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My entire life revolves around the internet. Between writing for Techi, interfacing with design clients, talking to friends, and gaming, there is almost not a moment of my life that doesn’t take place online. I have GOT to get me one of these. The Reconnect concept by Lars Rosengren is a genius little device. A diagnosed or suspected internet addict (read: you) can strap it onto his or her wrist, and the device helps monitor your social networking activities while periodically reminding you of your real-life priorities, and offering helpful suggestions. On the one hand, it’s sad that we as a people…

I still remember the early days of Twitter. Well, sorta’. I got on in 2007, after the SXSWi hype-storm that year introduced it the tech world. And it was a different place then: replies were invented by users, and you could see all of them; a 100 followers seemed like a lot!;  and no-one outside of the geek world knew what it was. But times have changed. And now, the fine folks at Edison Research have just released a report showing how much. Their “Twitter Usage in America 2010″ contains some some pretty fascinating facts about everyone’s favorite microblogging service. Here are some of the highlights:…

My best friend asked me an unexpected question last week: “What is Twitter? What’s the point?” And I, the genius that I am, immediately thought I’d be able to answer that question in a heartbeat, but after around 15 seconds of thinking about it and not being able to come up with a clear-cut answer, I realized something quite important about Twitter’s future. Anyways. I eventually told my friend that Twitter is somewhat like Facebook. I told him that it was a place to share things that interest you while keeping people updated about your life. But it was all met with the same response I had been hearing…

As celebs became aware of the great power that the almighty Twitter social networking platform encompasses, they jumped on it like Tiger Woods on a waitress. After Ashton Kutcher (love him or hate him) defeated CNN in his challenge to see who could reach one million Twitter followers first, tweeting became an integral part of celebrity life. Gaining new fans and connecting with existing followers on a personal basis, it would soon come to light that all was not well in Hollywood. In 2009, we got a taste of what celebrities were really thinking when the cameras were off, and were treated to some epic…

If you’re one of the many people who simply don’t get Twitter, this might help: BitRebels provides a rundown on the different kinds of tweets and twitterers. The seven type of twitters are Content Providers, Twitter DJs, Retweeters, Time And Weather tweeters, Quotes and Inspiration posters, Help Tweeters and Conversationalists. The first are the kind who are posting new information, responsible for new trending topics and retweet fodder. Twitter DJs are those who use Twitter to spread music and information about music, Retweeters are those who only ever re-post other people’s tweets, time…

Researchers at the University of Maryland asked 200 students to put down their cell phones, iPods, Facebook, Twitter and all other media devices for 24 hours to study the effects of an addiction to these applications/products. Susan Moeller, a journalism professor at the university, is behind the project and found that students started showing withdrawal and anxiety after the 24 hour time period. One student was quote as saying: “I clearly am addicted and the dependency is sickening. Between having a Blackberry, a laptop, a television, and an iPod, people have become unable to shed their media…

You may have heard the term ‘Facebook is serious business’. Originally meant as a joke, it sure isn’t anymore; social networks like Facebook and Twitter are becoming the backbone of communication for human beings as a whole, even surpassing phones in their usefulness. But nobody wants a sore backbone, right? Don’t answer that. Let’s rap for a minute. I needn’t remind everyone reading this, again, that I’m a Twitter fanatic. I’ve got the apps, I schmooze with celebrities (or at the very least, those I equate as ‘famous’), and I tweet useless information as mundane as the next guy’s. Yep, Twitter…

Twitter and Facebook are the two powerhouses in social media right now. There isn’t a day I watch television without these two being mentioned. It’s a pretty big deal in the public’s eyes. But there is one company that has been missing out on social media opportunities for far too long — you might have heard of it: the mighty Google. Big G can’t get hop on the social media bandwagon. Orkut has faded from existence in the States. Jaiku is dead(ish). Open Social has gone nowhere. Buzz is an unfinished product that has made a mess. That search deal with Twitter hasn’t really produced anything interesting…

Four or five years ago, a single mentality dominated the world of web startups: build a service, amass as many users as you could and then – and only then – either figure out a way to make money, or simply get acquired. Then 2009 happened: the economy tanked, the advertising biz took a nosedive and nobody was quite sure what to do. Venture capital funds dried up, and startups that had coasted on business plans that amounted to “eventually,we’ll work something out” suddenly ran out of money. Part of the reason for this was a desire on the part of many Web 2.0 services to remain ad-free. It’s not that they…

I’m not sure what I would do these days without Twitter. I mean, if I don’t know what some people are doing or what they are eating for lunch, how can I make it though the day? Thankfully, Twitter lets me know all of this, but is it on the decline? What will I do with my free time now? PCWorld reports that numbers in Twitter land are significantly dropping. A study conducted by Barracuda Networks in December of 2009, looked at 19 million Twitter users and made assumptions from their research. The one assumption they made was: A “True” Twitter-er has at least 10 followers, follows at least 10 people and had…