[Cloud Computing] Connecting to the Cloud, Part 1: Leverage Cloud in Applications http://ping.fm/4PTps

[Content Standards] Revised Working Draft for Widgets 1.0: Digital Signatures http://ping.fm/JK5BP

XML Standards] UBL 2.0 International Data Dictionary, Volume 1: Japanese, Italian, Spanish http://ping.fm/Mr7in

[Experience Design] Is All Remote Usability Testing The Same? http://ping.fm/vmQDf

[Global Communication] Where the world’s first transatlantic email was sent from http://ping.fm/FTapB

[Security] Vast global spy network discovered! http://ping.fm/JtdpZ

[Marketing Done Right] The guys at JFM Concepts are brilliant! If you are struggling w/ marketing, contact them! http://ping.fm/Z89as

[User-Generated Documentation] Pure Data Book Sprint April 4-6 http://ping.fm/spnZ0

[Web Content] Two Major Web Sites That Cause Physical Pain To Their Users http://ping.fm/rLo2M

[Web 2.0 Documents] Blaming technology, instead of users: Authors claim Scribd is ‘pirating’ their work http://ping.fm/M3GsT

[Web Content] How Social Media and Content Marketing Changes Everything You Know - And Nothing You Do w/ Rob Rose http://ping.fm/k1Zuc

[Software Designers] I'm tired of programmers masquerading as designers. Just because you call yourself a "designer" doesn't make you one.

[Twitter] I was wrong! @kraldakimail is NOT a spammer for RTing my posts automatically. He was just syndicating content to his Blackberry

[Social Media] Why social media seems easy but is (evidently) harder than it looks http://ping.fm/oxCGQ

[Capturing Clickable Images] The BEST screen shot utility around BY FAR: http://kwout.com/ Anything else is just an electronic mimeograph!

[Conferences] This ain't 1998! Why do conference organizers still try to force presenters into using templates, providing papers, etc. Dumb!

[XML Authoring] Adobe FrameMaker DITA Edition free plug-ins from InTech w/DITA and DITAMap Integration w/Frame 7.2 http://ping.fm/v09kx

[Visual Localization] SDL Passolo 2009: User-friendly software localization tool; no programming experience needed http://ping.fm/79ud6

[Content Management] Webinar: Customer Retention Through the Creation of Customized Documents, April 8, 2pm ET http://ping.fm/Jck9i

[Humor] Conceived by Will Ferrell and friends, http://ping.fm/MiMls lets users upload videos they think are funny; users vote for favs

[Humor] Looking for prank-filled humor? See http://ping.fm/MrMDU (lots of user-generated content)

[Humor] 18-year old paints 60 foot penis on roof. Why? To see if Google Earth could see it: http://ping.fm/qOGeG (photo included LOL)

[Internet] Mundelein High School students simplify life; no cell during March, no internet during April: http://ping.fm/sBtlu

[Definition] Personalized Medicine: Managing a patient's health based on patient's specific characteristics http://ping.fm/LduiU

[Think Small] Nanotechnology art installations and performances wanted for new exhibit: http://ping.fm/tKJUG

[Quote] "A few lines of code can produce an interesting image that seems to have a three-dimensional shape" - Dextro, Graphic Designer

[Science] Returning science to its proper place; eliminating "religious beliefs" from the equation: http://ping.fm/A8DqE

[PGP-10] The first ten volunteers to share their DNA sequences, medical records, and other info on the web http://ping.fm/vBfbX

[Healthcare] What would happen if genetic and medical records were freely available to anyone who wanted them? http://ping.fm/GB0Ar

[Science] Great site for learning about science-related topics: http://ping.fm/85ow4

[Video] Netflix announces 10 millionth customer; analysts say on-demand service will creep into set-top boxes http://ping.fm/0BuxX

[On Demand Viewing] If Netflix video rental customers switch to on-demand viewing, what does that mean for the US Postal Service?

[Maps] Google Maps is edging closer to MapQuest http://ping.fm/7piEF (personally, I used to love MapQuest, but Google does maps better)

[Crowd-sourcing Reviews] Spotted at Sunshine Cafe in Cathedral City, CA a sticker in window reads: "People LOVE us on Yelp!" Good tactic!

