Just Dug Up

Tasty morsels from my web journeys.
Jeff Turner | @respres


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“ Just as you cannot ignore white space, you cannot ignore silence, as it’s the white space of conversations. Bobulate

“ The social media bubble will burst when consumers get tired of companies’ inauthentic and unoriginal presences and promotions. via Social Media Today

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“ when people keep their brains busy with digital input, they are forfeiting downtime that could allow them to better learn and remember information, or come up with new ideas Your Brain on Computers

“ Facebook fan pages are bullshit. Pure and simple. Facebook Follow

“ Researchers in South Korea have built a networking router that transmits data at record speeds from components found in most high-end desktop computers. Technology Review

“ the waste was when you bought it, not when you get rid of it The Wastefulness of Decluttering

via Libretto W100 laptop

via Libretto W100 laptop


“ The problem isn’t more seamless check-ins or putting more barriers to protect my privacy — the problem is giving me a good enough reason to share. Why I’d Use Shopkick But Not Foursquare

“ Sometimes the best response to a PR disaster is a single blog post and a tight-lipped smile. Jet Blue via Fast Company

Twitter Movie Trailer :  Rated Awesome (via @indymogul)

“ There is a lot of failure in the use of social software in business, on the web, in civic society, but we need to see this as a part of the cycle, a step along on the learning curve. The importance of pigheadedness

The Copenhagen Wheel (via senseablecitylab) Winner of the Dyson Award, generates electricity during braking and is controlled with an iPhone interface. Awesome.


“ The last time the annual Perseid meteor shower happened during a run of good moonless nights was in 2007. Dark Nights for the Perseids

“ Steganography normally requires specialist software, but Collage is designed so that anti-censorship activists and readers can publish and download the hidden stories without any specialist skills. Hiding files in Flickr pics will fool web censors