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An interesting demographic study into the two behemoths of social networking. Some thoughts: I had no idea that twitter was so big amongst college students. Also twitter’s status as a platform for social interaction (rather than just a front end) is evident in that 52% of users  post to their twitter everyday, despite only 27% [...]

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Now that it’s officially cool to be a geek, let me share some of my recent nerdy indulgences: Dataspora is a blog devoted to data mining trends and technologies. These topics are increasingly important now that so much data is accessible for analysis. One day, socially awkward data scientists and statisticians will become smooth operators [...]

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Courtesy of the “thumbs-up” songs from the Funkrocks Indie Rock Pandora Station. Moth’s Wings by Passion Pit 11-19-2010 In A Perfect World by Octoberman 11-19-2010 Help I’m Alive by Metric 11-11-2010 Librarian (Live 2009) by My Morning Jacket 11-10-2010 Don’t Look Back by Kasey Anderson 11-10-2010 Sol Solis by Moving Mountains 11-10-2010 Angeles by Peter [...]

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When the funkrocks site redesign was happening, I mentioned the Facebook “Like” button would be added to each post. It’s surprisingly easy to implement for WordPress. We used the JavaScript SDK implementation. You can also install the “Like” button using the iframe code which can be configured here. In order to use the JavaScript, you will [...]

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Let me start by saying that Daytrotter Sessions cover way more than folk music. I just couldn’t resist the catchy title. These are live recordings done at the Horseshack in Rock City, Illinois and are made available on the Daytrotter website. Some of the best indie bands that you have never heard of recorded cut down, “mostly” acoustic sets here. As they put it on their site

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I really can’t believe this site is still up. Not only still up, but gaining in popularity against the heavyweight, Pandora. Coming from a loyal Pandora fan, Grooveshark has still got to be the best online music option in the United States (Euro has Spotify). Grooveshark offers both on-demand songs from an ultra-comprehensive music library and they also have a Radio option [...]

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Everyone knows that the quickest way to someone’s heart is sending them a picture of a cute baby animal. But it seems like one site isn’t impressed with that approach. F*** You Penguin is a feisty site which has the tagline, “A blog where I tell cute animals what’s what.” The concept is hilarious despite [...]

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In the last few years, a new subculture has emerged in cities all over the globe. The Hipster is cultured, artsy, enigmatic, pretentious, and annoying all at the same time. In case you are not sure if you or people you know are hipsters, here are common characteristics: Drinks Pabst Blue Ribbon Unkempt Beards Enjoys [...]

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The Coachella Music and Arts Festival turns 10 this year and the 3 day concert is still rocking the best mainstream and indie music acts on the planet. So far, there are 122 artists signed up to play in Indio, California from April 17-19th 2009. The lineup is really a maze of talent which only [...]

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