Technology] An Ode to Women in Technology (part of Ada Lovelace Day) from Chris Baum, Boxes and Arrows http://ping.fm/bR1Cp

[Social Media] What do think of Linkedin? I'd like to know ...http://ping.fm/B5CQ0

[Music] Real World Example: Making Your Content Work for You http://ping.fm/bKgGD @rahelbailie

[Technological Innovation] Singularity Univ: Intense 3-10-day workshops to help execs steer companies into future http://ping.fm/XydQR

[Open Source] "Free manuals for free software"
http://ping.fm/Izqid

[Healthcare] Just completed interview w/ http://ping.fm/4npWb about my experience w/mammogram

[Web Marketers] Web Content Chicago, June 15-16, 2009 - Register today! http://ping.fm/wtYQ2

[In the stars] My horoscope says "You might say anything that enters your mind now, which could create a problem". Food for thought! :) LOL

[Dumb PR] Today, SDL announces their company has a "vision and product roadmap" - spare us! This is NOT newsworthy!

[For Sale] http://ping.fm/iKZOT URL, database, software, and Apple invite to develop app for iPhone / iPod Touch. scottabel@mac.com

[TechComm vs Marketing] Kudos to Society for Technical Communication Marketing SIG! New blog is great! http://ping.fm/jg4op

[Marketing] How Marketers are Using Social Media to Grow Their Business http://ping.fm/KUBf6

ROTFL @ ATX STC: "imaginary author of non-existent book Paragraph or Bulleted List?: A Technical Writer's Guide to Nitpicking." @annegentle

[TV Trivia for $400, Alex] Jeopardy! debuts on NBC-TV March 30th, 1964

[Viral Marketing] Honda Insight Viral Ad: Honda's new commercial, creating pixels of light in the desert http://ping.fm/wZ1ri

[XML Standards] Selecting presenters for DocTrain DITA, June 2-5, 2009; For consideration, submit proposals http://ping.fm/jXowa

[Free Book] Photoshop Elements 7: The Missing Manual - 1 free copy to US and Canadian addresses only. Send mailing info to scottabel@mac.com

[Music] On my iTunes right now: "Hometown Glory" - Adele

[Content Reuse] A great example of dynamic personalized content on the web: http://www.tarot.com/. Run a report, then change birth info.

[Music] Anyone know a support person at LimeWire? I'm having no luck with their online support.

[Social Networking] iGoogle becomes social; Users can now chat w/ friends while searching, reading RSS feeds http://ping.fm/kPpUN

[Twitter] A simple script: Twitter Search Results on Google http://ping.fm/NDbhL

[Publishing] 43% of Americans say losing local newspaper will greatly hurt civic life; only 33% say they would miss reading the local paper

[Quotes] "I despise Facebook for its steady, Chinese-water-torture drip of status updates" - Matt Labash, The Weekly Standard

[Social Networks] People between 35-54 are the fastest-growing group on Facebook: What are you waiting for? http://ping.fm/K1o29

[Robots] Japan's Next Top Model? Walking, talking female robot to hit the catwalk http://ping.fm/lAGfY

[Facebook] You and update, but you can't hide! Court papers can be "served" via Facebook NZ and AU courts rule: http://ping.fm/nMADA

[Publishing] Seattle Post-Intelligencer Now Online Only: Staff down to 20 from 165. Bloggers and Users to provide majority of content.

[Smart Technology] Physicists have created a laser weapon that targets mosquitoes http://ping.fm/vShSe

[Plain Language] Michael Kinsley blasts lawmakers for creating complicated and obscure documents: http://ping.fm/sUlcY

[Music] On my iTunes right now: "Absurd" by Fluke. Turn it up loud!!!

[Research] When info you obtain from the Web is incorrect, it's your fault, not the web. When it matters, do your due diligence. Fact check!

[E-Mail Marketing] 4 Marketing Segments You Need to Know About: http://ping.fm/SME7g --> Are you a "social influencer"? I think I am.

