Twitter.
• Privacy, complexity seen as Google blind spots – “The recent privacy backlash over Google Buzz, the company’s new social-networking service, is the latest in a series of launch fumbles that some argue reveal troubling blind spots within the Internet giant.” Read more on SFGate.com. Thanks to @jodene for sharing this link.
• A Camera That Can See Straight Through You – Fine art photography via X-Ray. On NPR.org. Thanks to @BWJones for sharing this link.
• Is This Any Way to Run an App Store? – “Apple seems more concerned with its excessive control over the iPhone and its App Store than providing its customers with the best possible apps.” Read more from Ted Landau on recent App Store removals. THIS is one reason I’m a bit leery about buying an iPad. I don’t like the idea of Apple controlling what I can and can’t run on my device. Thanks to @MikeTRose on Twitter for sharing the link.
• A Win For Publishers – Inside Higher Ed – “In what publishers are calling a significant copyright victory, a German court has approved an injunction filed by six academic publishers — including four founding members of the electronic textbook consortium CourseSmart — against the file-sharing company RapidShare AG. The injunction prohibits the company from giving away digital copies of dozens of scholarly titles.” Read more on insidehighered.com. Thanks to @plagiarismtoday.com for sharing the link.
• The Sandpit – A really great time-lapse video of New York City, using tilt-shift photography. Thanks to @SzymonNiemczura for sharing the link.

Here are links I found interesting in January 2010:

• The Flat Computer Society – Everyone’s ecstatic about the Apple tablet. But what are we supposed to do with it? By Farhad Manjoo on Slate Magazine.
• How to choose a digital camera – Great flow chart for choosing a digital camera. Simple and straightforward — and up to date! Thanks to @BorrowLenses for sharing the link.
• When all Else Fails – Tweet it. Thanks to @Miraz for tweeting the link to this hilarious (and true) comic.
• Conversations About The Internet #5: Anonymous Facebook Employee – Facebook employees know better than most the value of privacy. On TheRumpus.net. Thanks to @giaghani for sharing the link.
• 10 tips for better link-building – While you can rely on the sheer incandescent brilliance of your content to naturally attract links over time, a smart editor will accelerate that process by putting some effort into link-building. Here are key methods for building up your site’s Google juice. On emediavitals.com. Thanks to @estherschindler for sharing the link.
• WiFi for passive-aggressives – When even leaving a note is too direct…you folks with wireless networks still named “linksys” or “trendnet” are clearly missing out on a priceless opportunity to piss off your neighbors. In PassiveAggressiveNotes.com. Thanks to @Jodene for sharing the link.
• Why I Believe Printers Were Sent From Hell To Make Us Miserable – The title simply suggests how hilariously funny this really is. From The Oatmeal.
• When NOT to File a DMCA Notice – Excellent (and simple) advice about when it’s not appropriate to file a DCMA takedown notice. On PlagiarismToday.com.
• Are “enhanced ebooks” the CD-Rom era all over again? – Interesting article on the possible future of ebook publishing. On idealog.com. Thanks to @publishingtalk for sharing the link.
• What Would Martin Luther King Make of Twitter? – Tastefully and intelligently done. On Vanity Fair. Thanks to @gglockner for sharing the link.
• Should we encourage self-promotion and lies? – A reality check on self promotion through social media and other Web-based methods. On plasticbag.org. Thanks to @AprilMains on Twitter for sharing this thought-invoking link.
• O’Reilly drops ebook DRM, sees 104% increase in sales – Coincidence? I think not. I’m probably not the only person who would rather buy an ebook without DRM. On BoingBoing. Thanks to @PlagiarismToday for sharing the link (sort of).
• Twitter = Voluntary Spam Network? – Interesting insight about the growing Twitter spam problem.
• Publishing different: What the tablet brings to the table – Moving from print to digital isn’t a smooth or easy path, despite the fact that most authors are working digitally in the first place. Read more on TUAW. Thanks to @BLG on Twitter for sharing the link.
• Brain can’t handle more than 150 Facebook friends – Health – Health & Fitness – Life – The Times of India – Despite some people having 5,000 friends on their Facebook profiles, they may not be able to remember or manage more than 150 pals in real life, an expert claims. Read about it in the Times of India. Thanks to @Nambucom for sharing the link.
• The iPad Threat to PCs – BusinessWeek – Apple’s (AAPL) new iPad, a lightweight device that browses the Web and delivers media, may serve as an alternative to netbooks and pose a threat to PC makers. Read more on Businessweek.com. Thanks to @manp on Twitter for sharing the link.
• Amazon Caves To Macmillan’s eBook Pricing Demands – A new development in the Amazon vs. Macmillan fiasco. Amazon just posted an announcement indicating that it will be “capitulating” to Macmillan by selling the publishers’ books for their desired prices. Read more on TechCrunch.
• Why my books are no longer for sale via Amazon – Another author’s take on the Amazon/Macmillan ebook war. By Tobias Buckell.
• DSLR Timelapses addictive, frustrating and often rewarding… | Philip Bloom – Philip Bloom writes about his timelapse photography experiments and shows off the results. Thanks to @BorrowLenses for sharing the link.
• Amazon, Macmillan: an outsider’s guide to the fight – Another take on the Amazon/Macmillan ebook wars. By Charles Stross on Charlie’s Diary. Thanks to @mjvalente for sharing the link.
• Amazon and Macmillan go to war: readers and writers are the civilian casualties – Great read by Cory Doctorow on Boing Boing about the current ebook wars. Thanks to @Jodene for sharing the link.

