[Jobs] Marketing Writer [contract or staff] Palm Springs, CA. Contact Suzanna +1 866-302-5774 x202 or suzanne@prospringstaffing.com

[Twitter] Understanding the power of Twitter for business http://ping.fm/chgAf

[Music] Listen to my newest downtempo mashup music compilation. #5 on the charts today! http://ping.fm/cNzhO

[XML] Intelligent Content 2010 Conference, Feb 25-26, Palm Springs; Early bird registration ends Jan 15 http://bit.ly/vM1Qs

[Mashup] "Aurally Vol. 1" by DJ @ScottAbel available now: http://ping.fm/48RmX (free download!) Let me know what you think!

[Social Networks] First global survey of social network usage. Survey in 18 languages; only takes 5 minutes to complete http://bit.ly/7Gtw4q

[TechComm] Excellent article by @TomJohnson - "If No One Reads the Manual, That's Okay". Kudos! Great work, Tom. http://bit.ly/5a2Tuq

[TechComm] It's good to know someone is looking out for the apostrophe! http://ping.fm/rUmXh (via @SusanRooks)

[Mashup] "Aurally Vol. 1" compiled, sequenced, remixed by DJ @ScottAbel available now: http://ping.fm/48RmX (free download!)

[Music] Today I published my first mash-up compilation. Listen to it, download it and vote for it today http://ping.fm/q0Lx6

[Google Nexus One] Try to get three invitations to the Google Nexus One project. Can anyone help? Let me know. scottabel@mac.com

[Twitter] What is a reTweet? http://ping.fm/K4zNd

[Information Discovery] New Features in Wolfram|Alpha http://ping.fm/yMmmV

[Humor] Today is National Flashlight Day http://ping.fm/IUEvB

[Mobile] US automaker Ford to provide wireless in new vehicles http://ping.fm/7ppch

Learn about $5K federal training grants for employees of small businesses and non-profits in BC: http://ping.fm/hKyGV DM @EmmaHamer

[Social Media] Social networking pros please RT this!! Global survey of social network use (in 17 languages) http://bit.ly/7Gtw4q

[Social Media] What social media sites do you use for biz/personal interaction? In what languages? --> 5 min survey http://bit.ly/7Gtw4q

[Publishing/TechComm] While Adobe "gets" the need for open eBook standards, they need to recognize techcomm as an eBook target audience

[Publishing] Adobe versus Amazon: Battle between open/closed format content in the eBook publishing market http://bit.ly/7nwdHA

[DITA/TechComm] IBM acquires Lombardi http://ping.fm/Ll2BE

[Content Quality] Cute video holiday greetings from acrolinx http://ping.fm/TqjKu

[Social Media Marketing] Case Study of 4 Companies on Twitter http://bit.ly/4nWGm6

[Location-Awareness/Social Network] A Scavenger-Hunt Social Network Finds $8.5 million in Funding http://bit.ly/8ouDy1

[Digital Asset Management] Building the Business Case for Digital Asset Management (webinar) http://bit.ly/52vwmX

[Collaboration] 4 Tips for Using Google Wave on Your First Project http://bit.ly/4Aa2fI

[Social Networks] 'World Turns' fans turn to network, social media after soap canceled http://bit.ly/4Q2AKT

[Multilingual Semantic Search/Localization] Deep Web Implements the Multilingual Search that Google Imagines http://bit.ly/4ybCTE

[Web Content] From YouTube to Pakistan: North Virginia men allegedly drafted to fight U.S. troops abroad http://bit.ly/7mNugW

[Grant Writing] A Profile of and Prescription for Fixing The Broken Discourse of Fund Raising Writing http://bit.ly/4pV75p

[TechComm] I can't believe some people are still pimping Information Mapping; What's next, WordStar?

[Jobs] Senior Training Project Manager http://ping.fm/2SfWZ?pn=joblistall

[Jobs] Senior Instructional and Online Media Specialist (Waltham, MA) http://ping.fm/EY7sv

[TechComm] DITA, Metadata Maturity and the Case for Taxonomy http://bit.ly/90ckvs

[Information Visualization] Almanac of Human Emotion leverages tweets, posts, photos w/ words “I feel” in them http://ping.fm/lGMEl

[3D Visualization] Tweets from around world, overlaid on 3D world map; see where they come from http://ping.fm/8xIhx

[Google Wave en Français] Le Guide Complet Google Wave http://bit.ly/6gYzah

[Information Visualization / Twitter] Tweets married w/ Flickr photos http://ping.fm/z5zTL (click on each button to see a new view)

[Crowdsourcing Translation] Cisco, Adobe and others get help from the crowd http://bit.ly/8hCee5

[Translation] Open Translation Platforms -
Connecting the Parts: Platforms, Communities, Standards http://bit.ly/6kW9m4

[Localization / TechComm] Localizing Content for Customer Support http://bit.ly/7raBcO

[Collaboration] Google Docs in Plain English (great video!) http://bit.ly/7VE9T1

[Information Visualization] iZoofari is online app built for San Diego Zoo which greatly enhances visitor experience http://bit.ly/7wJLLF

[TechComm] If you missed this Lady Gaga parody, you'll want to see this video. Font freaks unite! http://ping.fm/XoOsT

[TechComm / Translation] Understanding Translation Glossaries http://bit.ly/5SX0af

[Presentations] Has someone on SlideShare inspired you? http://bit.ly/4DEJSV

[TechComm / Localization] Building a localization framework http://ping.fm/ifiTv

[Content Management] Execs at major corps discuss info overload. Some of them are very savvy, others, not so much. http://bit.ly/5swzEq

[TechComm] Unemployed? Try this tactic. It got Lawson Clarke a job! http://ping.fm/C6zi6

[Advertising] 10 ads that stuck in 2009 http://ping.fm/iO4Gf

[Speech Technologies] On-Demand Interpretation? There’s an App for That http://bit.ly/5zppo3

[Interaction Design] Fabulous Adobe AIR application for new James Cameron flick "Avatar" http://ping.fm/DgjX3

[Information Technology] When Javascript became the world's new CPU http://bit.ly/7Cp5YQ

[Music] The final concert of Kiss' "35 Alive" tour generated more than 2 million views http://bit.ly/7OIFVO

[Publishing] Sign of the Times: Newspaper trade pub, Editor & Publisher, to fold http://bit.ly/7UMYyt

[TechComm] User Assistance Survey http://ping.fm/m86SC

[Information Visualization] You might be surprised how far your produce travels http://bit.ly/6Eq0Sc

[Color Theory] Crop of current videogames is exploring new chromatic possibilities http://ping.fm/E5smX

[Quote] “Seek the strongest color effect possible. The content is of no importance.” —Henri Matisse

[Design] We're all designers now. Some of us suck at it, but others are flexible thinkers who will solve challenges http://bit.ly/5GRcru

[Artificial Intelligence] The ability of a smarter-than-human intelligence to surprise us shouldn’t be underestimated http://bit.ly/17hjMO

[Font Geeks] You'll love this Lady Gaga parody video! Hysterical... http://ping.fm/gpPLU

[Content Management] Are you an SME? The Content Wrangler is looking for guest bloggers Interested? Send topic ideas to scottabel@mac.com.