[Semantic Web] Web 2.0 Is Just So 2008 http://ping.fm/7keup

[Social Media] Contests with Consumer-Generated Content Pose Risks as well as Rewards http://ping.fm/WRPkq

[Vehicles for Geeks] Jeep leads way with UConnect package: USBs, 30 GB Hard drive, iPod connection. http://ping.fm/fclzJ

[XML] There is nothing that will help you more than analyzing your content life cycle and authoring process BEFORE you start using DITA!

[XML] "IBM developed DITA to enforce an architecture on its technical information" - Julio Vazquez, Practical DITA http://ping.fm/HI8Gt

[Twitter] Good News For Info Hunter-Gatherers: Four ways to use Twitter in business-- info gathering in top four! http://ping.fm/vsuht

[eCommerce] Took Sak's website satisfaction survey. Once completed, survey service took me to the women's department page. Big disconnect!!

[Oops!] Just caught myself violating my own rule: If your FAQs don't refresh and re-rank questions based on frequency, they aren't FAQs.

[TechComm] "Creating professional technical documentation always begins with defining structure." - Scott Abel

[PR/Marketing] It's 2009 people. Make your content "tweetable" (tinyurl, 100-120 char summary). If you can't do this, try flyering cars!

[Web Content] Web Governance: A Definition (from Lisa Welchman) http://ping.fm/JnvWm

[Categorization Schemes] If you update content do you have to get a new ISBN #. Depends on significance of changes http://ping.fm/c03qx

[Semantic Web] OWL2 Web Ontology Language Document Overview: First Public Working Draft http://ping.fm/RVLZu

[Content Portability] Portable Contacts Implementation: Take Google Contacts w/ You http://ping.fm/eHT6W AND http://ping.fm/sjMsa

[Personal Note] Mammogram over; Dr. says results do not indicate cancer. Good news. Article (with photos!) to follow. What an experience!

[Copyright and Ownership] Terms of Contention: Who Owns Uploaded Content? http://ping.fm/6FtM9

[Twitter and Facebook] Now I've Heard It All: Jurors tweeting and wall-posting from courthouse while serving duty http://ping.fm/DilOB

[TechComm] "Content management is more than single-source publishing. It's about managing people, processes, and change as well." Scott Abel

[XML Authoring] Quark Introduces XML Author 3.0: Mew map editor, MS Office 07 look-and-feel http://ping.fm/aiXXu

[Content Syndication] Platformic Introduces Embedded Content Tool http://ping.fm/M56yD

[TechComm] STC offers 250 $400 "scholarships" to help writers attend annual Summit; Contact Julia O'Connor at julia.oconnor@stc.org

[Technology Industry] IBM layoffs accelerating as employees vent; Jobs moving to India http://ping.fm/x0MW8

[eCommerce] This is the BEST retail website I've experienced. Sak's: http://ping.fm/o4Gxa - Know of others?

[Social Media] "The Generational Effect on Social Media" Rich Maggiani, Solari Communication (free whitepaper) http://ping.fm/EiMfs

[Under NDA] On call w/BIG software co listening to new product pitch. Interesting stuff. Full details can be disclosed to you next week.

[Content Migration] "The Case for Automated Migration" free, one hour telephone seminar 04/01 - 1PM ET http://ping.fm/OpA21

[Public vs Private Info] http://www.intelius.com Entered my name, clicked enter - the names of my entire family show up. Amazing!

[Breast Cancer Awareness] What Is Breast Cancer in Men? http://ping.fm/1yS0e

[Breast Cancer Awareness] Having my first mammogram this morning. http://ping.fm/Wpf3y

[Semantic Web] iGlue: Online content management application that reorganizes data fragmented on the net; In beta now http://iglue.com/beta/

[Privacy] Again, there's no such thing. Even private Facebook photos are fair game thanks to Photo Stalker: http://ping.fm/kLqq9

[Highlighting the Web] Now, a yellow highlighter pen and sticky notes for the web: http://www.diigo.com/

[Information Visualization] How many employees does Google have? http://ping.fm/QVYU8

[Content Standards] President Obama's White House uses RDFa (just a teenie weenie amount, but RDF nonetheless) http://ping.fm/l7WiJ

