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  1. Looks like .NET Magazine pulled one of those bizarre SEO articles - but not before someone (who?) did a screen capture: imgur.com/VNPMG about 1 hour ago via web
  2. Bigger issues for badges are still likely privacy/tracking and mobile data caps. Another variable is whether robo-text really brings clicks. about 2 hours ago via web
  3. Luigi Montanez does followup experiments on persuasiveness of "like me" badges: is.gd/sEywNO Comments are worthwhile on methodology. about 2 hours ago via web
  4. The real SEO question is "On which queries do I have a reasonable chance of placing on the first page of results?" Indexing's just one step. about 4 hours ago via web
  5. Search queries like "seo snakeoil filetype:swf" have been well-known for over a decade. Except, it seems, among those who write about SEO... about 4 hours ago via web
  6. This article on botnets doesn't have much significant new content, but I enjoyed the attempt to interview Apple's Siri: is.gd/7z6g46 about 4 hours ago via web
  7. Brad Neuberg links to Inkling examples of "Amazing HTML5 eBooks": is.gd/COBUuH Runs in iHTML5 and gHTML5 but tells others to change. about 5 hours ago via web
  8. @bunnyhero Interesting, using Opera Mini on Apple devices to ease browser chores on ambitious pages. Hadn't thought of that use! cc: @brucel about 5 hours ago via web in reply to bunnyhero
  9. Question for Opera folk: What's the format Opera Mini uses to send converted webpages to people? What's the best way to describe it? Thanks. about 5 hours ago via web
  10. Opera Mini (server proxy) has increased users 60% on past year, pageviews nearly double: is.gd/10ooKn Top: India, Russia, Indonesia. about 5 hours ago via web
  11. #sfgiants AT&T Park holds about 40,000 people. Its WiFi was used by about .1% in 2004, 1% in 2008, and about 30% today: is.gd/3ROI77 3:07 PM May 30th via web
  12. Mozilla's Chris Double is another web-savvy user who gets burned by bloated pages, many requests on slower connections: is.gd/Bz8Nsv 2:08 PM May 30th via web
  13. 2009 link, but I hadn't seen it before... some very different ways of representing music on paper... visually arresting is.gd/8sDCbH 12:44 PM May 30th via web
  14. @derekobrien Glad he affected you too. But don't be envious, I was a brash young college student who snuck backstage. He was still gracious. 10:28 AM May 30th via web in reply to derekobrien
  15. RT @sthank " Yum, more secrecy from Apple! More effective IMO would be leaking bogus rumors so nobody trusts stories. cnet.co/KFuvCY " 10:20 AM May 30th via web
  16. I sang with Doc Watson once. Most good musicians, it's more the person they are, and how they treat others, than just the notes they play... 9:44 PM May 29th via Mobile Web
  17. Worried that flu virus has mutated against antibiotics? Research team has new protein-targeting approach: is.gd/kdTJ6h If true, big! 9:38 PM May 29th via Mobile Web
  18. I'd love to tweet "omg they found another human face-eater in florida, it's spreading!" but I shouldn't, that would not be mature and adult. 7:47 PM May 29th via Mobile Web
  19. Research says, for webpage delivery, every microsecond counts. But maybe minutes spent waiting don't? Stephanie Rieger: is.gd/RyeiZd 4:07 PM May 29th via web
  20. "Wearable mini humanoid lives on your shoulder, can be remotely inhabited by your friends from anywhere in the world. " is.gd/2cwwwo 3:56 PM May 29th via web
  • Name John Dowdell
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  • Bio Some people meander down the center of the sidewalk; I walk alertly on the edges.
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