You’ve come to realize that interacting on these social media methods take a bit of time, and that what you’ve saved in dollars has to be made up in effort and persistence and a lot of human expense. With that in mind, I’m sitting at my kitchen table and I wanted to share with you the first five things I do when the laptop lid goes up. (Note: people subscribed to my newsletter will get my entire day’s tasks sent to them on Monday.)

5 Tasks in the Morning

I open the same four apps every morning: Firefox, Mail, Seesmic Desktop, and TextEdit. My tabs in Firefox are:

* Google Reader – for my news, my searches, my “ego feed” of who’s talking about my stuff.
* Google Calendar – how I live.
* Facebook – I’m not good at Facebook, but I try to stay connected.
* Facebook : Trust Agents Community – this is the online community for my book with Julien.
* Friendfeed – I’m no Scobleizer, but I do dip in and look.
* And then usually tabs of stories I want to think more about for later.

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The Pirate Bay has confirmed the news (see their commentary below) :

Last April, the founders of The Pirate Bay were sentenced to one year in jail and a fine of $3.6 million for running the site, which is one of the world largest for downloading files on the Internet (one of the 100 most visited websites in the world according to the press release). The case had been brought on by a number of groups from the music and movie industry.

For that reason, GGF has stated that The Pirate Bay requires a new business model, which “satisfies the requirements and needs of all parties, content providers, broadband operators, end users, and the judiciary.”

Global Gaming Chief Executive Hans Pandeya didn’t give a lot of detail about what type of business model it has planned for the file-sharing service, and only said:

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This is an attempt to solve the mystery of “What Women Want”; Tough job but someone’s got to do it. So it may as well be me!

10) Love Seat Toilet by Amigo Zhou

This loveseat loo screams fetish, but I’m sure it must appeal to some sections of the society. What can I say…I’m Monica I do crazy stuff!

9) Sciarpone by Sartoria Vico

This fashion statement merits mention on YD simply for its practical usage. The clever convertible sweater/scarf design made of 100% Merino wool is ideal for the fickle minded ladies, which I’m sure means ALL. Read the rest of this entry »

These days a lot of people asked me what hosting should i recommend them. A cheap and quality one. Well, i had an answer for all those guys, and the host that i’ve recommended is a cpanel vps.

They have a lot of features available and you can even try them for 30 days for free. I think this is a good way to make your customers trust you and to show that you have a quality service. They also have cpanel reseller plans, so you can start earning some good dollars if you recommend them.

Anyway, go there and take a look : hosting cpanel.

Already crowned as the world’s oldest Facebook user in 2008, Ivy joined Twitter on May 14 this year and became the nation’s oldest membr of the microblogging site. Some of her posts include “Looking forward to Deal or No Deal later on today”, “last update getting ready for deal or no deal” and “Deal or no deal in 4hrs”.

Meanwhile, fellow residents from Ivy’s Bradford residential home are jumping on board the online ship, with many joining Facebook, playing online games or signing up for computer lessons. Read the rest of this entry »

It may not be pulled pork butt from Momofuku Ssäm Bar, but Spam gets geek points for making fun of their brand’s intarweb meaning in this recent print ad. FTW indeed.