[Collaboration Mashups] API allows you to push data to or pull data from Zoho Projects for application mashups http://bit.ly/8MedzV

[TechComm] Synonyms API enables you to pull Synonyms/Antonyms in XML into content solutions that require that info http://bit.ly/8yJLnE

[Mashups] Free copy of my music mashup CD for my Tweeps! Send your Twitter id & postal mailing address to scottabel@mac.com (US/Canada only)

[Storytelling] Stumbled across this very interesting story about Pittsburgh. No! Really...it is interesting & very cool http://bit.ly/6ImH3z

[Web Design] Great use of Flash on this Palm Springs, CA vacation rental website http://ping.fm/8giUI (click "enter site")

[TechComm] I didn't know Acrobat could do that! Jan 20, 2010 webinar with Lori DeFurio http://bit.ly/6uoeOZ

[eBooks] Smartphones show 300% growth in use as ebook readers http://bit.ly/4p6wsZ

[Information overload?] Study shows an average American consumes 100,500 words per day http://bit.ly/8EA9mo

[Job] Section 508 compliant PDF form creation. Contact Leaonard 972-404-1213 or leonard@avalontranslation.com to discuss this opportunity.

[Quote] "A website should have a job description...and be accountable for achieving objectives" - Sony Cohen, Duo Consulting

[Jobs] Full-time Acrobat Connect Technical Trainer Needed. Email resume to dduren@reachlocal.com.

[eBooks] "I believe the iTablet will ship by summer. It'll succeed wildly, hammer both the e-book/netbook markets" http://bit.ly/4A01Xh

[Google Wave in Spanish] Guía Completa a Google Wave http://bit.ly/5ySYqj

[Information Visualization] Tool displays info about Twitter users; tweets per day, tweet density, replies, retweets http://tweetstats.com/

[Intelligent Content] Room monitors needed for Intelligent Content 2010 conference. Free admission. Contact Scott @ scottabel@mac.com

[Publishing] I'm amazed that it's taken so long for people to realize that it's about AUDIENCE and nothing else. No audience, no business!

[Publishing] Newspapers finally paying attention. Journalism's Hottest Job is Social Media Director. (duh!) http://bit.ly/7ebUm4

[Collaboration] Free SaaS Intranet w/Facebook-like GUI; helps businesses, entrepreneurs, agencies, freelancers share/work better/smarter

[Information Visualization] View tweets from around world, overlaid on map indicating where tweet comes from http://ping.fm/6yL1t

[Gifts foe Geeks] Animal tattoos for talking hands http://ping.fm/8ONtR

[Advertising] Ogilvy & Mather is shedding 90 people http://bit.ly/6EAtOF

[Social Media] Share movie clips from all six major movie studios on social networking sites like Twitter or Facebook http://bit.ly/5ADYix

[Localization] Call for Papers: Localization Business Innovation - Focus on Europe
19-21 May, Copenhagen, Denmark http://bit.ly/8CLJLf

[Social Networking] Fishbowl brings Facebook to your desktop; fully integrated w/Windows 7 http://ping.fm/LpmxM

[Web Content] Want to try out new Google DNS servers? Change your DNS settings to 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4 ; read this first http://bit.ly/7n1rmT

[Web Content] Google Launches Public DNS to Speed Up Web; offer telephone support, too http://bit.ly/8k1yka

[Gifts for Geeks] An e-reader seems like a sweet, substantive and long-lasting gift. But so is a fruitcake. http://bit.ly/4A01Xh

[Intelligent Content] Free your content. Make it work for you! Attend Intelligent Content 2010 http://ping.fm/XFwUi

[Collaboration] Learn to use Google Docs online for free - tutorial http://bit.ly/4sretE

[Twitter] Find the most popular hash tags, people, trends are on Twitter right now http://ping.fm/JUUGW

[Doodling] Be part of history and make a cool doodle to add to "The Doodle History" http://ping.fm/8nw36

[Collaborative Authoring] MS Office 2010 "cutting-edge authoring" http://bit.ly/6AbSQh

[Crowdsourcing Translation] Community Translation for TED.com http://bit.ly/706oAp

[Gifts for Geeks] I'm not a paper cup ceramic cup http://ping.fm/2UGo9

[Localization] Call for Papers: Localization Business Innovation - Focus on Asia 14-16 Apr, Tokyo, Japan http://bit.ly/4oAfzO

[Twitter] Twoosh = exactly 140 character tweets; I've posted 271 of them (out of over 8000+) since I started tweeting

[Personalization / Advertising] Seeking a Symbol for ‘This Ad Knows About You’ http://bit.ly/7BaeA6

[Information Visualization] Click on the words love, hate, think, believe, feel, wish & see real-time stream of tweets http://twistori.com/

[Enterprise Social Networking] Present.ly provides a secure/private way to share updates among members of a company http://presentlyapp.co

[Google Wave] The Complete Guide to Google Wave (online) http://ping.fm/C6Isx

[Google Wave] LifeHacker's Google Wave 101 http://ping.fm/5ojBF

[eReaders] Some people think eReaders like Kindle are nothing but a blip in the technology timeline. I beg to differ http://bit.ly/6wntEz

[Social Networking] What a Rock Band Can Teach Businesses About Social Networks http://bit.ly/5CDpC6

[Interaction Design] Interaction Design Balances Usability, Desirability and Utility http://bit.ly/6TmOjx

[Convergence] Social networking and TV will work together, allowing consumers to connect through their big screens http://bit.ly/7BSRQH

[Predictions for the New Year] Seeing Around Corners – 2010 Internet Prognostications http://bit.ly/4yvihM

[iPhone] Top Apps for the Business iPhone
http://bit.ly/7IPYo4

[Convergence] Yahoo’s “Project Rushmore” Begins with Massive Facebook Connect Deployment Across Internet Giant http://bit.ly/5Bktyt

[Advertising] Goodbye Yellow Pages. Hello Google Local Business Center! Amazing... http://bit.ly/7MdflR

[Social Networking] SocialMedia WorldForum Europe: Shaping the Future of Social Media, March 15-16, '10 Olympia, London http://bit.ly/5K7Gid

@cnansen Because you are not following me, I cannot respond to your Twitter direct messages; Twitter doesn't allow me to

[iPhone Social Networking] HootSuite for iPhone: There's an Owl for That http://bit.ly/53t9TK

[Marketing] Need a jingle? Really, really affordable --> http://ping.fm/llc26

[Help Finding Information] Anyone know anything about Magenic Technologies? A friend is considering employment there.

@cnansen The name of the book I'm writing is called Social Networking 101. Should be out this Spring.

