iTunes recently released their 2011 list in the form of iTunes Rewind which covers several categories, including podcasts. Unfortunately, it’s not available online, only in iTunes, so I pulled it out for us. Best of All Best New Audio – The Jillian Michaels Show Best Audio – NPR’s Fresh Air Best New Video – Epic …
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The top video by far is a young man defending gay marriage (#1) and the White House Correspondent’s Dinner videos are the funniest (#2, #6). The Republican campaign videos (#3, #7, #9) are funny or serious depending on where you sit. And, the best news of all, tens of millions of people are watching politics …
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The latest Gallup poll on weight is scary. In the last twenty years our standards for weight have changed. We actually believe we need to be larger. Of course, this could be due to us all getting taller, moving away from skinny as ideal, or the obvious obesity epidemic. The latter is most likely true. If …
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The latest Gallup poll on weight is scary. In the last twenty years our standards for weight have changed. We actually believe we need to be larger. Of course, this could be due to us all getting taller, moving away from skinny as ideal, or the obvious obesity epidemic. The latter is most likely true. If …
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I’m happy with this Time cover mostly because I’m proud to help acknowledge and amplify the influence of protest movements this year, especially Occupy Wall Street. Exposure leads to dialogue, and I’m glad that the issues Occupy is concerned with are finally being discussed. With the cover image I wanted to capture the dedication and …
I’m happy with this Time cover mostly because I’m proud to help acknowledge and amplify the influence of protest movements this year, especially Occupy Wall Street. Exposure leads to dialogue, and I’m glad that the issues Occupy is concerned with are finally being discussed. With the cover image I wanted to capture the dedication and …
Amazing that all our sharing in Facebook resulted in some really interesting articles. Compare this to the yearly top search terms and it shows that we are a bit more sophisticated with our friends. Of course, it turns out that I’ve only read two of the 40 most popular. Here are the top 10 with …
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Amazing that all our sharing in Facebook resulted in some really interesting articles. Compare this to the yearly top search terms and it shows that we are a bit more sophisticated with our friends. Of course, it turns out that I’ve only read two of the 40 most popular. Here are the top 10 with …
Continue reading “Facebook’s most shared articles of 2011 – thought provoking and with no pop stars”
Check out the great bands at the festival: Weezer, Ben Harper, Cake, G. Love & Special Sauce, Donavon Frankenreiter
Common Sense, Katchafire, JJ Grey & Mofro, Ziggy Marley
Neon Trees, Black Uhuru
I wanted to like BlogHer. I did. A conference about blogging for women. I’m a woman. I’m a blogger. Perfect. But as a first-time conference goer, I found myself unable to tap into the enthusiasm many attendees seemed to genuinely possess. Maybe it was the fact that in almost every session I attended, someone in …