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Friending Zapruder on Facebook

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Consensus on "The Internet" (you know, that monolithic entity that has its own voice apparently) is that those posting graphic images of the shooting so soon after the event. Disturbing photos posted in the immediate aftermath of the tragic Empire State Building shooting have caused widespread cries of "too soon."

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Facebook Contextual Ads Insensitive to Boston Tragedy

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News and commentary about yesterday''s tragic events in Boston are dominating my feed on Facebook, but there, in the middle of it all, I was appalled to see a pathetic, contextual ad for the Zoosk dating site, with a montage of all the smiling hotties that were dying to meet.'

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9 Twitter Best Practices for Business

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It allowed digital contact genuinely in real-time, empowering users to monitor updates and to track events jointly. Since its foundation in 2006, Twitter turned the globe into bite-sized posts by the distillation of World News, updates, and jokes. With Twitter developing, best practices have arisen for using the site.

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To Fail Whale or Not to Fail Whale?

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Twitter can’t seem to make up its mind whether to serve up the traditional “fail whale&# graphic in the event of a system problem: or this abbreviated, non-fail-whale version: (I received both of these today.) Maybe each indicates a different type of error. Would you miss the fail whale if it retired? (I’m

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Highlights from Bloggers and Tweeters Are Devouring My Brand

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On September 23, I was a panelist at a Silicon Valley Brand Forum event Brand Management in the Social Media Jungle: Bloggers and Tweeters Are Devouring My Brand. Video highlights and a few other goodies, including a Social Media Dashboard presentation by Steve Farnsworth, have been posted on the SVBF’s web site.

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Live Tweeting Requires Ethical and Legal Considerations

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Setting aside issues of whether the practice is actually useful, and whether it is distracting to the speaker and to others in attendance, live tweeting and live blogging of conferences, events and webcasts raises legal and ethical issues. I did not find a UC policy covering other fair use guidelines.). ’s copyright.”.

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BP Chief’s Cleanup Commitment is Good Communications

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We’re going to clean up the oil, we’re going to remediate any environmental damage and we are going to return the Gulf coast to the position it was in prior to this event. That’s an absolute commitment, we will be there long after the media has gone, making good on our promises.&#. This is, in my mind, a masterful statement.