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Happy Chinese New Year

Brij Singh (brijsingh) — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:07:43 GMT

Welcome to year of the rat. Wikipedia says - "Being the first sign of the Chinese zodiacs, rats are leaders, pioneers and conquerors. They are charming, passionate, charismatic, practical and hardworking. Rat people are endowed with great leadership skills and are the most highly organized, meticulous, and systematic of the twelve signs. Intelligent and cunning at the same time, rats are highly ambitious and strong-willed people who are keen and unapologetic promoters of their own agendas, which often include money and power. They are energetic and versatile and can usually find their way around obstacles, and adapt to various environments easily. A rat's natural charm and sharp demeanor make it an appealing friend for almost anyone, but rats are usually highly exclusive and selective when choosing friends and so often have only a few very close friends whom they trust."

RDF cometh. This time in the form of Air

Brij Singh (brijsingh) — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:48:46 GMT

Reality distortion field is a term coined by Bud Tribble at Apple Inc. in 1981, to describe company co-founder Steve Jobs' charisma and its effects on the developers working on the Mac project. Later the term has also been used to refer to perceptions of keynote (or Stevenote) observers and devoted users of Apple computers and products.

[Source: Wikipedia]

Pew Internet on Teens and Social Media

Brij Singh (brijsingh) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:36:11 GMT

Pew Internet research report on Teens and social media is out. Some interesting results -

Girls continue to lead the charge as the teen blogosphere grows; 28% of
online teens have created a blog, up from 19% in 2004.

The number of teen bloggers nearly doubled from 2004 to 2006. About 19% of online
teens blogged at the end of 2004, and 28% of online teens were bloggers at the end of
2006. Overall, girls dominate the teen blogosphere; 35% of all online teen girls blog,
compared with 20% of online teen boys. This gender gap for blogging has grown larger
over time. Virtually all of the growth in teen blogging between 2004 and 2006 is due to
the increased activity of girls. Older teen girls are still far more likely to blog when
compared with older boys (38% vs. 18%), but younger girl bloggers have grown at such
a fast clip that they are now outpacing even the older boys (32% of girls ages 12-14 blog
vs. 18% of boys ages 15-17).

The growth in blogs tracks with the growth in teens' use of social
networking sites, but they do not completely overlap.

Some 55% of online teens have profiles on a social network site (SNS) such as Facebook
or MySpace and those who have such profiles are much more likely to be bloggers than
those who do not have social network profiles. Two in five (42%) teens who use social
networking sites also say they blog. And, in keeping with the conversational nature of
social media, social networking teens are also interacting with others' blogs. Seven in ten
(70%) social networking teens report reading the blogs of others, and three in four social
networking teens (76%) have posted comments to a friend's blog on a social networking
site.

Online boys are avid users of video-sharing websites such as YouTube,
and boys are more likely than girls to upload.

Fully 57% of online teens say that they watch videos on video sharing sites such as
YouTube. Older online teens, especially older online boys (15-17), are more likely to
report watching videos on video sharing sites when compared with younger teens.
Online teen boys are also twice as likely as online teen girls to post video files (19% vs.
10%). Not even older girls � a highly-wired and active segment of the teen population �
can compete with boys in this instance; 21% of older boys post videos, while just 10% of
older girls do so.

Complete report in PDF.

little miss fatso

Brij Singh (brijsingh) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:29:53 GMT

very cute

Hat tip: http://www.flickr.com/photos/65668398@N00/2084497836/

Welcome to MessageDance!

Ask Sam (AskSam) — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:58:57 GMT

Looks like you are ready to go! Check out this quick video.

Below are a couple of more videos about other cool things you can do with MessageDance. You can also check out our Help Section for the nitty gritty.

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