Here are links I found interesting in December 2009:

• Image Detection: Watermarking vs. Fingerprinting – A discussion between the two image protection techniques. On PlagiarismToday.com.
• Stupid WordPress Tricks – A collection of copy-and-paste HTML/PHP code for use with WordPress.
• The 10 dumbest tech moves of 2009 – Excellent list of idiotic decision making in the tech world. On InfoWorld. Thanks to @estherschindler on Twitter for sharing the link.
• In the gig economy, who protects journalist bloggers? – As newspapers and other mainstream media outlets dismantle their ranks, many pundits have wondered who will be society’s new watchdog. On Chris Around the World. Thanks to @yaksierra on Twitter for sharing the link.
• Traveling? Better Get a UPS Account – Bad news for photographers who travel with their equipment: they might not be able to get said equipment on the plane securely. Get some tips in this post on PhotoFocus. Thanks to @BWJones on Twitter for sharing the link.
• Five Ways Apple’s Tablet May Change the World – The iPad is on the way, and it just might reduce calling costs, cut your commute, and, to the delight of journalists everywhere, pull print media back from the brink. In BusinessWeek. Thanks to @mjvalente for sharing the link.

Links for the month of November.

Here are a few links of interest to the folks who read my books and articles or watch my training videos.

• Why Retweet works the way it does – A complete explanation of retweeting on Twitter and the Retweet feature currently being tested. Must-read for any active Twitter user. By Evan Williams on Evhead.com. Thanks to @mdy on Twitter for sharing the link.
• His Facebook Status Now? ‘Charges Dropped’ – I'm wondering if this is going to lead to an increase of "status" posts on social networking sites by people hoping to establish alibis. On NYTimes.com. Thanks to @Jodene for sharing the link.
• Green eggs & spam: a Twitter poem – This is too hysterically funny. Thanks to @PattyHankins on Twitter for sharing the link. On Beg to Differ.
• Microsoft Office’s Last Stand – Microsoft Office 2010 reviewed. By Farhad Manjoo in Slate Magazine.
• Hiring Tweeters and Bloggers to Send Ads – This is bad news. The folks you follow on Twitter might be paid to tweet for an advertiser. Read more on NYTimes.com. Thanks to @Jodene for sharing this link.
• 10 things you need to stop tweeting about – I wish everyone could read and remember this list.

Links for the month of October.

Here are a few links of interest to the folks who read my books and articles or watch my training videos.

• 20 Best WordPress Typography Plugins To Enhance Readability – WordPress has pretty decent typography features in the core installation. But there are plenty of areas ripe for improvement. That’s where these plugins come in. On Hongkiat.com.
• WordPress Theme Building Cheat Sheet – Are you a WordPress beginner looking to create your own WordPress theme? Building basic WordPress themes only takes 2 things: CSS knowledge and some WordPress Code. On WPExporer.com
• The Mystery Of The CSS Float Property – What the FLOAT property is and how it should be used in Web design. On Smashing Magazine.
• How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 10v Into the Ultimate Snow Leopard Netbook – Here's the pitch: a 10-inch, almost-pocketable computer running Snow Leopard, the latest, greatest version of OS X. It costs just $300. Sound good? Here's how to make your own. On Gizmodo.
• Internet rules and laws: the top 10, from Godwin to Poe – The internet has matured into a world of its own, and like the real world, it obeys certain immutable laws. Here are 10 of the most important. On Telegraph.co.uk.
• Eight steps to Internet unpopularity – Christopher Breen writes: "After a particularly trying weekend moderating the Macworld forums, it occurred to me that there are a handful of ways to become an Internet pariah in a very short period of time. In the hope that you might not fall into some of these traps, allow me to enumerate those ways." Read it on Macworld. Thanks to @RadMegan for sharing the link.
• The DVR vs Internet Video – Interesting discussion of the future of content consumption and how the networks and cable TV providers just don't get it. On Mark Cuban's blog. Thanks to @DonPerreault for sharing the link.
• The Apple Powerhouse – It's no surprise that Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) crushed its fourth-quarter earnings estimate. The company delivered earnings of $1.67 billion, up 47% from last year on an earnings-per-share basis. To understand why Apple's crushed earnings predictions were no shock, take a look at the business model that telegraphed the punches behind what Apple called its most profitable quarter ever. On The Motley Fool. Thanks to @DonPerreault on Twitter for sharing the link.
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Links for the month of September.

