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We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to run our schools and our factories…
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is VISION.
We must pick ourselves up, dust off, and remake America.
…will restore our place in Global responsibility
Healthcare baby Healthcare! Yeah baby
Please, America..be patient with President Barack Obama.Trust the process and [...]

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One of the fascinating things about Twitter and Identi.ca is the expression of the group during ‘events’. In 140 characters, the group expresses, in real time, their hopes, dreams, reactions, concerns, pain and joy. As I was reading through my Twitter stream from yesterday (it saves to my email account for later reading/review), I was [...]

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Motrin Steps Up, Apologizes

by Karoli on November 17, 2008

To give credit where credit is due…The offending video has been removed from the Motrin website. In its place, an apology:

Now would be the time for the criticism to end and constructive suggestions to begin, I think. So Motrin, come on back, get plugged in, and let the community work with you toward a [...]

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Twitter Swarm: Motrin v. Moms

by Karoli on November 16, 2008

Memo to Motrin:
Before you launch an ad on your site that’s targeting mothers of babies, you might want to run it by some focus groups that have…um…moms with babies.
There’s a problem with your first video: It does everything but slap your audience in the face, deride them for their (very personal) parenting choices with regard [...]

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Tracking the Swarm

by Karoli on November 15, 2008

Back on the “track” bandwagon, folks, and this time in response to a series of discussions on Friendfeed and Identi.ca/Twitter about why it matters, and why tracking anything less than the full stream doesn’t work.
Brian Roy, who is working on a filtering tool for Friendfeed, wrote a post this morning claiming that “everything is myth“. [...]

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I asked Twitter how to roast pumpkin seeds. Before 5 minutes had passed (maybe even three!), I had a page full of great suggestions. So now I have to go buy more pumpkins, because I don’t have enough seeds for all of them. So fun!
Please note the reply from @SticksCSUN, who should just [...]

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