[Advertising] Goodbye Yellow Pages. Hello Google Local Business Center! Amazing... http://bit.ly/7MdflR

[Content Management] Version 2.0 Return on Investment Calculator for Content Management Projects http://bit.ly/52dbg1

[Enterprise Social Networking] Twitter reports a 250 percent increase in enterprise use since Spring of last year

[Learning] New Learning Technologies 2010 SALT Conference March 3-5, 2010, Orlando http://ping.fm/AqQNT?pn=orlando

[Social Networking] Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, blogs help nonprofits get word out in ways they never could before http://bit.ly/6JbTtV

[Search] Michael Jackson bumps Britney Spears from top Yahoo '09 searches http://bit.ly/6r0WRH

[Social Media Marketing] Online marketing is about social communities& generating interest groups rather than hard sell http://bit.ly/7FH2mB

[Legal Content Discovery] Reduce e-discovery review costs by more than 50% w/ concept search and text analytics http://kcura.com/Relativity/

[Multi-tasking] How the Brain Filters out Distracting Thoughts to Focus on a Single Bit of Information http://bit.ly/6RKDC3'

[Telecommunication] Fring Brings Free Video Calling To The iPhone, Nokia Smartphones http://bit.ly/7bor6I

[Carbon Footprint] WalkScore ranks 2,508 neighborhoods in 40 U.S. cities to help you find a walkable place to live http://ping.fm/pgOeb

[Hacking] Facebook and Twitter 'increasingly a target for hackers' http://bit.ly/56SKC3

[TechComm] Check your writing online for plagiarism, spelling/grammar/punctuation errors - free! http://ping.fm/Cm0up

[iPhone] Mac users can watch TV on their iPhones with EyeTV http://bit.ly/5C1kuE

[Virtual Reality] What happened to Second Life?
http://bit.ly/6dDU1J

[Social Media Marketing] The Big Money Facebook 50 http://ping.fm/6xTMa

[Marketing] Are sites like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube making it easier for customers to hate you? http://bit.ly/5SEDfS

[Learning] Babies cry differently depending on the language their parents speak—showing some learning starts in womb http://bit.ly/5T8S1H

[Facebook] Follow me on Facebook for something totally different http://ping.fm/vUC2A

[Crowd-sourced Intelligence?] Hunch helps you make decisions and gets smarter the more you use it http://hunch.com/

[Quote] “I remember first time I saw a KISS pinball machine. This is a 21st-century version.” Adam Blumenthal on REO Speedwagon online game

[Advertising] 14 Brilliant Minimalist Advertisements http://bit.ly/4MRvi0

[XML Publishing] Know of any book publishing houses using XML component content management for techdocs/training, but not to create books?

[TechComm] Anyone know of a topic-based authoring software that will operate in a Linux environment?

[Vocabulary] "Twitter" named top word in English language for 2009, beating H1N1, vampire, Obama http://bit.ly/88nili

[Advertising] Consumers say ads rarely or never prompt them to switch brands of a product they usually use http://bit.ly/7iCDon

[TechComm] Short-term gig: MS Word Macro Expert Needed. Contact Max Hoffmann at --> maxwellhoffmann@gmail.com

[Content Strategy] Anti-Tech-Writer Bias in Content Strategist Hiring? http://bit.ly/7IAy9v

[Information Visualization] BingMaps uses Microsoft Photosynth to enable crowdsourced photos to create 3D virtual world http://bit.ly/8KXjJT

[Web Content] Designing and Localizing Websites for the Chinese Market: Do's and Don'ts http://bit.ly/5tUkU5

[Personalized Marketing] 14 Day Free Trial of VDP Web PURL Marketing (smart approach to delivering relevant content!) http://vdpweb.com/

[Crowd-souring] MIT team that won DARPA's balloon-hunting challenge credits success to a "recursive incentive" model http://bit.ly/68NjEP

[Social Media Profits] Dell nears $7 million in Twitter sales with "no strategy" http://bit.ly/5YjSFc

[Content Standards] Inmedius implements S1000D Process Data Module Editor Visual Editor w/WYSIWYG Authoring www.inmediusS1000D.com/process

[Personalized Marketing] Selling Cross Media Thursday, December 10, 2009 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EST http://ping.fm/Fatds

[Government Content Management] Behind the Scenes of Whitehouse.gov: Drupal in High Profile http://bit.ly/5gqTub

[Content Strategy] What kind of skills and/or experience does one really need to be a content strategist...hmmm... http://bit.ly/7aWSdi

[Social Media Woes] Facebook and Twitter 'increasingly a target for hackers' http://bit.ly/56SKC3

[Good Question] Now that forever stamps are available from the US post office, what is the point of buying the regular first-class stamps?

[Facebook] Follow me on Facebook http://ping.fm/UwBkJ

[Localization] Have you dined at the "Translate Server Error" lately? http://bit.ly/7worQS

[Advertising] Best and Worst Advertising Songs (AARP, Swiffer, Wendy's, Royal Caribbean, Victoria's Secret) http://bit.ly/85uEro

[Advertising] Sexiest TV commercials ever (Forbes) http://bit.ly/5w9bwm

[Semantic Web in action] Reuters OpenCalais service http://ping.fm/VmJU1

[Semantic Web] Where will semantic content come from? http://ping.fm/eyv0Z

[e-Learning] Association for Learning Technology launches Open Access Repository http://ping.fm/ELe7Q

[Humor] Cartman's Best Musical Moments: 13 Songs That Prove South Park's Song Superiority (VIDEO) http://bit.ly/7lvLT2

[Geo-Tagging] Google expands real-world retail presence; bar codes to provide coupons @ hotels/restaurants http://ping.fm/wILK9

[Collaboration] Microsoft Sharepoint 2010 is looking more interesting; public beta available http://ping.fm/JAiNY

[Intelligent Content] Blog for free admission to Intelligent Content 2010, Palm Springs, CA Feb 25-26; Interested? Contact scottabel@mac.com

[Social Networking] Popular social network for the 25 & under crowd; most popular website in France; 20 million users http://www.skyrock.com

[Healthcare Innovation] Very cool Microsoft Health Vault/Microsoft Surface multi-touch service: http://bit.ly/7GN8C6

[Marketing] A socially-enabled marketing freelancers network; great place to get gigs http://ping.fm/fKIt2

[Web Content] Freenet software allows users complete web anonymity http://bit.ly/5MDOYc

[Social Networking] Social Web Participation By Nation: A Global View http://bit.ly/8jIBQo

[Publishing] Beautiful new layout of Reuters website; content is tweetable/shareable but no social network (stupid!) http://www.reuters.com/

[3D Images] Webinar: Basic 3D PDF; Wed, Dec 16, 2009; 10am PT, 1pm ET http://bit.ly/4rwZsJ

[Content Management] FirstSpirit 4.2 Webinar (in English) January 26, 2010; 7:30am PT 10:30am ET http://bit.ly/6pGlCX

[Localization] Webinar: “Designing and Localizing Websites for the Chinese Market: Do's and Don'ts" - Dec 10, 12noon ET http://bit.ly/5tUkU5

[Geek Gifts] Aliens USB Drive w/ Illuminated Tongue http://ping.fm/aN4zv

[Social Media] Google's Live Updates Will Be More Relevant Than Twitter? [Will they kill Twitter? Hmmmm...] http://bit.ly/7rXUOu

[TechComm] DITA Structured-Authoring Power Extended in Adobe FrameMaker by Leximation and Silicon Publishing http://bit.ly/5ncG3W

[eBooks] Apple iTablet should ship in March; $1000ish; 30/70 split with publishers via iTunes http://bit.ly/5RMEDM

[Publishing] Why publishing is now no longer the exclusive turf of traditional publishing houses http://ping.fm/juRP2

[Publishing] "Outside a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside a dog it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx

[TechComm] Interested in a DITA Workshop in Palm Springs, CA in late February? If so, contact me @ scottabel@mac.com

[Advanced TechComm] Intelligent Content 2010 Palm Springs; check out the venue! http://bit.ly/9iCfv and register today http://bit.ly/vM1Qs

[Content Management] Return on Investment Calculator - free download http://bit.ly/52dbg1