Here are a few links of interest to the folks who read my books and articles or watch my training videos.

• Snow Leopard Features Suggest It’s a Touchscreen OS – If you’ve got one of Axiotron’s awesome Modbooks, and you’re running Snow Leopard, you may have already stumbled across a few features that make your Mac so much easier to use. It’s unlikely Apple had Axiotron in mind when it included these features, though, so what’s the real story here? On TheAppleBlog. Thanks to @DonPerrault for sharing the link on Twitter.
• Must-have / essential applications on Mac OS X (10.6 – Snow Leopard) – Interesting list of applications that a Snow Leopard user might want to have on his system. By Trent Lloyd.
• Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: the Ars Technica review – Mac OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard has landed. This time around, Apple goes light on the glitz in favor of some heavy work under the hood. John Siracusa dives deep into Apple's new OS offering to see what's new, what's still the same, and whether it's worth upgrading.
• Snow Leopard’s Four Best Improvements (for Civilians) – Most of Mac OS 10.6's changes are deep in its underpinnings for developers to put to good use. But what do the rest of us get out of Snow Leopard? Modest, but nice, improvements to the everyday Mac workflow. Note: This isn't a thorough Snow Leopard review. It's a boiled-down, "what's in it for me" rundown for time-strapped folks who want the bottom line. On Lifehacker.
• MacJury #913: Passing Judgement on Snow Leopard (Part 2) – More MacJurors weigh in on the newest version of Mac OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard. This panel discusses why Snow Leopard looks better and what that means for graphics professionals as well as the casual user, why the transition to Snow Leopard is “important but not urgent,” and the issues surrounding QuickTime 10. The panel also discusses why the newest version of the Mac OS will force developers to stay focused, and share some of the best new changes to existing features. Featuring yours truly as one of the jurists.
• Old WordPress Versions Under Attack – Otto42 of OttoDestruct, a key WordPress developer and supporter, reports that there is an “attack” on older versions of WordPress right now. The number of sites hit by this is growing every hour. Protect your WordPress blog now: UPDATE NOW!!! On Lorelle on WordPress.
• How to Keep WordPress Secure – Right now there is a worm making its way around old, unpatched versions of WordPress. From Matt on WordPress.org.
• If Architects Had to Work Like Web Designers – This is why I don't do Web work for other people. Brilliant! On DigitalSurvivors.
• Fonts for web design: a primer – Modern CSS provides web designers with an unprecedented level of control over online typography. Restrictions are still imposed however by the limited number of “common” fonts—those typefaces that are generally available cross-platform. This article looks at the fonts web designers have available to them, and also considers their suitability for various tasks. On dev.opera.com.
• Apple OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard – A Wired.com product review.
• How to Build a Hackintosh with Snow Leopard, Start to Finish – Detailed instructions for putting Snow Leopard on a netbook for under $900. On Lifehacker.
• Snow Leopard Is Less Secure but Safer than Windows, Say Experts – The title says it all. Read more on Lifehacker.com.
• Upgrading Your Mac To Snow Leopard Using Your USB drive – Jeffry Thurana Explains how to upgrade a Mac without an optical drive. On MakeUseOf.com.
• Found Footage: Snow Leopard hidden features, great video by a 16 year-old – Matt Fisher has created a video on hidden features in Snow Leopard and although we have covered some of these before, this you have to see. In four minutes and twenty-nine seconds Matt covers more content than most people can cover in an hour, and he does it with grace and total clarity. On TUAW.
• Snow Leopard: what’s to love (or at least appreciate) – A list of improvements in Snow Leopard that you might not initially notice. On TUAW.
• Use New Exposé Features in Snow Leopard – In Mac OS X 10.5, you could combine the use of Exposé's Application Windows mode and the Command-Tab application switcher by first activating Exposé and then pressing Command-Tab. When you selected another application and released Command-Tab, that application would come to the foreground in Exposé mode, revealing all its windows. Alternatively, you could release just the Command key, and cycle through all your applications (while still in Exposé mode) by just pressing the Tab key. Read more on PCWorld.com
• 50 Essential Web Typography Tutorials, Tips, Guides and Best Practices – The title says it all; the article has links to 50 resources. On Speckyboy Design Magazine. Thanks to @EstherSchindler for sharing the link.
• How-To: Resurrect Your AppleTalk Printer in Snow Leopard – Did Snow Leopard leave your old AppleTalk printer out in the cold? Grab a hot cup of cocoa and warm your printer up with some of these handy tips to continue to use your classic AppleTalk printer with your state of the art operating system. On The Apple Blog.
• Three Useful Snow Leopard Links… – Author and programmer Dave Mark shares three links to software you might want to install on Snow Leopard. (I use 2 of the 3.) On Dave Mark's Blog.
• 18 Resources to Help you Write Better Blog Titles – This is one I really needed and should study. I write the crappies blog titles. But it's an important skill to master if you want more hits. Thanks to @estherschindler for tweeting the link. On Bloggusion.com
• Install Snow Leopard on Your Hackintosh PC, No Hacking Required – If you're not comfortable with command-line hacking, you can now install Snow Leopard on your Hackintosh with just a few point-and-clicks. On LifeHacker.
• The Snow Leopard appreciation society – "A lot has been written about Snow Leopard since its release two weeks ago: but maybe the best way of describing Apple's latest operating system update is by comparing it to a second-hand Volkswagen I owned a couple of years after finishing university." Read more on ZDNet.com.
• Snow Leopard Gives 50% Performance Boost When Running Optimized Software | Cult of Mac – Snow Leopard can give your Mac a 50% performance improvement when running optimized software, a developer has found. On CultOfMac.
• QuickBooks update adds Snow Leopard support, bug fixes – Intuit has released the QuickBooks 2009 for Mac R8.2 patch, adding Snow Leopard support to the small-business financial software. On MacNN.
• Report: Nine Scientifically Proven Ways to Get Retweeted on Twitter – Nine most effective ways to get retweeted on Twitter. On FastCompany. Thanks to @WeberBooks for sharing the link.
• See Hidden Files in Snow Leopard’s Open and Save Dialogs – Business Center – PC World – Many of OS X's files and folders are hidden when working with the system–most of the Unix-only folders, such as /usr, /etc, and /bin, for instance. If you want to always see these hidden files and folders, you can do just that. On PC World.
• Snow Leopard tip: Minimize to icon – Now you can minimize windows "behind" their parent app's icon. Here's how. On TUAW.
• Inside Snow Leopard’s UTI: Apple fixes the Creator Code – Snow Leopard's abandonment of Creator Code metadata, used to open a file with its creating application, has some users are worried that Apple has killed off a core Mac-centric feature. Instead, Apple has invented a superior alternative for the old Creator Code in order to support a variety of new features. Here's why, and what the new Uniform Type Identifiers offer. On Apple Insider.

