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  • Flattr your idols with many monies

    Flattr your idols with many monies

    You help found The Pirate Bay, then take off. What to do with your time? Maybe, say, found another site, this time with a Web 2.0-friendly name, complete with missing vowel for no apparent reason? Sounds like a plan. Let's call it Flattr, and let's look to launch it next month.

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  • iPad? What were they thinking?!

    iPad? What were they thinking?!

    The iPad? What were they thinking? Didn't they consider the implications of people mocking the name? “How will Twitter react?” Doesn't Apple have a social media ninja on its payroll?

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  • Study: Multitaskers actually worse at processing information than non-multitaskers

    Study: Multitaskers actually worse at processing information than non-multitaskers

    So, hotshot, you think just because you follow 300+ people on Twitter, thanks to Tweetdeck, that you're some sort of super-duper Information Age sage? Slow down, because a recent study, coming out of Stanford, says that multitaskers are no better at processing or retaining information than single-minded non-multitaskers. If you're trying to process and retain information, then, best to stick to one task at a time.

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