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#oversharers
Twitter-Phobic Martha Stewart Fears Wrath of Snoop Dogg
Martha Stewart's all-internet-geek show was a clash of cultures just as we predicted. Here's a clip of the domestic media diva refusing former Valleywag Nick Douglas' entreaties to share a little backstage color. Stewart, you see, fears her guests. More » -
#marketing
You Wrote My Twitter Book, Now Promote It!
You have to admire the online chutzpah of HarperCollins and Nick Douglas. Having sourced the contents of Twitter Wit entirely for free from the microblogging service, the publisher is now attempting to crowdsource its marketing campaign. And so boldly! More » -
#4chan
AT&T Has Managed To Piss Off the Wrong Bunch of Web-Nerds
AT&T, for reasons unknown at this point, has blocked user access to portions of 4chan, the online hangout for the world's most notorious cyber-terrorists. And they thought iPhone customers were a pain in their ass! This will end badly. More » -
#feuds
Warring Twitter Books in Publication Race
First came former Valleywag Nick Douglas' Twitter book deal with HarperCollins, followed within a month by New York Times columnist David Pogue and his similar compilation of tweets for O'Reilly. Now Pogue is trying to leapfrog. More » -
#twitterati
Rob Corddry Sorry About the Ogling
A Daily Show host weirded himself out a little bit; a San Franciscan had pizza envy and Doree Shafrir discovered a yoga mat that automatically raises your blood pressure. The Twitterati were flabbergasted. More » -
#twitterati
Apple Keynote Reimagined by the Twitterati
Anil Dash, Glenn Feischman and Nick Douglas created a parallel, imaginary Apple conference and Xeni Jardin met a very strange CNN producer. Life was surreal for the Twitterati. More » -
#videuhoh
New York Times Writer Learns about 'Internets' at SXSW
In the '90s, the Web cognoscenti joked about doing crack. But New York Times columnist David Carr actually did crack! Which might explain his befuddlement in this clip from the SXSW Interactive conference in Austin. More » -
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#partyreport
SXSW, the Conference for Julia Allison and Other People Lacking Real Jobs
What recession? More than 10,000 revelers are expected for this year's SXSW Interactive conference in Austin, Texas this week. With no real work at hand, they're hitting the parties hard — especially the unofficial ones. More »
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#twitterati
Twitter Is For Risotto Lovers
Today in Twitter, Spanish speakers confused Karen Tumulty, Touré was ready to sell out, Nick Douglas needed the money more, Bonnie Fuller believes celebrities and Patrick Gavin saw the bright side of soup kitchens. More » -
#alumreport
Book Of Twitter Bookmarks Bought By HarperCollins
HarperCollins is paying Nick Douglas a five-figure sum for Twitter Wit, a book of the Gawker alum's favorite Twitter posts. Is getting paid for aggregating other people's "tweets" as lazy as it sounds? More » -
#shutuptwitter
Twitter's Evil Plot to Destroy the English Language
Every communication medium, from the telegraph to instant messaging, develops its own peculiar lingo. But the lingo of Twitter, the status-updating tool which has infected Internet hipsters, media types, and Hollywood, is ahistorically vile. More »