Links for the month of August.

Here are a few links of interest to the folks who read my books and articles or watch my training videos.

• Bing Search Tainted by Pro-Microsoft Results – Just as Bing is gaining popularity and market share, some disturbingly “pro-Microsoft” search results rear their ugly heads. On CIO.com. Thanks to @EstherSchindler on Twitter for sharing the link.
• 26 Places to Find Free Multimedia for Your Blog – Nothing makes a blog post more eye-catching than a great header image, but not all publishers have artistic talent. And even accomplished digital creatives often crave some found material to start from or work with in a project. Luckily for all of the above, sources abound for finding a compelling photo to grab your readers’ eyes and draw them in, or to locate fresh multimedia to remix. Thanks to @estherschindler for sharing the link.
• Daring Fireball: Ninjawords: iPhone Dictionary, Censored by Apple – Apple requires you to be 17 years or older to purchase a censored dictionary that omits half the words Steve Jobs uses every day. On Daring Fireball. Thanks to @mjvalente on Twitter for sharing the link.
• How much disk space did Snow Leopard really save? – Learn more about why/how Snow Leopard saves disk space. By Cary Millsap.
• http://www.macworld.com/article/142423/2009/08/snow_leopard_review.html – Apple has spent the last decade building and improving Mac OS X, fusing the classic Mac OS and technology acquired from Steve Jobs’s Next into an impressive mainstream operating system that’s widely considered the best in its class. But after a decade of constant advancement and regular operating-system upgrades, Apple has taken a pause with the release of Snow Leopard, also known as Mac OS X 10.6. Instead of adding hundreds of new features, Apple has chosen to use Snow Leopard to cut ties with the past, plan for the future, and take dead aim on its present competition. Read more in this Macworld review.
• Mac OS X v10.6: About incompatible software – Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard is designed to protect your Mac from certain incompatible software that can quit unexpectedly or cause other issues in Mac OS X v10.6. When you install Snow Leopard or migrate to Snow Leopard, known-incompatible software is moved to a folder named Incompatible Software on your hard drive. Snow Leopard also prevents known-incompatible software from opening. If you see an “Incompatible software” message, contact the software’s vendor or visit their website for a later, compatible version. Read this article to learn more.
• Mac OS X v10.6: About gamma 2.2 – To better serve the needs of consumers and digital content producers, Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard uses a gamma value of 2.2 by default. In versions of Mac OS X prior to 10.6, the default system gamma value was 1.8. Using the capabilities of ColorSync, the gamma value of 2.2 is automatically applied and seamlessly transitions your display, images and videos to the new gamma value. If you are a graphic or video professional, read this for more information.
• YouTube – Snow Leopard and 64-Bit Mode – Learn more about Snow Leopard running 64-bit applications and whether you need to worry about if your Mac boots using the 64-bit kernel. On YouTube, by MacMost Video.
• Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: Compatibility – MacInTouch’s report on Snow Leopard Compatibility.
• Info on Snow Leopard for Photographers – Scott Bourne discusses compatibility issues for photographers using Snow Leopard. On PhotoFocus.com.