[Non-Profit Organizations] The Online Future of Nonprofits - Are we there yet? May 11-12, 2009 Sydney http://ping.fm/la5cy

[TechComm] Professional technical communicators should understand Intelligent Software Assistants http://ping.fm/kxWYx

[Technological Innovation] Emerging Technologies of 2009: Intelligent Virtual Agents are the big winners http://ping.fm/QCTFx

[Syndication] New platform makes it easier for organizations to embed content widgets into websites, blogs, etc. http://ping.fm/M56yD

[Semantic Web] US President Barack Obama’s Groundbreaking use of the Semantic Web (RDF, RSS, XML and more!) http://ping.fm/bH7ja

[Human Brain] Brain abnormality found in boys w/ attention deficit hyperactivity disorder http://ping.fm/56suG (That explains it!)

[Content Management] Good Information
Governance Taking Records Management beyond Records http://ping.fm/DppPZ

[Wikis] Educational institutions are finding wikis useful; list of valuable wiki resources for educators: http://ping.fm/S0jdK

[Web Development] Just because you can design an opening splash screen/animation, doesn't mean you need one http://ping.fm/sVomI

[Content Syndication] Cartoonist offering feed of free, clean daily cartoons for website or blog use http://ping.fm/BRwK8

[Quote] "There isn't a ruler, a yard stick or measuring tape...long enough to compute the strength and capabilities inside you" - Paul Meyer

[Music] On myiTunes right now: "One" U2 featuring Mark J Blige (no doubt she's the new Tina Turner!)

[Deep Web] Google can see 1 trillion URLs, but this is just the tip of the iceberg; The Deep Web remains untapped http://ping.fm/hsPfM

[Employment Screening] Employers must adopt policies to ensure pre-employment blog/social network mining is lawful http://ping.fm/JtbOb

[Copyright] Symposium on Common Use Licensing for Scientific Literature and Data, 03/25/09, Beijing, China http://ping.fm/4dlb3

[Do-It-Yourself] More Than You Need To Know: How To Build A PC http://ping.fm/Xt98T

[Discovery] Federal Court Refuses to Shift Cost of Optical Character Recognition http://ping.fm/oDoNo

[Quotes] "OCR is a tool that greatly decreases the time and effort counsel must invest in searching and examining documents" - Texas judge

[Healthcare at Sam's Club] Where Can I Find Electronic Health Records Tools? Try Aisle 9 http://ping.fm/JASwa

[Content] Design for Disassembly: Products were focus of this study, but content should also be designed this way http://ping.fm/wfOfi

[Music] On my iTunes right now: "Closer" (Stonebridge Club Remix) - Ne-Yo

[Twitter] Enough money to hire a product manager; Expect Twitter to begin offering additional services for a fee http://ping.fm/Jspnq

[Software] IBM in Talks to Buy Sun? This isn't the first time such a purchase was discussed: http://ping.fm/1irAH

[Content Management] Saw preview of new First Spirit CMS; Wow! Good stuff. Other vendors beware. New website soon! http://ping.fm/KYgSq

[Web Marketing] Content Personalization: A Multi-Dimensional Approach - Ann Rockley @ upcoming Web Content Chicago http://ping.fm/DAzWn

[Web Content] Web Content Management Vendors Increasingly Bundling Site Search (CMS Watch) http://ping.fm/wDvT8

[Wireless in the Sky] Southwest Airlines introduces free in-plane wifi: http://ping.fm/G7VxU (beta test)

[iPhone] Connecting your iPhone/iPod to a television: http://ping.fm/E1qQ6

[iPhone] Ideas for showing presentations (slide shows) directly from iPhone: http://ping.fm/iXg5Q

[Content Reuse] Producing Product Documentation and Reusing Information in XML - Source: IBM Developerworks http://ping.fm/sCqvn

[3D] Google, Mozilla Back 3-D Acceleration Web Standard http://ping.fm/XSpF5

[TechComm] Nearly 200 have taken the Tech Writers Training Needs Survey: http://ping.fm/bKBLt

[Publishing] At a time when publishing houses are collapsing, Wired.com does it right! Magazine Web Site of the Year: http://www.wired.com/

