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Fake Twitter Profiles A Serious Problem

by Philip on February 25, 2009

I’ve found that, on Twitter, I’ve been befriended by people who claim to be either well-known (like Barack Obama) or people I know.  Problem is, they are fake profiles.  Even the Dalai Lama had his profile faked.  Often, the only thing that’s changed is the addition of an underscore or a middle initial.
Two reasons why [...]

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Another Reason To Get A Dot-Com Domain Right Away

by Philip on April 19, 2007

So did you hear about DMOZ founder Rich Skrenta’s Topix.net purchasing the Topix.com domain name from a Canadian company for a cool USD 1,000,000?  I guess too many people were being lost in the type-in traffic going to the dot-com.
So, think about that when you choose a domain name.  If it’s a dot-net (or something [...]

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Problogger NYC Meetup Pictures

by Philip on March 31, 2007

I went to the Problogger NYC meetup on Thursday and got to talk to a number of interesting bloggers! Here’s a couple of pictures with me and Darren and with me and Aaron Brazell, and of New York City near O’Connell’s pub.

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