Links for the month of July.

Here are a few links of interest to the folks who read my books and articles or watch my training videos.

• 50+ Writer Uses for Twitter – Great blog post with a list of ideas on how writers can use Twitter to be more creative and productive. On Meryl.net.
• YouTube – Office 2010: The Movie – You use Microsoft Office? Have been for a while? Watch this video full screen with the volume turned up. It's the best piece of advertising Microsoft has ever done. Thanks to @szniemczura on Twitter for the link.
• Hey, That’s My Blog! – How to Find and Stop Online Copycats. Article on MSN.com features interview comments from PlagiarismToday.com's Jonathan Bailey.
• 50 Creative and Inspiring 404 Pages – For some people "404: Page Not Found" just isn't creative enough. Thanks to @szniemczura on Twitter for sharing the link.
• 17 Ways to connect with local twitterers – Applications to help connected with Twitter users by location. Thanks to @twitter on Twitter for sharing the link.
• World’s Worst Website – This is a great example of what amateurs do WRONG when building a Web site. Use it to show bad design and Web features. Turn down the volume before visiting this link. Thanks to @jen4web for sharing this link on Twitter.
• Apple – Support – Manuals – Who needs printed manuals when you can download them as PDFs from Apple?

Links for the month of June.

Here are a few links of interest to the folks who read my books and articles or watch my training videos.

• 10 HTML Tag Crimes You Really Shouldn’t Commit – Fun article listing and describing 10 common HTML mistakes. On Line25.com.
• A hundred million mistakes: Microsoft’s Bing search engine – Microsoft throwing away money on advertsing for Bing? On Good Experience. Thanks to @Jen4Web for tweeting the link.
• The Funny Side of Mac vs Pc – Three Mac vs. PC parody videos, two of which are done in "South Park" style. Thanks to @cleverdaisies on Twitter for sharing the link.
• There’s an art to writing on Facebook or Twitter — really – Interesting article about writing Twitter updates. On USA Today.com. Thanks to @blancastella on Twitter for sharing the link.
• Ironic But True — Many On Twitter Are Just Silent – My question is, why the hell do these people have Twitter accounts? Thanks to @Jodene on Twitter for sharing this link.
• To Tweet? To Twitter? The Final Word On Proper Twitter Lingo – Mashable reports on the AP Style Book's inclusion of Twitter lingo. Thanks to @jenniferwhitley for sharing this link.
• PC World’s Cover Reveals the Truth – Too funny. This HAS to be a setup. Thanks to @danfrakes for sharing this one.
• The First Few Milliseconds of an HTTPS Connection – What happens in a matter of milliseconds is mind-boggling. The Internet is far more complex than you probably think. On Moserware.
• 20 Most Beautiful Free WordPress Themes – These are pretty good. Thanks to @EstherSchindler on Twitter for sharing the link.
• Mac OS X Snow Leopard – Enhancements and Refinements – Apple's summary of new features in Snow Leopard. On Apple.com.
• 19 Twitter Desktop Apps Compared – On Mashable. Thanks to @mjvalente on Twitter for sharing the link.

Links for the month of May.

Here are a few links of interest to the folks who read my books and articles or watch my training videos.

• Internet Star @ Least 473 Years Old – Interesting article in the NYTimes blog about the history of the @ sign as it is widely used today. Thanks to @sherrieholmes for sharing the link.
• The Do’s & Don’ts of Modern Web Design – Excellent and simple list of things to do and avoid when creating a Web page or site.
• Exploring Social Media: What’s in Your Bio? – Here's a Blog Herald post by Lorelle VanFossen that expands on a post I did a while back about social networking bios. It's an honor to be quoted on The Blog Herald.
• Why Buy the Milk When You’re Following the Cow on Twitter? – Is Twitter killing traditional print media by removing the need for advertising? On LAWeekly.com. Thanks to @estherschindler for sharing the link.
• 20 CSS Short Hands You’ll Love – Great tutorial for CSS. On webhostingsearch.com.
• MacVoices #971: Maria Langer’s Newest Video Course Helps You Learn To Twitter Effectively – My most recent MacVoices interview. In this one, I talk to host Chuck Joiner about my Twitter course for Lynda.com.
• Twitter Search to dive deeper, rank results – A milestone for Google and Twitter. On CNet.com. Thanks to @jodene for tweeting the link.
• The Ultimate Guide to .htaccess Files – Good reference material for anyone interested in creating or tweaking their .htaccess file. On Nettuts+.
• 7 reasons why the business world hates social media – Interesting take on why the business world is not fully embracing Social Media. On Visionary Marketing.
• Five reasons why your company blog sucks – You think you’re doing it right, but no one is reading it. Here's what you might be doing wrong. On The Viral Garden.
• The Journalist’s Guide to Twitter – Excellent article on Mashable about how journalists can make the most of Twitter.
• Repper -> create your own patterns! – Excellent online tool for creating patterns based on portions of images you upload.
• 100 Amazing Free WordPress Themes for 2009 – Good collection of interesting themes for WordPress. On Smashing Magazine.com.
• The Life and Death of a Twitter Topic – This image graphically explains the rise and fall of a trending topic. Personally, I don't think there would be trending topic peaks like we're seeing if Twitter didn't put them on the home page. All they've done is give people a reason to include certain words/phrases in their tweets on the off chance that their tweet will appear when someone investigates the trending topic. In other words, it's all bullshit.
• The Great Address Book Cleanup – Some tips for cleaning up your Mac OS X Address Book file By Andy Piper on The Lost Outpost.
• PrintFriendly – Excellent utility for making printer friendly or PDF versions of Web pages. A WordPress plugin is also available. Online; no special software needed.

