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According to an article published in the journal Science entitled “Science, New Media, and the Public” by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers Dominique Brossard and Dietram A. Scheufele, blog comments and the autocomplete suggestions provided by search engines (such as Google Instant results) may produce a psychological bias that alter the way people interpret and make [...]

This post is not so much about Apple stealing a design from a Sci Fi show, but rather about how big sites manipulate your average Internet Joe into wasting his time on nonsense. The anatomy of the manipulation starts with a catchy headline, followed by a weak thesis, and asks the reader for the final [...]

This awesome wide angle shot is curtesy of Adam Silver There are certain topics that are seldom discussed in polite company. Religion, money, and politics for example. In this session, we will discuss all three. There are primal drives that turn ordinary customers into rabid advocates for you and your brand. Apple, Starbucks, and Oprah [...]

 The Incredible Triberr-Man, by the marvelous John Garrett Let’s start out by admitting that Triberr is a very weird and unique social network. It takes people few days to get used to it, but I think after you watch this video you get that time down to an hour. To help you get there, Petra Fisher and I sit down for [...]

My brother from another mother, Justice Mitchell, posted on his Facebook timeline something about him being a freak. Here’s that post, captured for all eternity (or until the interwebs go away, whichever comes first). It was a link to an interesting little app called Social Me, which analyzes your Facebook activity and spits out a really fun, [...]

I was just sitting there, watching it in disbelief. The new Apple commercial, there was something odd about it. It created this odd psychic friction in my mind. Something was different about this one. But what was it? Apple’s noise canceling technology, “so when the world gets noisy, calls sound better,” the voiceover proclaims. Link [...]

My Denver connection, Brian Vickery, and my girlfriend‘s favorite online buddy, Margie Clayman, invited me and Dan to join a Heckler’s Hangout. What’s a Heckler’s Hangout, you ask? Think a hornet’s nest of bloggers that’s always buzzing with tough questions. It was a blast. For a written breakdown of the hangout, check out Margie’s write [...]

Left to right: Dan Cristo, Dino Dogan, and Andres Hernandez I’ve been talking a lot about Triberr lately to people who’ve never heard of it. After they find out that it’s a boot-strapped operation with no outside funding, they always want to know who does what. So this is how I explain it to them. [...]