Sep

The Daily Mac

By Jim MacMillan

Sept. 16, 1736: One Degree of Separation — Fahrenheit Dies- The inventor of the mercury thermometer and the … http://bit.ly/15CoWZ #
TC50: Perpetually.com Is A Time Machine For The Web-
One of the best things about the web — its constantly evo… http://bit.ly/127V2n #
TC50 Backstage: Well, Tell us How you REALLY Feel, Tim O’Reilly- Conference organizer, publisher and investo… http://bit.ly/HuKfZ #
Boston U. paper faces what might be its toughest challenge in 40 years- BU TodayThe Daily Free Press's debt is appr… http://bit.ly/JwFtD #
Baquet on Beck: "He's not a newsman and that's not a news show"- Politico.com #
Bentley Builds a Velvet Battering Ram- The Mulsanne is nicer than your house, and it might cost just as much.
… http://bit.ly/pQqP6 #
Audi EV Produces More Torque Than a Tank- The German automaker gives the e-Tron more grunt than you can possibly im… http://bit.ly/JLxsz #
HP's New Notebooks Target Hipsters, Fashionistas- HP's new line of notebooks includes the sleek, brushed metal aest… http://bit.ly/vI0dp #
TMZ has audio, reportedly of President Obama calling Kanye West a jackass? Authentic? I say maybe but want verification. http://bit.ly/1fK8U #
OK, I have dialed waaay back in the RT bots. At least I know you're still out there :-) #
@meghan_krane Thanks, yes, timed-release was the plan, and it was tested, but of course reality doesn't always match testing. in reply to meghan_krane #
@dragonballyee Carefully calculated; poorly executed. I setup another account for testing for several days, and this never happened. in reply to dragonballyee #
Bug testers: Google is clean, Bing is buggy- A recent content to probe search engines for bugs found a lot of techn… http://bit.ly/11bwbS #
Features Don’t Kill Nor Save Industries – Some Perspective On Google Fast Flip- I'm flabbergasted wit… http://bit.ly/1mL6T #
@garyobrien Best point yet, thanks. I am trying only to replace the RTs, and still continue to add personal posts directly. in reply to garyobrien #
@esmeg Nah, the blast is not part of my plan. Adjusting now, Thanks. in reply to esmeg #
@AnnieR TY & I hear you, but they ARE my choices, refined through search engines engines, re-fed, tested almost identical to what I do. #
I'm experimenting with carefully curated bots, and will try to refine. Thanks for critical feedback. Tell me more. Goodbye to the quitters. #
AOL embraces Twitter, Facebook with AIM Lifestream (Rafe Needleman/CNET News)-
Rafe Needleman / CNET News:AOL … http://bit.ly/39cL81 #
TC50: Glide Health Lets Docs And Patients Access Health Records Across Mobile and Desktop Platforms-
The online m… http://bit.ly/3UWnM #
Communacopia: Murdoch: We'll Start Charging For WSJ Mobile Apps-
The Wall Street Journal is ready to sta… http://bit.ly/45qJc3 #
BusinessWeek Promising To Fire 20 Percent Staff In Sale Document; Employees in Dark For Now-
I am not s… http://bit.ly/uu58w #
Industry Moves: Microsoft Interactive Entertainment CVP Kim To Leave-
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Interactive… http://bit.ly/3Fg1fE #
Lucid Commerce Raises $1.9 Million For e-Commerce Analytics-
E-commerce and direct marketing analytics t… http://bit.ly/yvCcE #
More Cuts Coming, Guardian News & Media Boss Warns Staff-
By Stephen Brook: The managing director of… http://bit.ly/15Bqi8 #
Big Surprise: Wasserstein and Warburg Not Bidding For BW; Terry: How About the 91 Others?-
So someone fi… http://bit.ly/333CEK #
Blockbuster Outlines 'Transformation': Will Add Kiosks, Expand Streaming, Close Stores-
Blockbuster will… http://bit.ly/19JhGO #
Chrome Goes 3.0: Gets Themes, Improved Omnibox & Better New Tab Page- Just about a year after Google launched t… http://bit.ly/DW9dd #
Socialwok is a FriendFeed for Google Apps- Google Apps is an impressive productivity suite. But however good Docs a… http://bit.ly/333jQy #
AIM Debuts Lifestream Twitter Client- AOL just announced AIM Lifestream. The service allows AIM users to check and … http://bit.ly/NKw8a #
