Mixx: Social Blend

25 Ways Social Media Prepares You for the Downturn

Tue Oct 07 09:21:50 UTC 2008

It’s easy to feel a bit glum with all the financial news. People are worried about their futures. They’re unsure where to put what little money they have left. Everyone is wondering what comes next.

5 Daily Social Media Builders In Less Than 10 Minutes (Total!)

Tue Oct 07 04:26:06 UTC 2008

I am sick of social media. Social this. Social that. Everyone asks me whether I ‘do social media’, and it's hard to resist the urge to caper around like a lunatic yelling “Am I being social? Am I?! Then quick, call the media!!!!” I hate the phrase

Link Building - Do-Follow Social Sites

Tue Oct 07 04:14:21 UTC 2008

List of more than 60 social bookmark sites with 11 more added, all do-follow, all high PR and will greatly increase your website traffic.

The “What Not to Wear” Guide to Breakthrough Blogging | Copyblogger

Tue Oct 07 04:02:15 UTC 2008

What in the world does the cheeky cable fashion show What Not to Wear have to do with effective blogging? Have I finally pushed this analogy thing too far?

Defaulting tenants to be shamed as rent ‘dodgers’

Tue Oct 07 14:29:54 UTC 2008

SIGNS naming and shaming those who have fallen behind with their rent will be put up outside dozens of homes across Merseyside in the next few weeks as landlords feel the bite of the credit crunch.

Mixx’s Engine Room - OpenID for the Rest of the World

Tue Oct 07 00:37:58 UTC 2008

Through the history of the Internet, there are inflection points where a new technology hits “the masses” and really takes off...

Monkey Business

Tue Oct 07 11:21:50 UTC 2008

Acchan Miyan, who’s also known as Gudde, is allowed to monkey around at work - in fact it’s an essential part of his job. The 42-year-old is employed by the railway authorities in northern India to be a Monkey man. He’s paid around seven US dollars

British film star was secret agent, claims author | The Guardian

Tue Oct 07 01:50:51 UTC 2008

He is remembered as the obsessive love interest of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind, but Leslie Howard should also be recalled as a British secret agent who died returning from a clandestine war mission, claims a Spanish author...

Senate Passes Bailout Legislation Complete With Obscure Tax Breaks

Mon Oct 06 20:34:59 UTC 2008

Congratulations taxpayers! Your senators have ridden to the rescue and approved the bailout which also approved extended tax breaks for the film industry in Puerto Rico!! Wait.. what???

WordCamp NYC: Matt Mullenweg on the State of Wordpress (video)

Tue Oct 07 05:23:33 UTC 2008

Wordpress co-founder Matt Mullenweg provided the keynote address and I was able to capture all of it on video. I've split the videos into three parts: current state of Wordpress, a walkthrough of the upcoming 2.7 release and the future of Wordpress.