[Social Media] Microsoft proof-of-concept code-named LookingGlass; listen to, participate in, and analyze social media http://bit.ly/5QhTB2

[Mobile Communication] Smart phones show 300% growth in use as eBook readers http://bit.ly/4p6wsZ

[Jobs] Online Learning Multi-Media Designer, Green Bay, Wisconsin http://bit.ly/4PO7oo

[Socially-enablded Television] What To Watch In 2010: Social TV http://bit.ly/7BSRQH

[Publishing] Go West, Young Internet Newspaper: Introducing HuffPost Los Angeles http://bit.ly/66g82a

[Information Visualization] Digital Content: The Evolution of Storage http://bit.ly/6GFbsa

[eBooks] Sharp rise in e-book activity on iPhone; Apple is positioned take market from Kindle as it did from Nintendo http://bit.ly/8kLEcm

[Semantic Search] Microsoft Semantic Engine: Search, structured query, analytics together in one http://ping.fm/pCPTu

[Twitter] Used Twitter to solve customer / technical support challenge? Let me know scottabel@mac.com. I might use your example in my book

[eBooks] I'm looking for enhanced books, manuals, etc. that use eBook features well. Let me know your favorites; email me scottabel@mac.com

[Twitter] My Twitter account is back in business thanks to @charles at Twitter support!

[Humor] Web Side Story: The funniest and most creative video parody about the web, social networks, dating, and more http://bit.ly/8GGssn

[Software Development] @scottabel asks: "Are widgets a format, a delivery method, or content? Or...?

[Social Media] Blogger suggests using #fightspam tag to identify SPAMmers in response to my Twitter post from SpyMaster http://bit.ly/6b1ida

[World AIDS Day] Dec 1 is World AIDS Day; To find an HIV testing location near you in US text message your ZIP code to KNOWIT (566948)

[Humor] RT @douglaskarr Email from my Dad: "After Monday and Tuesday even the calendar says WTF" #funny #wtf

[Vocabulary Humor] Auntie Mame helps Patrick understand some new vocabulary words http://ping.fm/eNb7P

[Video] Google announces machine-generated automatic captions for YouTube video http://bit.ly/5KESAx

[Humor] Millions of Pet Rocks are abandoned each day; Join Pet Rock Relief, upload pictures of lost/neglected Pet Rocks http://bit.ly/5O65g9

[Web Content and TechComm] The Simplicity of Dr. Seuss: Advice for Writers of Web Copy http://bit.ly/4T3qve

[Twitter] How can I find out where auto-follows come from on @twitter? I must have signed up for a service, but now can't find/stop it LOL

[Twitter] At 5 cents a Tweet, TwitterHawk is a good deal http://ping.fm/DAXho

[Sharability] Give your site visitors ability to bookmark/share content with all of their social networks at once http://ping.fm/P4XsL

[Graphic Design] Enter the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable
Logo Design Competition http://ping.fm/GHUtE

[Video] Slideroll Video Creator is an application that turns your slideshows into video http://ping.fm/u313b

[Presentations] The best online slide show software; create, manage, store, deliver all from this service http://ping.fm/MQnVs

[Widgets] Bitty: A Platform to Widgetize and Syndicate Interactivity; It's like picture-in-picture for the web http://ping.fm/FKTgV

[Localization] Brazil: Largest Latin American economy, 5th largest country, home to multinational corps http://ping.fm/MIzds

[Translation] Why pay when you can get it free? Machine translation and volunteer translation (aka crowdsourcing) http://bit.ly/4uLpbD

[International Domains] Meet the next generation of country codes (will China and Russia launch IDNs?) http://bit.ly/6ZVTQg

[Web Globalization] 3 Rules of Global Gateway Design (visual cues used to direct visitors to localized web content) http://bit.ly/6j5dkQ

[URL Shortening] You can't get much shorter than this - bit.ly moves away from its Libyan domain - http://J.mp

[Information Visualization] Country Codes of the World poster: http://ping.fm/sC0rs

[Information Visualization] Country Codes of the European Union poster: http://ping.fm/lfNJS

[Twitter] Twitter Search in Plain English (video explains how to use Twitter in useful ways) http://ping.fm/Oy8NM

[Intelligent Content] Test Drive Google Keyboard Shortcuts http://ping.fm/VgvJk

[Presentations] I wish I'd thought of this tattoo design http://ping.fm/cv4NC

[Collaboration] Google Docs showed up in 82% of the organizations, compared to 33% a year ago http://bit.ly/6jvTKZ

[Operating Systems] Google Chrome OS http://bit.ly/4KTiK9

[TechComm] Great example: Presenting technical content using an online magazine design http://bit.ly/7CclVO (I like it!)

[TechComm] Contingent Senior Technical Writer Opening at LDS Church’s ICS Department in Riverton, Utah http://bit.ly/7vZtqs

[TechComm] XML in Technical Communication by Charles Cowan http://bit.ly/4SwEQX [ISBN-10: 0950645974 / ISBN-13: 9780950645971]

[Gaming and Social Media] Xbox Connection Funnels A Million New Subscribers To Last.fm http://bit.ly/6oo0fB

[Marketing] Awareness-based push marketing is different from participative, collaborative engagement thru social media http://bit.ly/7toQnI

[Augmented Reality] "The Best & Brightest" issue of Esquire magazine (Dec 09) utilizes augmented reality http://bit.ly/8aWQ2H

[Healthcare Content Management] FirstSpirit Case Study: Merz Intranet Portal http://bit.ly/5B9nPo

[Social Networking] Google Social Search demonstration http://bit.ly/4BZMi1

[Technological Innovation] Decade's top 10 Internet moments http://bit.ly/4BgGmB

[TechComm] Watching demo of Linked2, plug-in provides integration between Adobe FrameMaker & Documentum http://ping.fm/EWEwK

[Sci-Fi] "Hey, wrong movie!" R2-D2 discovered in latest Star Trek film...that's right, Star Trek, not Star Wars. http://bit.ly/7vT7cI

[Interaction Design] Facebook Connect Primer for Agencies http://ping.fm/WAq84

[Jobs] AOL is seeking part-time news writers on contract http://bit.ly/6Waz5T

[Information Visualization] Julius Caesar word frequency pie chart http://bit.ly/4X9xsW

[TechComm] Five Things You Should Know About 3D CAD Software http://bit.ly/8Kdz6n

[Calendars] Outlook tips and tricks for calendar item entry http://bit.ly/8RXYte

[Social Media] The # 2 trending topic on Twitter now is #ShameOnYouABC in response to Adam Lambert's canceled GMA performance. Dumb ABC!

