Posted: January 1st, 2011 | Author: owocki | Filed under: Technology | Tags: just for fun | 7 Comments »
I love using tools like the Internet Archive to see what websites looked like years ago. Just for fun, take a trip in internet history with me:
Each of these businesses are top 100 sites in the USA and have “grown up” in the past 10 years. Each screenshot is half “retro” and half “current” (either left/right or top/bottom). Click on a screenshot to see the comparison full-screen.
Apple: 2000 vs. 2011
Yahoo: 2000 vs. 2011
Wikipedia: 2002 vs. 2011
Twitter: 2006 vs. 2011
Paypal: 2000 vs. 2011
Google: 1998 vs. 2011
Facebook: 2004 vs. 2011
Ebay: 2001 vs. 2011
Blogger: 2000 vs. 2011
Youtube: 2005 vs. 2011
Wow, how the internet has changed in the past decade! I wonder what the faces of these businesses will look like in 2020. One thing is for sure: There will be many new additions to the Top 100 Websites in 2020!
Posted: January 15th, 2009 | Author: owocki | Filed under: Technology | Tags: crash, hudson, twitpic, twitter, usairways | No Comments »
First, I just want to say that my heart goes out to the people on this plane. Let us all pray that no one got hurt.
That being said, I have just have a few observations on how the crash was broken to the world.
- News of the crash broke on Twitter, several minutes before it was on CNN or MSNBC.
- The guy who posted the first twitpic of this event, @jkrums, at http://twitpic.com/135xa has gone from 220 followers at 3:30pm EST on Thursday to 400 (at time of writing) in just over 30 minutes.
- That one twitpic of the crash , http://twitpic.com/135xa crashed the twitpic servers.
Whatever this crash says about the technologies of aviation, the reporting of it is a reflection of the way news is distributed today: Twitter is the present & the future
Posted: January 14th, 2009 | Author: owocki | Filed under: Technology | Tags: Technology, tweet, twitter | No Comments »
1. Thou shalt not tweet several times per minute. Goes without saying. It’s just annoying. Spread them out. Use tweetlater. Whatever you need to do so you don’t hijack half my feed.
2. Thou shalt not frequently tweet mundane information. Classic examples include “Eating dinner”, and “Driving to the dentist”. Do your followers a favor and don’t tweet it unless you have something more interesting to say about what you’re doing. If you must tweet about ‘being at the dentist’s office, come up with something quippy or though provoking, like “Just got a tooth out, I wonder what my dentist does with all these extra teeth he’s got?!”
3. Thou shalt not commonly tweet inappropriate or political tweets. Classic examples include fart jokes, excessive coverage of Israel / Gaza conflict, or your views on the election.
4. Thou shalt not just tweet your own products. No matter who you are, too much self promotion = Twitter FAIL.
5. Thou shalt not live out your dream as a television sportscaster in my twfeed. “Broncos Touchdown!”, “Donovan McNav is the man!”, “Eli Manning just threw the most beautiful pass!”. Hey @jockitch, you just earned yourself an unfollow!
What twitter rules do you have in place for your feed? Why do you unfollow users?