[Marketing] "Social media content marketing is about how much attention content can deliver, not how many impressions" - Scott Abel

[Content Marketing] "Want attention? Optimize your content for engagement. Make it sharable, Tweetable, embeddable." - Scott Abel

[Marketing] "Get over your addiction to cost per impression / cost per click measurements. These metrics don't mean anything!" - Scott Abel

[Quote] On music industry missing what Apple saw coming: "It's...hard to accelerate analog dollars into digital pennies" - Saul Berman, IBM

[Social Media and PR] "Twitter is NOT a giant fax machine for press releases. Get with the program people!" - Scott Abel

[Social Media] "Traditional marketing, advertising and PR firms do not know what to do," says Kyle Lacy http://ping.fm/L8L7N

[TechComm] What is wrong w/ some tech writers? Telling someone about a typo in an email that's been sent is not helpful! And, it's stupid!

[Jobs] Tech Writer/Bus Analyst, Del Mar, CA. Contact Andy Ballantyne @ +1 800-732-4680 x709 or via email ABallantyne@PartnersConsulting.com

[Jobs] Dutch IT Content Editor/Software Journalist (Barcelona) Contact Guenda via email gmalinverni@talentsearchpeople.com or 93.265.2359

[TechComm] Watching survey results for Technical Writers Training Survey http://ping.fm/bKBLt

[TechComm] Technical Writers Training Needs for 2009 Survey URL: http://ping.fm/bKBLt

[TechComm] Take the Technical Writers Training Needs Survey for 2009: http://ping.fm/P7Dxz

[Marketing] Trying to reach gay/lesbian demographic? Grab copy of "2009 Gay Market Report" http://ping.fm/RTqny

[Jobs] Great search engine for folks looking for jobs; meta search engine that searches company job pages: Hound --> http://www.hound.com/

[Jobs] Over 40? Here's some job-hunting advice: Teeth whitening, Facebook, Apple Store, texting, exercise. hair http://ping.fm/fC4gG

[Internet TV] Looking for satellite internet tv providers - cheap or free. Ideas? I found this one so far: http://ping.fm/o7i92

[Web Content] Web Content Chicago 2009 Early Bird Ends 3/31 http://ping.fm/HWZke Theme: Delivering Dynamic Personalized Web Content

[Healthcare] Manging Electronic Medical Records Conference, Chicago, May 18-20 http://ping.fm/7JXTI

[Innovation] 2009 Edison Best New Products of the Year http://ping.fm/NY52G

[Content Management] Illogical CMS: What were they thinking? .ASP pages? .NET?? This old technology needs to die! http://ping.fm/ZWIVx

[User-Generated Content]Getting Paid for User-Generated Content: An Interview with Ryan Hupfer, HubPages http://ping.fm/0vjd9

[Healthcare] "Jesus Phone 3.0" touches diabetic blogger - Apple makes iPhone/iPod very useful for diabetics http://ping.fm/c6fPx

[Experience Design] Podcast series: Tea w/ Teresa - This episode: History and context of User Experience Design http://ping.fm/LMKps

[Experience Design] Five Great Experiences to Nurture http://ping.fm/PIhfS

[Information Architecture] Why Chiara Fox is no longer calling herself an information architect hhttp://ping.fm/9BG0r

[Information Architecture] Rapid Prototyping Tools http://ping.fm/r8NKE

[Jobs] Director, Business and Client Development, Random House Publishing, NYC - More info: http://ping.fm/Ncwc0

[Jobs] Motion Graphics Vendor with Localization Services - Contact: Liani DeGeeter, +1 818.983.1157; email: ldegeeter@ newgenmediasrvcs.com

[Web Browsers] Internet Explorer 8 Available Now (good thing they didn't call it Internet Explorer 2008 - LOL) http://ping.fm/Db9HT

[Content Standards] Sample Lesson One Video --> Practical Transformation Using XSLT and XPath: Ken Holman http://ping.fm/PqgmT

[Content Standards] DITA and Video: DITA Open Platform video screencast: http://ping.fm/4TD5m

[Content Standards] DITA and Video: Mountain Bike Maintenance Example: http://ping.fm/DR04e

