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Jul 10

Sarah Palin’s English Meets Roger Ebert’s Sarcasm

Sarah Palin recently described herself as the Shakespeare of Twitter for making up words…

…Sarah Palin, in a recent guest appearance on Fox News segments and through her Twitter account, asked Barack and Michelle Obama to refudiate implications that the Tea Party movement was racist. She also decided ‘misunderestimate’ and ‘wee-wee’d’ are valid English expressions and got angry when she was called out on her questionable use of non-words.
And Roger Ebert retorts:

Coincidentally, does anyone else find it as funny as I do that the ‘we should only speak English’ Tea Party crowd typically can barely speak English themselves? Sarah Palin, case and point.

Text of Sarah Palins Tweet:
Refudiate, misunderestimate, wee-wee’d up. English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!
Text of Roger Eberts Tweet:
Urgent to…

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Mar 10

‘Twitter Me Some Love’ Soon To Be An Internet Song Classic

Uploaded recently to YouTube & her Web site, Marcomé’s Twitter single was written, arranged Bruno PelletierBruno Pelletierand produced in signature Marcomé styling & features vocals by singer/artist Bruno Pelletier (most recently known for his the role of James Dean in the rock opera La Legende de Jimmy) w/ creative animation by Veloce Animation.

…(pronounced Mar-ko-may) is a gifted Canadian singer songwriter whose impressive professional experience and background as a quality sound and mastering engineer has allowed her to collaborate with renowned artists and producers. Her unique musical inspiration and artistic sense has provided her the opportunity to work with such artists as Diana Krall, Cecilia Bartoli, Le Cirque du Soleil, Branford Marsalis, Sir George Martin, Tom Waits, Daniel Lanois, Pat Metheny and Yes.In interviewing her for this post, I asked for some of her insights regarding Twitter and she indicated that it has virtually changed her perspective as how we can touch people globally. “If you had told me years ago…

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Jan 10

Vanity Twitter Profile Names Up For Grabs?

Did you join Twitter thinking that a clever profile name was the way to distinguish yourself? Or perhaps you felt more people would find you if you simply registered with your given name and surname? In both of these instances, you may be like me with a Twitter name that is 10 characters or longer.

…om for Om Malik and twitter.com/f1 for Formula 1.Back in February, 2009, the ‘Twitter Facts’ blog noted that all 1 character-long names were currently taken. 6 of the 37 Twitter names (A-Z, 0-9 and underscore) were private Twitter accounts and 4 of those Twitter names were without updates. Martin BryantMany early users of the service also picked up shorter names (first names and catchy short names) according to Martin Bryant, UK editor at The Next Web. And even if these accounts have become inactive, it’s presently not possible to apply for these names. Actually unused account are never deleted, unless an account has breached Twitter’s Terms of Service.That is, until now. Bryant recently sought Twitter out for a comment on this issue and was told that the company plans to release all inactive user-names in the very near future, with a date and time to be determined.So, similar to when Facebook allowed its users to select a new URL on a prescribed date and time (see “Vanity URL Gold Rush at Facebook”),…

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