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I think we can be smarter about how Wordpress communicates with the social web.

Apparently, after extensive study, researchers found that “advertising is more effective when it is paired with news content that is relevant to the product…” If some social media users could learn this, the world would be a better place.

Phoster is an incredibly easy to use iPhone application that walks you, step-by-step, through the process of creating and editing visually appealing poster and invitation graphics.

The value of identifying the connections in the social graph has not been lost on the Facebook team. They want to control the social graph. They’ve been mapping our conversations without the limitations of their API all along and have created “an index for each relationship.” And they are now ready to tell us who our friends really are.

In reflecting on the fact that his son’s “eventual adult career does not exist yet,” Kelly explained the “technological smartness” he attempted to impart during his home schooling. What he wrote is some of the best advice about technology I’ve ever read.

Aren’t companies which try to engage with their customers on social networks almost as sad as people who obsess about how many Facebook friends they have?

I don’t like social sharing interface for most apps. They force their sales pitches into the messages, either by brute force, not giving users the option to edit, or by hoping we’ll be too lazy to delete their self-serving messages. I want a choice!

Formulists is something I wish I had thought of. “Formulists is a list creation and management tool that allows users to effortlessly generate dynamic and personalized Twitter lists that continuously self-update.”

In every test I performed, including the test shown here, the Pro HDR app produced better results than the True HDR app.

As you move through your social networks, which person are you? The “guru,” the pretender or the inspiration?