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OK, so why the zen bones thing?

About 20 years ago I stumbled upon a book called "Zen Flesh, Zen Bones". Being vegetarian - the "flesh" bit didn't grab me, but the short pithy Zen stories inside it, did.

Ever since then my web nick has been zenbones, my Hotmail, my Gmail address, you name it. It's kinda stuck.

Is the blog about Zen? Nope.


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February 27
Seems there’s huge growth in tweets but not in new users via http://blog.twitter.com/

Seems there’s huge growth in tweets but not in new users

via http://blog.twitter.com/

Tags: Twitter tech charts
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February 12
So true! via ilovetypography)

So true!

via ilovetypography)

Tags: Google Twitter tech fun
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Twitter Is Still Growing Rapidly

Twitter Is Still Growing Rapidly

Tags: tech Twitter charts
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February 10
Google Buzz launches Taking it for a spin now. It’s like Twitter for the masses.

Google Buzz launches

Taking it for a spin now. It’s like Twitter for the masses.

Tags: tech Google Google Buzz Twitter
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December 29

Updating Facebook Relationship Status at the Altar

Also sending a tweet: http://twitter.com/TheSoftwareJedi/status/5925126890

via YouTube At My Wedding Twitterring and Facebooking at the Altar

Tags: Facebook Twitter tech fun wedding
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November 25
Dilbert comic strip for 11/24/2009

Dilbert comic strip for 11/24/2009

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November 19
Who Tweets? More black Americans than white. More women than men. More over 30’s than under 30’s. 1 in 5 Americans online Tweet. Portrait of a Twitter user: Status update demographics | Pew Research

Who Tweets?

More black Americans than white. More women than men. More over 30’s than under 30’s.

1 in 5 Americans online Tweet.

Portrait of a Twitter user: Status update demographics | Pew Research

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November 15
OK, let’s Twitter your weight. Feel better? Some tech things I just don’t get. Like this very cool bathroom scale. It’s beautifully designed, it’s digital, has built-in wi-fi so it can send your weight to your router and upload it to a secure online weight tracking service. That all sounds perfect for geeks like me who like to track things. But their latest new feature just has me wondering: Tweet your weight. I mean, really, who would want this? Is this just tech for tech’s sake? Picture the scene: Woman walks into bathroom, sees the scale and avoids stepping on it in case she’s picked up weight. Scale fail. Or she steps on it because she’s feeling confident that she’s lost some and waits for the reading… eeek… she’s 1kg up… quick take the batteries out of the scale… unplug the router… unplug the internet… switch off the power… a mad scramble as the faithful device delivers the message to the whole world via Twitter. Here’s a sample Tweet: http://twitter.com/Withings/status/5563892617 Their website: Withings - Withings - The WiFi Scale

OK, let’s Twitter your weight. Feel better?

Some tech things I just don’t get. Like this very cool bathroom scale.

It’s beautifully designed, it’s digital, has built-in wi-fi so it can send your weight to your router and upload it to a secure online weight tracking service. That all sounds perfect for geeks like me who like to track things.

But their latest new feature just has me wondering: Tweet your weight. I mean, really, who would want this? Is this just tech for tech’s sake?

Picture the scene: Woman walks into bathroom, sees the scale and avoids stepping on it in case she’s picked up weight. Scale fail. Or she steps on it because she’s feeling confident that she’s lost some and waits for the reading… eeek… she’s 1kg up… quick take the batteries out of the scale… unplug the router… unplug the internet… switch off the power… a mad scramble as the faithful device delivers the message to the whole world via Twitter.

Here’s a sample Tweet: http://twitter.com/Withings/status/5563892617

Their website: Withings - Withings - The WiFi Scale

Tags: Twitter design tech articles
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November 13

The realtime web is here, now.

At just after 5pm I tweeted this tweet:

Twitter / Steve Mathew: Google Chrome OS To Launch

At 5:19pm a Google Alert (http://www.google.com/alerts) pops up in my inbox alerting me to my tweet.

No big deal? OK, get this: This means that in the 18 minutes in between, Google indexed my Twitter account (and all 79 million other Twitter feeds) found something new; indexed it into their search DB (try searching for this - it’s there!); then their Google Alerts service picked up the new entry in the Google search DB; scanned the list of alerts I and others have; found a match on “steve mathew” and fired an email message to me!

All this in less time it could take you to make a good cappuccino and drink it. And while it was doing this for me, it was doing it for millions of other folks too.

Did I mention, none of that cost me a cent?

Tags: Google Google Alerts Twitter realtime tech articles
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November 1

Good Morning Tweets

This is a funky eye-candy rendering of “good morning” tweets from around the world. The Green blocks are early tweets, orange blocks are around 9am and red tweets are later morning.

Oh, BTW, watch it full-screen!

GoodMorning! | blprnt.blg

Tags: Twitter tech visualisation
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October 10
Twitter Folllow Decision Flow Chart I guess I use this logic too.

Twitter Folllow Decision Flow Chart

I guess I use this logic too.

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September 27
“ In an era of mobile devices, instant connectivity, and automated mailing lists and notifications, it is all too easy for people to contact us. As a consequence, we live our lives just trying to keep our heads above water. Our ability to prioritize and control our focus is crippled by an unyielding flow of incoming communication: email, texts, tweets, facebook messages, phone calls, and so on (and on).

Scott Belsky - via

Beware of Reactionary Workflow :: Tips :: The 99 Percent
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September 21
A year-by-year tour of how Twitter has been taking over the world Click-through to see the world maps from 2006 to 2009. Interesting!

A year-by-year tour of how Twitter has been taking over the world

Click-through to see the world maps from 2006 to 2009. Interesting!

Tags: twitter tech south africa stats
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September 16
Oversharers This site is pretty funny. We all have Facebook or Twitter friends who just share too much. Really folks, I’m just not that into your inappropriate status messages. I think next time, I’ll just send back a link to this site…. not wait, maybe I will just send their message to www.oversharers.com

Oversharers

This site is pretty funny. We all have Facebook or Twitter friends who just share too much. Really folks, I’m just not that into your inappropriate status messages. I think next time, I’ll just send back a link to this site…. not wait, maybe I will just send their message to www.oversharers.com

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September 11
Facebook Lite (Light) goes Live Well, live in the US and India - so the URL http://lite.facebook.com redirects to the main site for the rest of us for now. The war between FB and Twitter is heating up. What do you think? Will you use it?

Facebook Lite (Light) goes Live

Well, live in the US and India - so the URL http://lite.facebook.com redirects to the main site for the rest of us for now. The war between FB and Twitter is heating up.

What do you think? Will you use it?

Tags: facebook tech twitter
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