The limited bandwidth of Twitter—140-character messages—that makes it very difficult to authenticate anything. Twitter is an ideal medium to inject fake facts into society for precisely this reason.
Schneier's article is worth a read -- he injects crazy-talk lies about the stimulus package with his parody twitter account 'InTheStimulus' and gets RT'ed a ton by knee jerk conservatives. Interesting.
Take a stroll down the street in any major North American or European city and you’ll be sure to see a speckle of fashion-conscious twentysomethings hanging about and sporting a number of predictable stylistic trademarks: skinny jeans, cotton spandex leggings, fixed-gear bikes, vintage flannel, fake eyeglasses and a keffiyeh – initially sported by Jewish students and Western protesters to express solidarity with Palestinians, the keffiyeh has become a completely meaningless hipster cliché fashion accessory.
The American Apparel V-neck shirt, Pabst Blue Ribbon beer and Parliament cigarettes are symbols and icons of working or revolutionary classes that have been appropriated by hipsterdom and drained of meaning. Ten years ago, a man wearing a plain V-neck tee and drinking a Pabst would never be accused of being a trend-follower. But in 2008, such things have become shameless clichés of a class of individuals that seek to escape their own wealth and privilege by immersing themselves in the aesthetic of the working class.
Benjamin Franklin's system for improving his personal conduct: he made some rules for himself (e.g. "always be punctual") and recorded infractions in a spreadsheet. He says it was remarkably effective. Me, I'm just tickled that he tried to solve one of mankind's great problems through the use of a spreadsheet.
Numerous studies have shown that companies that keep spending on acquisition, advertising, and R. & D. during recessions do significantly better than those which make big cuts.
Within reason... of course.
You better wake up running, [CNBC], because the Internet is going to punch your mustache off.
Matt Tanase, founder of Slicehost, speaks the truth.