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great article that goes into depth about Wikipedia, the structures and roles, the organization, and why in the end the Enterprise 2.0 article was deleted.

We've gotten a number of comments and questions about the maps that appear on EveryBlock. People are wondering if we have created our own mapping platform, and why we didn't use the map offerings from services like Google, Yahoo!, or Microsoft.

I went to journalism school, which just might make me a "better" blogger. Here's why I think so.

Serious essay by Mark Drapeau. Perhaps that explains why so many Twitterer are over 40: its demographic doesn't seem to be anything like myspace, youtube or orkut

You will probably find an increasing number of businesses putting their brand presence in social media sites. Several big brands (and also small brands) are using Twitter and Facebook to build relationships with their fan base. Conversely, there are also many businesses who are (very) skeptical about this whole idea. Are you that stubborn businessman who is unwilling to try new social media tools? If you are, you will most probably agree with the points below but look out for the counter-arguments!

Losing control is a primary reason stated by brands who are unwilling to open themselves up to the conversation - and a major reason why most continue to use social media as little more than a brochure on the web. And yet the illusion of control is just that - an illusion. By not involving yourself you actually do more to remove control than if you did.

Time and time again I find myself trying to remember a bit of PHP or CSS code that I've used before to perform some sort of function. This is why most any web developer needs a code snippet application to archive those bits of code. In this article I bring attention to Snippley, a fantastic Adobe Air desktop application, and also Snipt, which is a web application based around a community to boot.

I should say it's finally good news for all Hotmail user, Yes really atlast Microsoft enables Web based IM for Hotmail users. The question arises on everyones mind is why Microsoft delays enabling web based IM ? This feature has been enabled years after Google and Yahoo.

Article Spinning - What exactly is it? Will it really help to increase your rankings? Find out why article spinning has been labeled as 'black-hat' and what SEO alternatives you can use to reap long-term benefits for your site.

" From time to time I need to debug OAuth-protected APIs, checking response headers and examining XML and JSON payloads. curl generally rocks for this sort of thing, but when the APIs in question are protected with OAuth, things break down. Likewise for benchmarking (ab, httperf, etc.) and exploration-isn't it nice to browse APIs that return XML in Firefox? This needn't to be the case. Enter oauth-proxy This is why I wrote oauth-proxy. It does what it says on the tin: it acts a proxy server that transparently adds OAuth headers to requests."

it's consumer perception that led to Digg being the only site dominated by the males.

Very smart idea for your apps.

In this age of e-hiring, employers are increasingly shifting from traditional to highly dynamic medium of recruitment.

With increasing use of new media in recruitment, you need more than a resume to showcase your personal brand and stand out from your competitors. Regular CVs alone are not enough to convince potential employers why you should be chosen for a job. Let your 1-min unique self-promoting video and LinkedIn profile do the personal branding for you and help you get noticed by employers.