[Social Media] NASA gives 100 Twitter users front-row seats at Kennedy Space Center for Nov. 16 liftoff of Atlantis http://bit.ly/90cD2h

[Social Networking] Developers start your engines: Linkedin API is now open http://bit.ly/8S0uyQ

[Advertising and Twitter] A Friend’s Tweet Could Be an Ad http://bit.ly/6tDuAz

[Mobile] Think you're getting a cell phone for free? No way! Your 'free phone' cost $240 (more than an iPhone) http://bit.ly/6yVPwJ

[Web-to-Print] Create custom photo books, photo calendars, cards, and more http://fotobox.whichbox.com - save 10% w/ code: friendsofbettina

[Content Management] Vendors get together to work on Content Management Interoperability Services standard http://bit.ly/88by5m

[Research] IBM and MIT: Those w/ strong social connections to a manager produce $588 more revenue per month over norm http://bit.ly/6q7Rya

[Social Networks] IBM video shows the value of social networks at work http://bit.ly/8SuFeL

[Social Media] IBM scientists say every email in your address book is worth $948! http://ping.fm/QbAks

[Retail] Making Translations Work In Retail http://ping.fm/WetW8

[Twitter] How to Build a Better Twitter Bio http://bit.ly/7fSTHg

[Quote] "reTweeting is the sincerest form of flattering" - Guy Kawasaki

[Twitter] Three tips for new Twitter folks from Guy Kawasaki http://ping.fm/TSEvb

[Open Source] Google makes Chrome OS open source http://bit.ly/6DuRke

[Innovation] SLEEP RUNING: What if we could go for a jog and get a nap at the same time? http://ping.fm/2sf5U

[Social Networking] A Map Of Social (Network) Dominance by Country http://bit.ly/eB9CU

[Software Industry] 2010 CODiE Awards judging delayed until after Turkey Day - good news for me!

[Humor] "Some people are like Slinkies-not really good for anything, but you can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs."

[Marketing] Brand Sweepstakes Get Twitterized
Will adding social features extend their reach?
http://bit.ly/8jKxcO

[Advertising] Microsoft Bing lives, but for how long after $100 Million Campaign ends http://ping.fm/EYFN9

[Marketing] You're chatting, they're listening: IBM, Harrah's Are Guided by What Consumers Are Saying Online http://bit.ly/4BopP9

[Publishing] Google reCAPTCHA is digitizing the library of The New York Times http://ping.fm/4hZWK

[XML] Traditional publishers advised to take look at XML for eBooks to discover new markets for device agnostic content http://bit.ly/6F8jR

[TechComm] Look! XML, single-sourcing, content management and personalization find their way from techcomm to publishing http://bit.ly/6F8jR

[eBook Publishing] Is B2B is the Real Market for E-books? [Yes, it is!] Dev Ganesan explores XML in publishing industry http://bit.ly/6F8jRL

[TechComm] Case Study: Word to FrameMaker Conversion http://bit.ly/8EJeeL

[iPhone] Over 1 million Flash developers can now develop iPhone Apps with Flash http://bit.ly/7EVJWl

[Comedy] "Curb Your Enthusiasm" finale includes recreation of "Seinfeld" - George is iPhone developer! Too funny!!! http://bit.ly/5yLvd1

[Social Media] Facebook spells out updated privacy policy http://bit.ly/66sdjl

[TechComm] DITA Metrics: Developing Cost Metrics by Mark Lewis http://bit.ly/78LnZA

[TechComm] DITA Metrics: Savings Trend With Reusable Master Topics by Mark Lewis http://bit.ly/7e3Eam

[TechComm] Test drive Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2 online! http://bit.ly/3UntRM

[Wikis] "Wikis in the workplace" - Alan J Porter writes: http://ping.fm/4wvDp

[Translation] Free beta translation memory tool from WordFast http://ping.fm/j94L2

[TechComm] 3 U.S. reviewers needed to review DITA 101 book. Send postal mailing info & when/where review will appear to scottabel@mac.com

[iPhone Apps] Service builds iPhone apps online in minutes; build for free and save; pay when it goes live http://swebapps.com/

[TechComm] Enter Magnum Opus Awards - recognizes “little” things custom media makers do http://ping.fm/DMPQk

[TechComm] The game changed! Users can now be part of online help improvement process; Introducing Adobe Community Help http://bit.ly/7d37BQ

[Social Media Automation] Claim your brand name on 100+ social media sites at once http://ping.fm/SyGou

[eBooks] Kindle for iPod Touch/iPhone http://ping.fm/zTBJO

[Advertising] AirTran selling space on the back of every tray table of every seat of every plane in its fleet http://bit.ly/8p1TW9

[Webcasting] A service I found useful this week is BrightTalk; useful, designed well, not sure how affordable http://ping.fm/i0pmU

[TV On Demand] Vudu http://www.vudu.com/

[TV On Demand] Netflix http://ping.fm/drF6t

[TV On Demand] Hulu http://www.hulu.com/

[TV On Demand] Boxee http://ping.fm/srUyd

[TV On Demand] iTunes and Apple TV http://ping.fm/krw0p AND http://bit.ly/6Ah5i8

[TV On Demand] Amazon on demand http://bit.ly/7hxodT

[HELP NEEDED] 5th Grade class geography class seeks postcards/letters from 50 states/other countries. Get address email me scottabel@mac.com

[TechComm and Localization] Writing for Translation: Internationalization Skills for Content Developers - http://bit.ly/6St8Zf

[TechComm] The "Going Rogue" Index Sarah Palin didn't put in her book (courtesy of Slate Magazine) ROTFL http://ping.fm/hrtvD

[TechComm] Incorporate Social Media into Your Technical Communications? November 25, 09 http://tinyurl.com/yclzmzg

[TechComm] 18th Annual Conference for Software User Assistance, March 21-24, 2010 Seattle http://ping.fm/IDGU7

[Indexing] The "Golden Turkey Award" goes to Sarah Palin / HarperCollins ('Going Rogue') for misadventures in indexing http://bit.ly/6bhgho

[Publishing] Newspaper ad revenue drops 28% to $6.4B in 3Q http://bit.ly/5PlKHl

[Information Visualization] Impact of Riding Bike to Work on Obesity http://bit.ly/2ds1Mi

[Information Visualization] Global Emissions Ranking http://ping.fm/RdlpZ

[Sound] What is sonic branding? http://ping.fm/X549O

[Sound and Marketing] Sonic branding: What do your customers hear? http://www.sonicid.com/

[Mobile] Use your mobile, eat, drink or text behind the wheel, you could face prosecution by North Wales Police http://bit.ly/3JEwdJ

[Telecommunications] When Credo mobile has access to the iPhone, they'll actually get people to switch to their service. Until then #fail

[Computer Science] 24 video courses - artificial intelligence, machine learning, data structures and more http://bit.ly/33Btrd

[Publishing] High volume ePub Conversion Software to be unveiled Dec 1 from Aptara http://ping.fm/I5dZN

[Tranlsation] Google Translator Toolkit and more http://ping.fm/XrX5g

[Publishing] The roster for Digital Book World looks really good http://ping.fm/L3pDd

[Twitter] Twitter rollls out new RT functionality to specific users. Are you seeing RT or the new retweet icon?

[Jobs] Leading Content Agency Seeks Web Content Strategy Guru - Greensboro, NC (full-time) - let me know if interested - scottabel@mac.com

[Information Technology] Anyone viewed any interesting information technology-related videos lately (YouTube, etc.). Looking for suggestions

[Retail/eCommerce] High Volume, Short Turnaround Making Translation Work in Retail http://bit.ly/1EvofP

[TechComm] Need an XML-savvy tech writer with experience in DITA and who understands content management? I know a few. scottabel@mac.com

[TechComm] Top 50 Technical Writers on the Web (sadly, I didn't make it - LOL) http://bit.ly/2ME0uV

[Privacy] Still think you have some. Ha! Got a Google account? Visit http://ping.fm/0Eqs5 and get ready to feel your skin crawl.

