Tag: social networks

Flightfox – real people compete to find you the best flights

Flightfox – real people compete to find you the best flights

They are travel agents, airline personnel, or frequent flyers, and all of them are obsessed with finding the best flights.

They understand airline pricing, rules, routing, and frequent flyer programs. They’re also real people, so you can ask them anything.

I think this is a brilliant idea and excellent crowd-sourcing example.

10,000 tweets

I just noticed that my Twitter stream has passed 10,000 tweets.  Here is an obligatory screenshot.

Of course, not all of these were handcrafted – there were plenty of automated tweets from Delicious, Evernote, YouTube, and even Flickr.  Many are simply automated notifications of blog posts on this site.  But still, a good chunk of them were either written by hand, or thought of before pushing a button one of those connected services.  Not that that’s a particularly large number of tweets either – but it felt like a milestone.  There aren’t so many things that I’ve done 10,000 times off.  So here’s one.

Tropic Thunder Promo

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This is old, but good.  Just in case you missed it when it originally came, watch it now.  Not only does it promote the “Tropic Thunder” movie, but it provides a valuable introspective into social media and the younger generation.  Lots of laughs too.