Category: twitter

Spring mini-break: gone, daddy, gone

springbreak.gifIt’s spring break this week on campus and things are quiet at the office, so I’m out of here for the rest of the working week. I won’t be blogging until I get back. But if I stumble across any interesting finds while I’m mobile-surfing (as the wife shops), I’ll drop it into my shared items. And I’ll probably drop a note on Twitter from time to time.

So, here’s some music to get me into the vacationing mood. Have a listen if you like. Try not to break anything while I’m gone. Adios!

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Now playing: The Pixies – The Holiday Song
via FoxyTunes

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Now playing: The Sex Pistols – Holidays in the Sun
via FoxyTunes

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Now playing: Violent Femmes – Gone Daddy Gone
via FoxyTunes

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Now playing: The Subways – Holiday
via FoxyTunes

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Now playing: The Get Up Kids – Holiday
via FoxyTunes

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Now playing: Green Day – Holiday
via FoxyTunes

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Now playing: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss – Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)
via FoxyTunes

Social networking trends: new players for 2008

Update, March 20, 2008: Joining Dots took the data presented below and put it in graph form, along with further analysis. See the entry Social Networks Long Tail.

top-social-networks-feb.pngRecent research from the web analytics firm Compete turns up some interesting information about the popularity of various social networking sites. Compete’s comparison of social networking traffic from February 2008 and February 2007 shows dramatic growth in up-and-comers like Ning (4803% change) and Twitter (4368%). LinkedIn also experienced a hefty spike in usage (729%). (Click image for the chart showing comparisons by social network.)

Meanwhile, MySpace is still the top social network, but usage actually decreased by 1 percent. Facebook, the No. 2 social network, grew by 77 percent between February 2007 and February 2008, an indication that Facebook’s popularity may be leveling off (as previously suggested on this very blog).

(Hat tip to Jonathan’s blog.)

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Now playing: The New Pornographers – Myriad Harbour
via FoxyTunes