Links for the month of April.

Here are a few links of interest to the folks who read my books and articles or watch my training videos.

• The Microsoft discount – An opinion piece about the Microsoft "Apple Tax" advertising strategy by Dan Miller on Macworld.com. I couldn't agree with this comment more: "But for the benefit of my Windows-using friends, I will say for the record: I don’t use a Mac because it’s cool. I use it because it works better for me. I use it because it doesn’t stink." Thanks to @danfrakes for tweeting the link.
• The Poor Man’s Mac: Microsoft’s recession-era ploy to get you to buy a PC instead of a Mac – By focusing only on price, Microsoft is telling us only one thing about the Windows logo: It's what you look for when you're settling. By Farhad Manjoo on Slate Magazine.
• Microsoft conjures imaginary ‘Apple Tax’ – The age-old battle between Microsoft and Apple is heating up again, and this time, Redmond is cheating. On The Register.
• TweetSig, simply converting your tweets into an image. – A way cool tool to generate a Twitter-based signature line for use in e-mail and forum posts. Thanks to @Firgs for sharing the link.
• On Twitter, mindcasting is the new lifecasting | Technology | Los Angeles Times – Another article about real-life uses of Twitter. On the Los Angeles Times blog.
• Finding Utility in the Jumble of Tweeted Thoughts – NYTimes.com – Good article on the New York Times about putting Twitter to good use. Thanks to @mjvalente for sharing the link.
• 10 Most Extraordinary Twitter Updates – Excellent post that gives real examples of how Twitter is used. On Mashable.com.
• A Visual Guide to Twitter – Interesting diagram showing how Twitter can be used.
• Operating System Interface Design Between 1981-2009 – Interesting history, with screenshots, of GUI operating system development. On Webdesigner Depot. Thanks for @god on Twitter for sharing the link.

Links for the month of March.

Here are a few links of interest to the folks who read my books and articles or watch my training videos.

• 10 Features That Will Make Twitter Better – A wish list of features that should please any hardcore Twitter user. On SixRevisions.com.
• Exporting 720p from iMovie ’09 | Video | Mac 911 | Macworld – Excellent article by Chris Breen outlining a problem and workaround for de-interlacing 1080i HD video from iMovie ’09. Thanks to @JeffCarlson on Twitter for the link.
• Twitterfall: A New Twitter Tool for Journalists – A quick review of TwitterFall, which offers life tweet tracking by keyword with other bonus features. On Poynter Online.
• Tuesday is upon us: new Apple hardware – A summary of the new hardware released by Apple today. On TUAW.
• Explaining Twitter to Grandma Rose – This explanation is pretty good, although I know my grandmother (who is no longer with us) wouldn’t have understood. By Hildy Gottlieb.
• Jim Cramer smackdown includes talk of Apple – This is the kind of stuff that needs to stop. As an Apple stockholder and user of Apple products for over 20 years, Cramer's attempt to manipulate Apple's stock prices makes me sick. What other companies are being screwed over by people like him? How much money have innocent investors lost? On TUAW.
• Apple – Support – Discussions – Converting AVI files – Having trouble getting video clips into iMovie '09? ricktoronto provides some advice in this Apple support forum thread. Worked for me, although I still had a few questions.
• DV, DVD and (XS)VCD on a Macintosh – A good reference for converting all kinds of video on a Mac.
• We found the chip inside the new iPod headphones…but is it DRM? – I'd like answers to the questions in this post. On Boing Boing Gadgets. Thanks to @danfrakes for sharing this link.
• Apple, vendors confirm iPod headphone-chip rumors – This is not the kind of information I want to read about Apple products. On Macworld.
• TweepMe | Browse Members – These people are so desperate for followers that they'll use a Web service — and possibly even pay! — to get automatic followers. Pity them. They are true social networking losers.
• How to Tweet Your Way Out of a Job – When will they learn? On I’m Not Actually a Geek. Thanks to @jodene on Twitter for sharing the link.
• Dealing with M2T (HDV) for Macs – Jeez Louise! Where was this when I needed help a few months ago? Wish I'd had this info then. I won't lose it now. On MacHouse – A World of Video Tutorials.
• Twitter Unveils New Premium Accounts – You know, I was believing this until I got near the end. I guess I shouldn't read Web-based articles too early in the morning, before my brain has a chance to spin up. On BBSpot.

