links for 2009-08-17

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  Carsonified Meet @HelloApp, Making Conferences More Fun
  Ryan Carson debuts @helloapp, a Twitter appliance for conferences, with limited features and new microsyntax.
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  The Future of Facebook Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing
  Jeremiah Owyang reads the (obvious) tea leaves re: Facebook plans, and seems bullish. No mention of Friendfeed?
  (tags: Technology facebook)


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  Twitter Study Reveals Interesting Results About Usage | Pear Analytics
  “Pointless Babble won with 40.55% of the total tweets captured.” Which is so much horseshit. How are they to judge if someone’s lunch choice is ‘pointless babble’?
  (tags: Technology twitter pointlessbabble “research”)


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  The Count - Venture Capital, Still Seeking the Next Big Thing - NYTimes.com
  “Of 185 venture firms surveyed last spring, 46 percent said they planned to make at least two investments over the next 12 months within their current fund; 54 percent said they planned to make three or more investments.”
  (tags: vc)


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  The Public Editor - Cloaked Identities, Even With Names - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
  NY Times stumbles over its own feet again re: anonymous sources
  (tags: Media&Journalism anonymouswatch)