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Brief post comparing letter mail in 1800's (up to 6 times a day!) to Twittering. Some good links in the comments on idea of epistolary novels via new media as well as enacting historic events on Twitter. Does not speculate on SPECIFIC contents of Austen tweets :) - Kate Trgovac

5 key observations by researchers at Cossette about the role of social media, particularly in the lives of Canadians. Includes US and UK data for comparison. - Kate Trgovac

Presentations from the December 2009 Agency Summit hosted by iMedia. Presos on social media, dashboards, case studies, role of the agency and more. - Kate Trgovac

Can there be anything better than Neil Diamond covering Adam Sandler's Chanukah Song?! - Kate Trgovac from Blip.fm

Current IAB ad size standards as well as those that are common for bloggers. Great write-up by Kim Vallee with advice especially if you're a non-profit and want people to engage around your cause. - Kate Trgovac

Find the cool stuff on social media sites, invite some of your friends and create cool cards. - Kate Trgovac

Tips on how to do domain mapping with Google sites. VERY helpful. Via Sandy Kemsley - Kate Trgovac

Thoughtful article and list on measuring engagement with social media. Via @awsamuel - Kate Trgovac

One of my favs is the theme based on vintage Penguin paperbacks. Fun. - Kate Trgovac

One of my favs is the theme based on vintage Penguin paperbacks. Fun. - Kate Trgovac

Image editors, screenshot takers, CSS editors, HTML editors - all here. Again, via the always resourceful @TrisHussey - Kate Trgovac

If you're looking for ways to start framing the impact that social media might have on your business, this is a great list to start with. The benefits of social media will vary from business to business - this list covers a wide range of impacts and aligns with a number of business goals, depending on what you're trying to accomplish for YOUR business. - Kate Trgovac

A blog that collects pictures of Web 2.0/techy/geeky companies office spaces. Kinda interesting - fun to see what these places look like. - Kate Trgovac

100 tips/tidbits of business and marketing advice for musicians. Good for anyone in business for themselves, really. - Kate Trgovac

Tris Hussey collects an extremely useful and linked list of tools that bloggers, new and old alike, will find useful and enhance their blogging. From screenshot tools and photo editors to blogging software and notetaking apps. Great list. Request for future enhancement: maybe a tools for mobile bloggers section. - Kate Trgovac

Smart! Brad suggests using Friday the 13th as a reminder for doing all your backups as well as some other technological maintenance. - Kate Trgovac

Hey, another way to obsess about your Twitter influence and popularity. But this one's from Edelman so it has a little more clout. Take with a grain of salt. - Kate Trgovac

Includes a number of succinct points from a lawyer specialising in these issues of copyright and ownership. Some good advice for individuals who are signing new employment contracts and who expect their twitter, blog and other social media accounts to remain their own. - Kate Trgovac

Article reports on what I've suspected .. more and more firms turning to social media. Good on a lot of levels, but one in particular, it brings a potential brandividual into the organization - someone who knows how to use the channels for communication with customers. - Kate Trgovac

So easy to do, once you know how! - Kate Trgovac

Really like this version (from Across the Universe). So moving. Jeff Healey's rocks too. - Kate Trgovac from Blip.fm

I'll bet this backdoor to taking over an abandoned group on Facebook won't be open for long, but while it is, there certainly are some significant implications for individuals, causes but also lightly-branded corporate groups (say a group that was started by some employees but then shuttered by a corporate mandate). And it certainly is another lesson that social networks are valuable tools that are not fully secure. - Kate Trgovac

Lots and lots of great links to different types of search engines - all geared to help you search the social web. Useful for brand and reputation monitoring. Found because of a request from the delightful @BookMadam. - Kate Trgovac

Analysis of features in the Augmented Reality issue of Esquire. - Kate Trgovac

Study on Women and Social Gaming by Q Interactive. Some good stats on who is playing social games and how they engage. - Kate Trgovac

Another piece on funding social games by selling lead generation contacts, often for shady enterprises. This gaming segment is really going to have to clean up their act and find less spamesque revenue streams. Perhaps better partnerships with their own gaming community? - Kate Trgovac

Facebook updated their promotion guidelines. I confess, I hadn't read them before. This version seems VERY restrictive. If I read this correctly, a lot of companies are now in violation of these guidelines. Seems like you can't run a contest or a sweepstakes and have people enter by updating their status or commenting on your page. Wow. This is a pretty big deal and is going to change the way a lot of businesses use FB. Hattip to the lovely and talented @RobCottingham for tweeting this. - Kate Trgovac

I like the phrase "creating a content culture" - this can be so tricky to do. Especially when corporate types haven't been encouraged to be creative. Some very good starting points in this article. Most importantly - blogging (or other content creation) is a team effort!! - Kate Trgovac

Really interesting piece from Michael Kimmel on the semantic and emotional implications of saying "No Homo" after men engage in homoerotic behaviour rather than using "That's so gay" to PREVENT homoerotic behaviour. Nice analysis. - Kate Trgovac

Polyphonic, new venture from Nettwerk, positions musicians as partners w/ the label. Label takes a %; musician retains the IP rights and exerts more control over decisions. - Kate Trgovac

Hauntingly beautiful song from the same artist who did the theme to the Plants vs Zombies video game. Amazing range! - Kate Trgovac from Blip.fm