Links for the month of February.

Here are a few links of interest to the folks who read my books and articles or watch my training videos.

• The ‘Twitter Effect’: Possibilities and limits – Interesting article about the effect of retweeting links on a grand scale. On CNET. Thanks to @mjvalente for sharing this link.
• iMovie ’09 – Jeff Carlson, author of numerous iMovie-related books, reviews iMovie '09. Spoiler: Good news. On Macworld.com.
• Commercial Twitter spamming tool hits the market – This is not a good thing, but by making this public, it will hopefully spur the folks at Twitter to improve the registration process and put tools in place to stop automated tweets and accounts. Thanks to @mjvalente on Twitter for the link. On ZDNet.com.
• Top 10 Twitter Related Sites – One user's list of top ten sites for Twitter users. On SpookyIsMy.name.
• Google Next Victim Of Creative Destruction? – Interesting article that includes insight on how Twitter might be better for search results on current events than Google. Thanks to @jodene on Twitter for sharing the link. On AlleyInsider.com.
• Creative Ways to Use Twitter for Marketing and Branding – This article is a bit old and outdated, but it has some good ideas. On ShoestringBranding.com.
• Writing My Twitter Etiquette Article: 14 Ways to Use Twitter Politely – A handful of tips for using Twitter more politely. By Margaret Mason on The Morning News.
• A Twitter Decision – Deciding who to follow on Twitter. This makes sense. On Rands In Repose.
• Twitter: How to Get Started Guide for Business People – Not sure if this is a good one…a primer for business users who are interested in getting started on Twitter. Like we need more people [ab]using the system for profit. On CIO.com.
• Twitter’s Potential for Business Users – One take on how business users can benefit from Twitter. On CIO.com.
• MacVoices #950: Maria Langer and Scott McNulty Share Their Knowledge of WordPress – Thinking of starting a blog with WordPress? Maria Langer, the author of Self-Hosting a WordPress Site and WordPress.Com 2.7 Essential Training on Lynda.com and Scott McNulty, the author of Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read, share some tips from their respective projects to help you make the right choices. Maria and Scott talk about deciding on using WordPress.com or selecting your own host, one-click vs. user installs, why permalink structure is one of the first things you should think about, and finding and customizing a theme for your blog and more. Backup options, favorite plug-ins and why their video and book compliment each other are discussed.
• Favicon Generator – Yet another online tool for generating favicons. This one lets you base your icon on an image you upload or draw one online.
• [ws] Color Scheme Designer – Great site for folks who struggle with color schemes.
• 8 Useful Tips To Become Successful With Twitter. What are YOUR tips? – Great article for becoming a Twitter success (whatever that is). On the Blog of Mr. Tweet.
• Rise of the Twitter Scrapers – There's a new kind of spammer in Twitter town. Learn more on PlagiarismToday.
• 10 Ways Microsoft’s Retail Stores Will Differ From Apple Stores – PC World has a sense of humor. Unfortunately, their readers don't. Thanks to @danfrakes on Twitter for sharing this link.
• 15 Useful WordPress Tricks to Make Your Theme Even Better – A good article with easy tips for modifying WordPress themes. Some of these are pretty basic, while others are more interesting and advanced. On ForTheLose.org.
• Create Groups for Twitter – Interesting article on Mashable explains how to create groups on Twitter, using 3rd Party sites and clients.
• Consumed – A Successful Failure – Fail Whale – NYTimes.com – New York Times article about Twitter's "Fail Whale," including its history and some information about it's original artist.
• Life is tweet: How the Twitter family infiltrated our cultural world – Excellent article on the Guardian about Twitter in the U.K. and beyond. Thanks to @twitter on Twitter for the link.
• Apple – Support – Apple Expert – Get support from an Apple expert — when you need it. Would love to know how this works out. If you've tried this, drop a comment for the links post on my blog.
• 9 Common Usability Mistakes In Web Design – There's nothing that bugs me more than a Web site that I think might have the content I want but is so poorly designed, I run out of patience before I can find it. This article talks about common Web design mistakes that affect usability. On Smashing Magazine.
• 5 Ways to Instantly Write Better CSS – NETTUTS – Simple tips for writing better CSS. On tutsplus.com.
• Field Trip to the Apple Store – Teachers, PAY ATTENTION. This is a great idea to introduce your kids to technology. Thanks to @BWJones on Twitter for the link.
• UnTweeps – Cleanup Twitter users who don’t tweet often enough. – This quick utility will identify the Twitter users you follow who haven't posted an update in 30, 60, or 90 days (your choice). You can then unfollow them as desired or take other action. Requires your Twitter password, but doesn't store it. Great way to weed out the people you follow who don't actively participate in Twitter — or to nag the ones you want to continue to follow. Thanks to @AndyPiper on Twitter for the link.
• The Netbook Effect: How Cheap Little Laptops Hit the Big Time – Excellent article about the history of the Netbook and why it has become so popular. Apple? I'm still waiting for my Mac OS X netbook. Thanks to @jmoriarty on Twitter for the link. Read it on Wired.com.

