Facebook Killed My Blog
Wade Roush, xconomy.comWade RoushTravels With Rhody has reached the end of the road.Don’t worry, Rhody himself is fine—he’ll turn 16 in a couple of months and his only problem in life is a touch of arthritis. I’m talking about my blog, not my dog.Since 2004 I’ve…
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Achieving inbox zero with Mailstrom
How I Went From 1,000 Emails to Inbox Zero (and Stayed There) with Mailstrom
Adam Dachis, lifehacker.comInbox zero: it’s the impossible dream that gets further and further away as you let your emails pile up, but you don’t have to get stuck with the clutter. Thanks to an awesome webapp called Mailstrom, I finally got my thousand-email inbox under…
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America’s Visual IQ: Both Amazing And Embarrassing

By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com
A new Pew survey tests our visual recall of current events. Twitter logo? Check. Chinese flag? What’s that, bro?!
You’ve probably heard how (depressingly) little Americans tend to know about history. But what about their visual recall …
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America’s Visual IQ: Both Amazing And Embarrassing
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Using LinkedIn to land a job
4 Secrets For Using LinkedIn to Land a Job
Chelsea Gladden, mashable.comIt’s the largest and most popular social networking platform on the web for professionals, but can LinkedIn really land you a job?More About: contributor, Feature, job search series, Jobs, linkedin
Chelsea Gladden
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Visualizing top cities for bicycling
Biking and Walking to Work
idvsolutions.comBicycling.com came out with a ranking of the top US cities for bicycling. I took their top ten cities and dot mapped every commuter in and around them, colored by their method of commute, to get …
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Solving unmet needs through startup companies
In Big Tech, Bet on Companies That Seek a ‘Better Way’
Sarah Mitroff, wired.comConsumer internet companies are notorious for selling us something we don’t really need, whether it’s Foursquare telling us to check-in to the restaurants and shops we enter, or Facebook encouraging us to share every detail of our lives. But it’s…
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3 billion check-ins let Foursquare highlight the most awesome places
3 billion check-ins let Foursquare highlight the most awesome places in the U.S.
John Koetsier, venturebeat.comThree billion check-ins and tens of millions of tips ought to add up to something. In Foursquare’s case, that means the “Best of” series, which highlights “the most awesome places in cities across the U.S.”The location-based social network, which …
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Find out who has viewed your LinkedIn profile
Find out who has viewed your LinkedIn profile
by Matt Elliott, cnet.comA clever trick lets you find out who has viewed your LinkedIn profile without upgrading your account.
If you are unemployed, unhappy at your current job, or simply curious about other opportunities, then you likely keep close tabs on yo…
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Safe Shepherd Protects Your Social Networks
Safe Shepherd Protects Your Social Networks, Keeps Your Data Off of Creepy People Search Engines
Alan Henry, lifehacker.comSafe Shepherd is a privacy protection service that already scrubs your personal data from creepy people search engines, but the service also now keeps tabs on your social networks like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram to make sure you’re…
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Restaurants Turn Camera Shy

RT @Techmeme: Restaurants Turn Camera Shy (Helene Stapinski / New York Times) http://flip.it/0A1K6 http://flip.it/3O9zY http://flip.it/jJpeX
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Airbnb And The Unstoppable Rise Of The Share Economy
Airbnb And The Unstoppable Rise Of The Share Economy
Tomio Geron, forbes.comOn paper, Frederic Larson is just one data point in five years of U.S. government statistics showing underemployment in dozens of industries and stagnant income growth across the board. The 63-year-old photographer with two child…
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Mitch Lowe enlists an army of Zuckerbergs
Mitch Lowe enlists an army of Zuckerbergs to save the planet
By Andrew Zaleski, grist.orgWith just a couple of finger taps on my smartphone, I can purchase a beer via QR code or tell the people in city hall about a downed power line on my street. It’s better living through gadgetry — and now, a San Francisco-based business…
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