Microsoft launches Zune, clarifies what's up with apps, raps iPod (Brier Dudley/The Seattle Times)- Brier Dudley /… http://bit.ly/SW5BS #
Breaking: Facebook Labs or "Prototypes" to Launch Soon…Very Soon. (Zee/The Next Web Blog)-
Zee / The Next We… http://bit.ly/vioH4 #
NYT's Grady wins the 2009 Victor Cohn Prize- Press release DENISE GRADY OF NY TIMES WINS VICTOR COHN PRIZE FOR EXCE… http://bit.ly/1dTd0r #
Sun-Times Media employees duke it out in blog's comments section- ChicagoReader.comOne comment: "There has long bee… http://bit.ly/hglFw #
Nonprofit site plans watchdog journalism for Orange County- LATimes.com The Voice of OC hopes to fill a void left b… http://bit.ly/fL77W #
WSJ to begin charging for news on mobile devices- Reuters.com #
NY mag owner decides against making final bid for BW- BusinessWeekBruce Wasserstein had been seen by many observers… http://bit.ly/CjMd0 #
TC50: Trollim Lets Coders Battle For Programming Superiority-
Coding is a highly competitive industry where progr… http://bit.ly/13XhfZ #
Chrome Hits Version 3 Just A Year After Its Launch. Still No Mac Version.- Two weeks ago was Google Chrome's first … http://bit.ly/xSBmT #
TC50: CrowdFlower Crowdsources Mundane Labor To The Cloud-
For any business, from a startup to a large company, m… http://bit.ly/azcLJ #
Communacopia: Murdoch: We'll Start Charging For WSJ Blackberry App; Favors Sony Reader Over Kindle-
The … http://bit.ly/45qJc3 #
Intel contests EU on $1.45 billion fine- European regulators' decision in May to levy a billion-dollar penalty did … http://bit.ly/2Bincu #
Survey respondents willing to pay for news say they'd cough up an average of $4.64/month- Reflections of a Newsosau… http://bit.ly/CWbo8 #
New book describes U.S. military's 2007 killing of Reuters staffers- Washington PostDavid Finkel's "The Good Soldie… http://bit.ly/ZNrio #
Landman named New York Times culture editor- New York ObserverJon Landman, the Times' deputy managing editor respon… http://bit.ly/mFI4a #
Interesting NYT article on the ethical challenges of documentary filmmaking: http://bit.ly/1RKdif #
Great Photo Blogs I’m Reading Today- Have a photography blog you want the world to discover? Here's your cha… http://bit.ly/iU7Qe #
CNN calls out Tea Party leader for blogging that President Obama is an "Indonesian Muslim Turned Welfare Thug" http://bit.ly/110OIV #
VC Series A Web Tech Deals in August- Today is the anniversary of the Lehman Brothers collapse, which triggered the… http://bit.ly/1a5Pk2 #
Volkswagen's 170 mpg car- Volkswagen shows off its new L1 concept at the 2009 Frankfurt auto show. http://bit.ly/1lbzEc #
Bruce Sewell to Join Apple as General Counsel & SVP (Steve Dowling/Apple)- Steve Dowling / Apple:Bruce Sewell … http://bit.ly/Bc100 #
Survey respondents willing to pay for news say they'd cough up an average of $4.24/month- Reflections of a Newsosau… http://bit.ly/CWbo8 #
WITTC50?: The TechCrunch50 Day Two Drinking Game-
So that was day one of Techcrunch 50. The best tech conference … http://bit.ly/1tK5kL #
Nieman Reports – A Photographer’s Journey: From Newspapers to Social Media – An Essay in Words and Photographs http://bit.ly/9JR0E #
Microsoft launches Zune, clarifies what's up apps, raps iPod (Brier Dudley/The Seattle Times)- Brier Dudley / The … http://bit.ly/SW5BS #
Moving away from sad and tragic stories- Romenesko highlighted this Washington Post column by Howard Kurtz today. I… http://bit.ly/15vggC #
Times Web Ads Show Security Breach (Ashlee Vance/New York Times)- Ashlee Vance / New York Times:Times Web Ads Show… http://bit.ly/YoC4b #
Oh, it's another creepy day at http://peopleofwalmart.com/ #
ABC: Moran "prematurely tweeted" Obama's off-the-record comment about Kanye- Politico.com #
WP's Weymouth denies killing "depressing" story- Washington Post | Sportsshooter.comMatt Mendelsohn's piece about a… http://bit.ly/RohxT #
Airlines Help Terminal Man Clean Up- With a long stop in Ft. Lauderdale I had time to catch a real shower. I know t… http://bit.ly/pltnf #
Mission Accomplished: Electric Motorcycle Hits 150 mph- Jeremy Cleland sets an unofficial record for electric motor… http://bit.ly/zjSU8 #