[Art] A gallery opening in the subway in NYC: http://ping.fm/JHhrZ --> Complete with tuxedo-wearing waiters serving champagne

[Images of Earth from Space] The Earth Observatory: NASA's Earth Observing System Project Science Office http://tinyurl.com/z32f

[Quotes] "How Facebook or Twitter will make enough money to keep the lights on...remains unclear" - The Economist http://ping.fm/iO2Sa

[Jobs] Interaction Designer @ Backcountry.com, Park City, UT http://ping.fm/FHpA2

[Unemployment Impact] Public Storage website moved up 2,288 positions among all websites visited by U.S. users: http://ping.fm/7jXUK

[Content Professionals] 50 new members have joined The Content Wrangler Community in the last 24 hours http://ping.fm/m7Tar

[Roles] Social Media Choreographer -- someone who orchestrates social media campaigns

[Content Terminology] Content Excavation: Technique designed to uncover secrets locked in unstructured content - Joe Gollner

[Bibliophilia] Love books, but don't love spending lots of money on them? Try Paperback Swap: http://ping.fm/y8fNT

[User-Generated Documentation] Firefox Manual: Created in 2 days w/ volunteer writers using FLOSS Manuals http://ping.fm/LBNxQ

[Content Management] US forgot how to make Trident missiles: Loss of files staff reason for $69m repair delay http://ping.fm/IXU1v

[Video] Video-Integrated Documentation: This is a term you'll hear much more about; They're doing it here http://ping.fm/Os24k

[TechComm] STC membership renewal letters indicate membership drop likely for organization; conference attendance also likely to be lower

[Medical Records] Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh added auto-prescribing recommendations; Result: More deaths http://ping.fm/D2H7J

[Medical Records] New England Journal of Medicine: Only 4 % of doctors have fully-functional electronic records http://tinyurl.com/67tngr

[New Media Marketing] IBM Report: "Beyond advertising: Choosing a strategic path to the digital consumer" http://ping.fm/hK5bo

[Marketing] Why is it that most PR/Marketing folks try to sell ROI (a mathematical calculation) to wordsmiths? Disconnected and plain dumb!

[Music] Anyone from LimeWire on Twitter, Facebook, etc. Can't get support issue fixed using LimeWire website. Anyone?

[Printed Word] I still love printed documents despite being an electronic content evangelist; What's up with that? Anyone feel the same?

[Advertising] New IBM study shows consumers far more digitally savvy than advertising agencies (Duh!) http://ping.fm/hK5bo

[Advertising] Net TV provider Hulu is big winner; 55% jump in traffic after Super Bowl ad airs; 2nd most gaining site according to comScore

[User Experience] "Joining Strategy and Usability" - whitepaper on customer experience from the Creative Good http://ping.fm/l9brJ

[Tech Comm] The most in-demand skills for tech writers are the ones most unemployed writers don't have (XML, DITA, writing for reuse)

[Unsubscribing is a challenge] The folks @ 37 Signals continue to send me email news despite my canceling my Basecamp account

[Web Content] A good example of an "About Us" page that works; not perfect, but better than most http://ping.fm/xxZkS

[Images] Outer-Space Illusions: The face on Mars, Jesus in a nebula, and more http://ping.fm/n7oc7

[Images from Space] First GeoEye Satellite picture is crystal clear, detail-rich: http://ping.fm/SpUmo

[Stupid Software Challenges] Ning social network-building software should allow admins to have as many "friends" as they want - limit=stupid

[Quote] "You have to bring the same rigor you bring to operations and finance to the analysis of people," says Rupert Bader, Microsoft

[Data Mining] Using sophisticated calculations, HR depts are learning ways to determine the value of each employee http://ping.fm/imxq1

[Government Content] "Federal Knowledge Management Initiative Roadmap" aims to establish center for govt KM http://ping.fm/r0kLt

[IT Flashback] The Sociology of Technology Adoption (1992) - Still Relevant Today http://ping.fm/DXRLD

[Content Syndication] An automatically-generated blog comprised of all my Twitter tweets http://ping.fm/8Z6Ev

