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How Flickr and Google Help Us Remember

Ari Herzog

The Library of Congress did not know the names of French brothers Michel, age 4, and Edmond, age 2, when the institution uploaded this photograph to Flickr in the summer of 2008. Through Flickr’s users who viewed, commented, liked, and shared that photo, the LOC can now tell a story for what was once a story-less photograph.

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On The Death Of Google Reader

Waxing UnLyrical

Google recently announced it is killing off several of its services, which it does from time to time. This time though, Google cut services for a tool that isn’t just “popular.” ” Google Reader is the bedrock for how many people collect information on the Internet. He also blogs.

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Flickr Friday: Sexist Profiling on Twitter

Firebelly

» June 04, 2010 Flickr Friday: Sexist Profiling on Twitter Heres an interesting look at a breakdown of the several different Twitter user types. Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Jakes Take: Fresh Logos, Fresher Coffee | Main | YouTube Tuesday: I Can Make You Go Viral! Its kind of sexist really.

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A Google+ Stream of Babble

Waxing UnLyrical

Google+, I’m on the horns of a dilemma. It’s annoying that your preferences are preset to email me anytime anyone sneezes in Google+. Image: aafromaa via Flickr, CC 2.0. I don’t love you, I don’t hate you. Do I even like you? You’re nicely-laid out. I like dragging and dropping people into circles.

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Google Buzz- Is there a hidden agenda?

Atom Thought

Now that Google has lucnhed Google Buzz, the scene is ripe for other players to get inspired. What happens if Yahoo also launches a social platform around it’s email service integrated with flickr? This happened in 2008, but Google was already upto something. And very soon, Google walked out of TeleAtlas too!

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Google+ v. Facebook: The Battle For Our Love

Waxing UnLyrical

But the ability to put people in them is not a big enough draw for me to entirely abandon Facebook if only a small number of my contacts set up Google+ profiles. Image: Tony the Misfit via Flickr, CC 2.0. Image: Meer via Flickr, CC 2.0. We haven’t started referring to non-social media enthusiasts as “normies.”

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How Google Instant Might Impact Your Small Non-Profit

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: Greig Christie via Flickr, Creative Commons Since Google Instant’s launch just over a month ago, digital marketers have been scrambling to figure out how search engine marketing strategies might need to change. So far, early research indicates little difference in the length of searches since Google Instant.)

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