[Social Media] To write well in social media is not about being the most polished writer, or a creative copywriter... http://bit.ly/3YurRi

[AOL] Time Warner to spin off AOL on December 9 http://bit.ly/1Dm1rk

[TechComm] User-generated Community Help model uses points to reward participants http://bit.ly/1QIjfh

[TechComm] As I predicted... Community Help - the next generation of user assistance http://ping.fm/RsrNg

[Publishing] College-educated, technology optimists and higher earners are more likely to pay for online newspapers http://bit.ly/1J5rR

[Mobile] The British have taken to smartphones like the iPhone and Blackberry with gusto, according to new research http://bit.ly/1u4qnb

[Social Media and Life Sciences] The FDA hearing on use of social media: One woman's view http://bit.ly/22JvTF

[Publishing] 74% of US adults read print news at least once a week http://bit.ly/2hooi5

[Intelligent Content] Two bloggers at www.intelligentcontent2010.com, February 25-26, 2010 Palm Springs. Free admission. scottabel@mac.com

[Presentations] Register for the SlideRocket web seminar, The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs with Carmine Gallo - http://bit.ly/XGppM

[Twitter] Guy Kawasaki’s top Twitter tips for businesses (video) http://ping.fm/kclLP

[Twitter] Most Fortune 100 Companies Don't Get Twitter http://bit.ly/1tWhfG

[Humanity] National Day of Listening http://ping.fm/89c8o (a great idea!!!)

[Comics] http://ping.fm/6h4Dr 15 things Worth Knowing About Coffee (It all started with dancing goats)

[Translation and TechComm] Automated translation for technical documentation – Can it deliver? http://ping.fm/Ci3Yz

[Localization] Internationalizing your content: Authoring with localization in mind http://ping.fm/nXEGF

[Web Content] Google announces SPDY: Designed to make web twice as fast! http://ping.fm/xPdfB

[Geek Gifts] O USB! O USB! A wonder of technology; Fiber Optic Christmas Tree http://ping.fm/ss1sE

[Globalization Survey] http://ping.fm/wQ1tw

[Marketing] The Power of eMarketing Conference and Expo http://ping.fm/dJnHC

[Content Quality] Tedopres wins Defense Innovation Competition 2009, http://ping.fm/5XSyN

[Facebook] Facebook buys FriendFeed: Is this a big deal? http://ping.fm/YM6WV

[Online Communities] Community Manager Compensation Study - women paid less than men http://bit.ly/4bATz0

[TechComm] Unlocking the Special Powers of the English Language http://bit.ly/3OdKPv

[Crowdsourcing] Tom Sawyer – A crowdsourcing pioneer? http://ping.fm/pJN1u

[Music] Mashup artist CB Shaw - home page with downloadable tracks http://ping.fm/aKehP

[Advertising] Ad Agencies Slow to Harness Social Media; Few shops leverage such tools for client prospecting http://bit.ly/1FfG3T (dumb!)

[Twitter] Neil Patrick Harris joins Twitter, picks up 33,121 followers in seven hours http://bit.ly/3hlxhf

[TechComm Geek Gifts] "Declare Variables, Not War" t-shirt http://bit.ly/NSP77 (perfect for the holidays)

[Intelligent Content 2010 Palm Springs] Scott Abel presents "Intelligent Content Meets Intelligent Hardware & Software" http://bit.ly/1eIZQi

[TechComm] Test drive the Adobe Technical Communication Suite online! http://ping.fm/n4vza

[Best tweet du jour] @JoshuaDriver says "Congratulations on getting your texting while driving charges reduced to a DUI." - ROTFL

[Intelligent Content] The Parker, Palm Springs: Host hotel for Intelligent Content, Feb 25-26 2010 - $150/night http://bit.ly/3aoEVy

[Advertising] Apple is so brilliant a company, even smart people don't see where they're going; advertising patent info http://bit.ly/LN36Q

[Location-awareness] PublicEarth, the wiki for places is live today! Here's the link: http://ping.fm/uoaOc

[Marketing] Create contests for social networks: crowdcampaign.com First 25 users receive FREE license, $4,995 value. Code "contentwrangler"

[Personalized Marketing] Personalized URLs: Case Studies http://ping.fm/gqJou

[Personalized Marketing] Personalized URLs: An introduction to cutting edge marketing programs (video) http://bit.ly/372HKC

[Personalized Marketing] Variable Data Direct Marketing w/ Personalized URLs: Caterpillar case study http://bit.ly/1aikTX

[Jobs] Cha-Cha pays you to find answers to questions submitted by users: http://ping.fm/VEujG

[Mashups] www.publicearth.com helps users find afternoon escapes, kid friendly places, romantic places, cultural events & more. Smart!

[Location Awareness] PublicEarth debuts tomorrow! Try it now at http://ping.fm/xGeAe id friends@publicearth.com; pword publicearth

[TechComm] DITA 101: Free Chapter on Content Reuse http://ping.fm/Y8n7I

[eCommerce] http://ping.fm/o4Z1D is more than strategy game; it's a socially-enabled eCommerce/marketing platform. Interesting approach!

[TechComm] Old school, 3-panel online help systems suck - they don't provide a good user experience. Users expect more. Give it to them!

[TechComm] Had great conversation about user assistance w/ @rjacquez. Changing user expectations creating need for big changes in techcomm.

[Marketing] How to present cross-media marketing to new and existing clients: Nov 17, 1:00pm EST http://ping.fm/X7YNJ

[Findability] Finding relevant online databases got you down? Learn about ISEN - Internet Search Environment Number http://bit.ly/2sOBZt

[iPhone] Apple & AT&T declining to accept Google Voice as an App for the iPhone is why one man a bought Android-phone http://bit.ly/3rjmtP

[Facebook] Oh the irony: More than half of 18-24-yr-olds say Facebook is "diluting the quality of relationships." http://bit.ly/3Kp1gP

[TechComm Jobs] Senior Documentation Manager, MathWorks, Natick, MA - Contact Joe Smith, Recruiter http://ping.fm/FIaBL

[Web Design] YUCK! This site could use the help of a designer - just proves not all gays are good at design - LOL http://ping.fm/7Nu5w

[Predictive Technology] Data-driven college admissions predictions http://ping.fm/Ferxv

[Social Media] What are the best socially-enabled services on the new that you've discovered? Send suggestions to me at scottabel@mac.com

[TechComm] An excellent example of a dictionary mashup - another example of content as a service http://ping.fm/Bozi4

[Music] API allow MP3 downloads, streaming ad-free music from your computer, social sites and mobile phones http://lab.playme.com/

[Geolocation] Create embeddable maps in Adobe Flash; distribute them through websites, blogs, or social networks w/ http://www.umapper.com/

[Video and Twitter] A service designed to help you share videos via Twitter http://vidly.com/

[Television] Americans spent four hours and 49 minutes a day on average in front of the TV in 2008-09, an all-time high http://bit.ly/2vFVjA

[Life Sciences] Dec 8-9 Washington DC - FDA Structured Product Labeling Forum http://ping.fm/HDvsD

[Open Source Ideas] The Public Knowledge Project http://pkp.sfu.ca/ (open conference systems, open publishing, open indexing and more)

[Video] The Do’s And Don’ts Of Creating Original Video http://bit.ly/1IyM7u

[Social Media] Inclusion of social media content in search findings will require businesses to become even better at targeting their content