Links for the month of January.

Here are a few links of interest to the folks who read my books and articles or watch my training videos.

• TUAW Macworld 2009 Keynote Predictions – What the folks at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) think might happen at next week's Macworld Expo keynote.
• Apple market share tops 10%, Windows share lowest since tracking began – Interesting stats about computer platform distribution among users. On The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW).
• 10 Resources for When You Need Help with CSS – A list of resources, with screenshots and links, for CSS information. Great for beginners. On Vandelay Website Design.
• 10 Killer WordPress Hacks – Excellent list with instructions and reference links to WordPress hacks for self-hosted WordPress users. On Smashing Magazine.
• FOLLOW FAIL: The Top 10 Reasons I Will Not Follow You in Return on Twitter – If you follow me in Twitter but I don’t follow you back, it could be for one of these reasons. On Mashable.com.
• How not to build a website – finding a website developer – Extremely good advice here. Thanks to @Jen4Web on Twitter for sharing the link. On WomenEntrepreneur.com.
• Macworld 2009 keynote liveblog – Mike T. Rose treats us to a live blog of the Keynote. Here’s the final list of updates. Thanks tons, @MikeTRose! On The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW).
• The Twitter Applications Database – ANOTHER compilation of Twitter applications.
• Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard – Even some Mac users have to admit that this is pretty funny. On The Onion.
• Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs – The rumors of his impending death are greatly exaggerated. Again. On Apple.com.
• Twitter Yourself a Job – Tips from the Wall Street Journal for using Twitter as part of a job hunt strategy.
• Twitter be Nimble, Twitter be Quick, if you don’t know Jack, try these Twitter Tricks – A great introduction to Twitter for new users and power user wannbes. On TwiTip.com.
• WordPress Discussion Management: Enable or Disable Comments and Pingbacks via SQL – Great post that explains how to use MySQL commands to enable or disable comments and pingbacks. Also explains how you can periodically turn off comments and pingbacks on all posts based on date.
• Separating Pings from Comments in WordPress 2.7 – Great tutorial for WordPress 2.7 users, explaining how to separate pingbacks/trackbacks and comments in the comments area of a blog post. On Sivel.net.
• Introducing Tweetbacks Plugin for WordPress – Excellent! A Tweetback plugin for WordPress users. This post includes a link to the plugin with complete instructions for WordPress 2.7 and earlier versions. On Smashing Magazine.
• CSS tips that every beginning developer should know – Great beginning CSS tutorial. On Arbenting.
• Tweetbacks, Copyright and Scraping – Another way of looking at Tweetbacks — one I never thought of. By Jonathan Bailey of Plagiarism Today, in the Blog Herald.
• Apple IQ Test – My score was dismal. I knew everything about Macs before 1995, but failed miserable on most questions dealing with facts after that. Could that indicate that I actually DO have a life? If you think you know Macs, try this test. On Infoworld.com. Thanks to @shepherdfx on Twitter for sharing the link.
• U.S. Airways Crash Rescue Picture: Citizen Journalism, Twitter At Work – Incredible photos of today's crash taken moments afterward. So glad this one had a happy ending. On AlleyInsider.com.
• Hate the Player It’s Not a Game – Jeremy Tanner tells it like it is Re: Twitter spammers who call themselves gurus, mavens, etc.
• Twitter Support – Twitter help is now centralized in one place. Thanks to @mdy on Twitter for pointing this out.
• 7 Ways to Be Worth Following on Twitter – I really wish everyone who used Twitter would read this article and follow its advice. There would be a lot less noise online. On Twitip.com.
• Mac Automation: Creating Watch Me Do workflows – Good how-to piece for Automator users. On The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW).
• How Not to be a Key Online Influencer – An example of how a self-labeled “key online influencer” can easily get cut down by the same social networking services he’s trying to promote — by the company he’s trying to promote them to. A lesson for anyone who blogs or tweets: when you say something publicly, ANYONE can read it. By David Henderson. Thanks to @SonoranDragon on Twitter for retweeting this link.
• Macintosh 25th Anniversary Reunion: Where Did Time Go? – Guy Kawasaki's tribute to the Mac's 25th birthday. Includes the complete introduction of the Mac, as well as the famous 1984 commercial. (Did you know that only appeared on TV as a commercial twice?) Thanks to @LeVitus for tweeting this one.
• I am popular on Twitter. Here’s why this means nothing. – And I thought I was the only one laughing at people bragging about their Twitter popularity stats. On ZDNet.com.
• The 100 Most Popular Twitter applications – The title says it all. On blending the mix.
• The Unforeseen Consequences of the Social Web – Sound advice for people who use Twitter, Facebook, and other social networking services: what you put online might stay there for a very, very long time. On ReadWriteWeb. Thanks to @jodene on Twitter (where else?) for tweeting this link. Good reading.