[Competitive Intelligence] SharePoint as a competitive intelligence tool http://ping.fm/9mP2D

[Carbon Footprint] The Global Transport Challenge: Understand how your transportation use impacts our environment http://ping.fm/79PqS

[Usability] "Designing for a sustainable world: World Usability Day 2009 is November 12 http://ping.fm/do6zX

[TechComm] DocTrain West 2009: Mark Lewis on "DITA Metrics: Cost Metrics" http://ping.fm/NxO58

[Satellite Imagery] GeoEye, the amazing power behind Google Earth http://ping.fm/1spg1

[Wikis] Wikis can be used as both collaboration tools and as an intranet, two very different situations http://ping.fm/h8572

[Intranet] By improving the way the intranet supports key tasks, immediate business benefits can be delivered http://ping.fm/XTgL7

[Mind Reading] Research adds to mounting evidence: It's possible to "read" memories by looking at brain activity http://ping.fm/POOK9

[Music] Language of music universal: Africans who've never listened to radio can sense emotions in Western music http://ping.fm/uIiSR

[Humans] New evidence that our brains function at a critical point between randomness and order http://ping.fm/ZbKL1 (ADHD anyone?)

[Intranet Content] Does your intranet close the business process loop? http://ping.fm/FSwYu

[Web Content] To those who believe the "build-it-and-they-will-come" mantra I say "Hogwash!" Unless it's a crack house, that's just nonsense

[Collaboration] No collaboration w/out communication: Getting fundamentals of communication right is prerequisite http://ping.fm/191IC

[Social Media @ Work] Integrating social tools w/EUMETSAT intranet; Wiki, discussion forum enhance collaboration http://ping.fm/0X65p

[Twitter] Tweetable news: Twitter Now Growing at a Staggering 1,382 Percent http://ping.fm/1ankC

[Voice] One # for all your phones/voicemail; easy as email, w/ call blocking/screening, transcripts, conferencing http://ping.fm/nK2UZ

[Social Media] The ebb and flow of online communities: Facebookers Not Happy With Redesign http://ping.fm/iSRz1

[Jobs] Interaction Designer opportunity w/ Duo Consulting, Chicago; web site/application design - Shari Spraker: shari@duoconsulting.com

[Video] YouTube Business Uses: http://ping.fm/8jUl6

[Jobs] Technical Writer at Wind River (Ottawa, Canada Area); Contact Sarah Foltz http://ping.fm/Ix7Fi

[Backing Up Your Data] Installing Apple Time Capsule -- automatic, wireless backup system -- today: http://ping.fm/veHGC

[Synchronicity] Apple's Mobile Me application is becoming increasingly useful; a real-world content reuse example http://ping.fm/Ud2am

[Music] Looking for humans at LimeWire who will actually respond to an email query

[Wikis] RT @slmader: Who Owns the Wiki? 4 Groups That Should Work Together http://ping.fm/UdANA

[Social Media] An overview of the social sciences metadata landscape, best practices and related info technologies http://ping.fm/ZaRi4

[Translation and Localization] Public Comment Invited: Unicode Character Database in XML http://ping.fm/zTVtF

[Web Development] W3C Invites Feedback on the Redesigned Web Site: http://ping.fm/2iJZ7

[Blogs, Bloggers and Blogging] When blogs don't say exactly what you're intending, try creating a Glog: http://www.glogster.com

[Free software] I have three licenses for MindMeister software. Want one? Contact scottabel@mac.com. http://ping.fm/fDe08

[Free Book!] Photoshop Elements 7: The Missing Manual. Want it? Send complete mailing address to scottabel@mac.com. US and Canada only.