[Social Media] 'Elf Yourself' returns with Facebook and Twitter power http://ping.fm/5QLjD (smart move OfficeMax)

[Localization] LISA China Focus --> Register now: http://ping.fm/q9mxp

[Future and Technology] @aDigital_Future A great blog with some practical views about technology adoption http://ping.fm/M8dgR

[Locailzation] Best Practices and Worst Mistakes Businesses Make on their Global Websites http://bit.ly/3u4lsj

[PR] Poorly designed online newsrooms damage corporate reputations. Find out if yours is hurting or helping your efforts http://bit.ly/Ai37o

[Localization] Yahoo Unveils Spanish-Language Mobile Site http://ping.fm/3xyuK

[Advertising] 58% of mobile-marketing's users are men; verage age of mobile-marketing audience is 39.2 http://bit.ly/ZS81a

[Advertising] Life Sciences: Google, Yahoo call for expanded online drug ads http://bit.ly/12SR5q

[Localization and Marketing] Top Global Online Brands Show Uptrend in Website Globalization http://bit.ly/1I8Cb4

[More Than Search] Popular Science Names Wolfram|Alpha the “Best of What’s New” in Computing for 2009 http://bit.ly/2UTmh4

[Urban Planning] Ideas for Cities: Google Analytics for Learning
http://ping.fm/oPp0r

[Social Media] The Über-Connected Organization: A Mandate for 2010 (Harvard Business) http://bit.ly/2A7ITc

[Music] On this day in Beatles history: http://ping.fm/OmD3Y

[Twitter] Huffington Post "let loose w/ a torrent (of Tweets), & the results, as people quickly noted, weren’t pretty" http://bit.ly/3GO6FN

[TechComm] Lots of great whitepapers here - DITA, Intelligent Content, content management... http://ping.fm/nqVJt

[Thanksgiving Recipe] Southwest Buffalo Stuffed Pumpkin http://bit.ly/2GLeFO

[Science] Old memories may get the boot from new brain cells http://bit.ly/20hyXp

[Broadcasting] Kidstar teaches children about radio broadcasting http://kidstar.org/

[Social Media] Doctors using the social networking tools like Twitter to bring patients' families into operating rooms http://bit.ly/2XeSkG

[Jobs] Head hunters, recruiters and paid job postings feeling pinch as employers target candidates using social media http://bit.ly/2CYCLo

[Multimedia PDF] WOW Your Audience with Multimedia PDF Documents (video) http://bit.ly/26Z9VS

[TechComm] XMLMind DITA Converter download: http://ping.fm/Qubit

[Life Sciences] FDA Grapples With Regulating Social Media Ads http://bit.ly/NK2Ah

[HIV/AIDS] World AIDS Day is December 1, 2009 http://worldaidsday.com

[HIV/AIDS] Are you living with or impacted by HIV/AIDS? If so, consider sharing your story: http://ping.fm/CjCup

RT @Sue Heim @FakeAPStylebook "Wannabe" is a one word & can be pluralized, as in "The Chicago Manual of Style editors are lame wannabes"

[Audio Books] Sniplits publishes audio short stories by new/known authors (iPod, smart phone-friendly DRM-free) http://www.sniplits.com

[Marketing[ A social tool for customizing and managing Twitter-powered campaigns http://ping.fm/XrwpM

[Life Sciences] Podcast: The FDA, Pharma and Social Media http://bit.ly/11BCBG

[Search] 66.1% of searches in US are done using Google; Yahoo in second with 15.4% http://bit.ly/31zO4f

[Travel] Interesting travel magazine, books, blogs, television and events from AFAR http://www.afar.com/

[iPhone] The iPhone audio blogging app - AudioBoo - http://audioboo.fm/

[Content Management] The CMS arena is a giant toolbox. In it there are a few tools that are right for the job. The rest are the wrong tools.

[Intelligent Content 2010] Quark, SDL XySoft, Vasont, DocZone, MarkLogic, and Xyleme first to sponsor event http://bit.ly/QOBzH

[XML] Registration open for Intelligent Content 2010, Feb 25-26, 09 Palm Springs CA http://ping.fm/8EP2j

[TechComm] Basic 3D PDF - webinar December 16, 2009 10am PT/ 7am ET http://bit.ly/4rwZsJ

[Social Media Marketing] Women jump at the chance to earn online points/virtual dollars, according to a new report http://bit.ly/rOZ

[Life Sciences Marketing] Drug Makers to Press for FDA for Guidance on Web Marketing http://bit.ly/2M43eL

[Twitter / Advertising] Ashton Kutcher tweets involvement in Nikon Film Festival, a user-generated content contest http://bit.ly/2fXnXE

[Advertising] YouTube to Test Ad-Skipping Option http://bit.ly/3rlyp8

[TechComm] Thoreau said "Simplify, simplify, simplify". Emerson responded "Don't you think one simplify was enough? (via @bokardo)

[TechComm] Out of work? Why not write & publish a "How To" article to show off your skills? Do it here: http://ping.fm/NBxyo

[Usability] Happy Usability Day [Designing for a Sustainable World] http://ping.fm/w6Lmb

RT @GeorgeDearing -->Narcilistic: Constantly checking what Twitter lists you're on. [via @PurpleCar]

[Jobs] Top-Notch Content Strategist Needed! Leading Content Agency seeks full-time content pro - Greensboro, NC. Contact scottabel@mac.com

[Advertising] Google is making a $750 million bet on future of mobile display advertising w/ acquisition of AdMob http://bit.ly/4rJYbP

[Intelligent Content] Draw a zone on a map, when specified vessel enters, alert sent via email, SMS, cell http://ping.fm/ydeBR

[Advertising] 8th annual Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Awards http://www.iacaward.org

[Jobs] Got streaming video experience and interaction design and want full-time gig in Littleton, CO? Let me know! scottabel@mac.com

[Healthcare] WebMD Founder Matches Marketers With Consumers Who Have Health Concerns http://bit.ly/4prHiM

[Twitter] Linkedin posts now can be auto-tweeted to Twitter http://ping.fm/4MEU3

[Graphic User Interfaces] Got Mac envy? Turn your Windows GUI into a Mac-like environment http://rocketdock.com/

[Social Media Marketing] "Social media is not a budget question, nor a revenue question, it's a listening question" http://bit.ly/zk5Sl

[Social Media] "My customers are going to be glad I'm honest with them" - great video from small biz that sells pop in LA http://ow.ly/B8bO

[Time] Converting time zones doesn't have to be hard, so why don't phones and software help us do it? Urgh! http://ping.fm/PT3Kl

[Writing] Writing Opportunity: The Quilter Magazine http://bit.ly/3RYkA7

[TechComm] Webinar: Troubleshooting PDF Creation Issues - Wed, Dec 02, 2009 10am PT / 7am ET http://bit.ly/1dF28o

[Music] 25th Miami Winter Music Festival: March 23 - 27, 2010 Eden Roc Beach Resort, Miami Beach, FL http://ping.fm/UG2W2

[Stock Photos and Images] My favorite stock photo/image service is Fotolia http://us.fotolia.com/

[Writing] "The road to hell is paved with adverbs." --Stephen King

[Writing] "The idea is to write it so people hear it and it slides right through the brain and goes straight to the heart."--Maya Angelou

[Mobile] Webinar: 10 Practical Strategies for Supporting a Next-Generation Mobile Workforce: Nov 18 09 10AM PST/1PM EST http://bit.ly/3Ib1h4

[3D Images] Learning Center: Tutorials
Manipulating a 3D PDF file http://bit.ly/2bzkjo

[Learning] "New Frontiers in Learning and
Innovation", Jan 14-17, 2010, Houston, Texas http://ping.fm/9Eodt

[Media Players] Cross-platform, open-source multimedia player http://ping.fm/EQXiO

[Crafting Careers] @GingerLui --> Example of the new net entrepreneur: Wearing multiple hats to make a living http://ping.fm/o40Kk

[Content Management] Another example of misinformation about CMSes. They manage content, not just website content!! http://bit.ly/363m7d

[Facebook] Wake Up Call: 289 open groups (without administrators) taken over http://bit.ly/1LZuGb

[Social Media Manners] Today's emphasis on Twitter and constant connectivity has created new etiquette norms http://bit.ly/3ZTJZL

[iPhone] Services that do the coding for you make it easy for nontechies to create iPhone apps http://bit.ly/3Y1rVv

[Adobe Acrobat] Best Kept Secrets of Acrobat 9.0 Revealed: Batches, Fixes, and Checks (video) http://bit.ly/2cjglX

[Advertising] Online Ads Are Booming, if They’re Attached to a Video http://bit.ly/42MhZE

[Web Content] EU law requires internet users' consent before cookies can be placed on their computers http://ping.fm/BhroU

[Healthcare] Social networking and healthcare http://ping.fm/JpffW

[Marketing] A Guide to Creating Email Newsletters - some useful tips http://bit.ly/4EDfjx

[Social Media Marketing] Honda works Facebook: http://ping.fm/xxAEW

[Content Management] Holding a content-related event? Add it to the event calendar http://ping.fm/axG0K

[Audio/Social Media] Enterprise-class, voice-content platform; integrates into existing web environments/social networks uhaveaudio.com

[TechComm] Need technical writing help? Contact Spectrum Writing, LCC.
http://ping.fm/B09Ex

[TechComm] Skipping #STC 2010 Summit. Instead participating MarkLogic User Conference. Much more interesting to me. Your mileage may vary.

[TechComm] Add your techcomm events to The Content Wrangler Community calendar - free publicity http://ping.fm/jackp

[Facebook] Thinking of using Facebook to run a contest or give-a-way? Not so fast! http://bit.ly/9bvSy

[Twitter] At this school, it's okay to 'tweet' in class - we're gonna see a lot more of this! http://bit.ly/3MHbz

[Information Visualization] The funniest Venn diagrams; Make your own here: http://bit.ly/2qF04I

[Controlled Language] Content QualityAssurance: Results of HyperSTE Simplified Technical English survey http://bit.ly/3bCTL5

[TechComm] RT @Tom Johnson New Post: How Microsoft Visual Studio Is Doing Help http://bit.ly/1SB0uP

[Telecommunication] AT&T filed a lawsuit this week against Verizon Wireless over ads w/ tagline “There’s a map for that" http://bit.ly/IwsE9

[TechComm] The techcommers who defend using Excel for tracking content reuse probably use Photoshop to take care of their financials

[Facebook] Everyone's got a photo that needs to be washed away. From the makers of Wisk detergent comes Wisk-it http://ping.fm/2AJ6F

[Content Strategy] Content strategists in NYC meetup http://ping.fm/DcyMZ

[SPAM] I just unfollowed @iamnow on Twitter. First contact was how to make money on Twitter pitch. Yeah, like he can show us. LOL

[Web Content[ The Future Of The Web: Where Will We Be In Five Years? http://bit.ly/3tJjGZ

[Privacy] You don't have any. Google has finally revealed all it knows about you—and it's a lot http://bit.ly/3Dp7aO

[Writing] New Contest for Wannabe Travel Writers Includes Assignment in Japan http://ping.fm/1L6Il

[Marketing] Demographic and lifestyle targeting data is NOT "precision marketing"; we're individuals, not groups http://bit.ly/3t6Rk7

[Jobs] Fulltime Sr. Content Strategist at Razorfish. Interested? Email vicki.paulsen@razorfish.com

[iPhone] Love you iPhone a lot? Getting married soon? Order the iPhone wedding cake http://bit.ly/2YfPPC

[iPhone] Best Halloween costume idea: Human iPhone http://ping.fm/2W0DX

[Typography & Cartography] Great typographic interpretation of world globe map http://bit.ly/44jNue

[Marketing] 48% of 3,000 people surveyed said they will search for a brand they see mentioned on Twitter http://bit.ly/3hwCJc

[Social Media] Employees who work remotely can use social networks to ward off loneliness (works for me) http://bit.ly/42Ujq7

[TechComm] Autodesk creates the documentation; users edit and augment it. Brilliant! http://ping.fm/OFM7q

[Social Media] Honk helps you find out what others think about their cars http://www.honk.com/

[Marketing] Social media marketing is not about clicks, it's about brand building and trust http://bit.ly/1P3MZv

[Google Wave] Developers check out the Google Wave Federation Protocol; experiment in the Wave Sandbox http://ping.fm/dYbup

[Navigation] Free Google Maps Navigator aims at Garmin market http://bit.ly/4wklP8; Apple has similar product offering for fee via AT&T

[PR] Apple media relations still not returned calls. I've left messages, followed online instructions. HELP! Someone? Anyone?

[eBook Publishing] eReader.com hardware/software requirements alienates much of market; no iPhone? support for Palm? http://bit.ly/1eRDZa

[Typography] I was raised on Mac desktop publishing, so I love fonts. If you do, too see Periodic Table of Typefaces http://bit.ly/1Su9pw

[Twitter] Absolutely loving Co-Tweet! Highly recommended. http://cotweet.com

[Content Management] Consider adding content management reference materials (books, papers, etc) to BusinessXchange http://bit.ly/4GiuNl

[News Publishing] BusinessWeek gets bigger, glossier and more international http://bit.ly/4xzlu9

[Marketing] Snack food makers use "augmented reality" to attract new audiences http://bit.ly/h7GRr

[News & Publishing] My bet is on social media; Forbes slashes 50 jobs, eliminates bureaus in LA & London http://bit.ly/Tsjif

[iPhone] Amazing global spread of the iPhone; China, coming soon http://ping.fm/mlsrp

[Television] ABC has new social features aimed @ viewers who stream their favorite shows http://bit.ly/3VLfsl

[Twitter] 19 Twitter Apps compared http://ping.fm/dNqsH

[eBooks] If you thought eBooks were a big deal today, you ain't seen nothin' yet http://bit.ly/2vHRJW

[Software Development Humor] You might be surprised how lava lamps are involved in software development http://bit.ly/2cKmrk

[Mashups] Help needed to create mashups of Prop 8 data for various CA cities; end product should be like this: http://ping.fm/lyhpk

[Mashup] See where people live in San Fran, Salt Lake & Orange county who donated $ to pass Prop 8, CA gay marriage ban http://bit.ly/1MRoKP

[Twitter] Twitter user age stats; More 18-44 year-olds are on Twitter now compared to last year http://ow.ly/zz6o

[Ganjapreneurs] Using Marijuana Stores to Market Sushi http://bit.ly/Bqn4s