[TechComm] "Content modeling is about deconstructing to recontruct" Pamela Kostur @ #doctrain

[TechComm] Content creator or content curator? #doctrain

[TechComm Paradise] Two dozen tech writers in the pool in Palm Springs drinking margaritas @ #doctrain

RT @Verbdancer: (Lisa Calhoun) in a job req, write specifically & aspirationally about the person you want, not the position you're filling

[Embeddable] Swivel Confectionary: Tasty Data Treats for Data Geeks http://ping.fm/h07NW

[Video] You Tube for Teachers http://ping.fm/QdTfa

[Widgets] Create interactive widgets in seconds, syndicate updates to multiple services at once, get analytics http://ping.fm/yCBGa

[TechComm] Dozens of technical communicators in the pool at the Westin Mission Hills drinking margaritas @ #doctrain

RT 4JsGroup -->Stewart Mader starts keynote with "Let me tell you a story" Great communication technique today @ #doctrain

[iPhone] Apple iPhone OS Update Includes Paste, Push - the long-awaited addition of cut, copy, and paste http://ping.fm/6E3NG

[Content as a Service] Content Management Interoperability Services Standard does for content what SQL did 4 data: http://ping.fm/LNelv

[Structured Content] OASIS Standard: Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA) http://ping.fm/y4wFV

[Information Visualization] TimeGlider: web-based timeline software for creating/sharing history/project planning http://ping.fm/MI5ZM

[Info Visualization] Free web-based app allows you to easily create and share timelines w/ pictures and videos: http://ping.fm/frP36

[Blogging] Live Blogging on Steroids: http://ping.fm/zST9E --> Learn more and see demos: http://ping.fm/C2SoK

[Multimedia] Moonk: Flash your multimedia - slideshows, videoshows, juke boxes: http://www.moonk.com/

[Productivity] Get rid of long back-and-forth group emails forever with Quimble --> http://www.quimble.com/

[Forms] Free online survey and forms development tools that integrate with your website - discovered @ #doctrain - outstanding discovery!

[TechComm] Saturday @ #doctrain: We take a spectacular 2.5 mile adventure on the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway http://pstramway.com/

[TechComm] Tomorrow @ #doctrain: Half- and Full-Day Software and Skills Development Training Workshops http://ping.fm/I8WIE

[Simplified English] Free book @ #doctrain "The new language in International Business". Want one? Email b.braster@tedopres.com

Free book @ #doctrain "Technical Illustrations: New, Efficient Ways To Visualize Your Product". Want one? Email b.braster@tedopres.com

[XML Content Standards] Julio Vasquez - "Practical DITA"; a great book full of useful info http://ping.fm/jRlZ6 (@ #doctrain)

[Music] On my iTunes right: "Teach me tonight" - Dinah Washington

[Policies and Procedures] Refresh your understanding of policies and procedures vocabulary http://ping.fm/qkvoX

[TechComm] Reading Employee Reading Time To Follow Procedures – Raymond E. Urgo http://ping.fm/KXBJH (Raymond is @ #doctrain!)

[Web Content Management] Best Practices for creating web strategy: What web managers need to know http://ping.fm/edDIG

[Location-Aware] How to use Twitter and Dopplr together http://ping.fm/qyTgF

[Jobs] Tech Writer with AutoCAD / CAD Experience - Tampa, FL - Contact Ron Guiffe, Rita Technology Services ron@ritatech.com

[Search] While Google’s query volume fell by 1% last month, its market share actually rose 2.2pts: http://tinyurl.com/cdkj5l

[BookSprint] Firefox BookSprint big success @ #doctrain; writers produced 160 page manual in 2 days http://ping.fm/LBNxQ

[Return on Investment] Nominations deadline is extended for 2009 Nucleus Research Technology ROI Awards --> http://ping.fm/69Dxh

[TechComm] Why we need technical communicators? Or do we? (video) http://ping.fm/QWWpB

[Localization] DOJ Reminds Bailout Recipients to Watch Their Language http://ping.fm/1p7ZL

[Content Management] Needs Analysis Before Implementing a Content Management System http://ping.fm/cuEgw

[Communication] Is it okay to ignore the rules of grammar? (being discussed right now at #doctrain) http://ping.fm/zK4k3

[Music] On my iTunes @ #doctrain "Love, etc." new album from Pet Shop Boys (see the intro video here: http://ping.fm/yOvhn)

[iPhone] Pogo Sketch iPhone/MacBook Stylus - Specially Designed for the iPhone Screen http://ping.fm/43YID

[Gift for Geeks] SRV-1 Blackfin Mobile Surveillance Robot - Mars Rover for your Home http://ping.fm/GgbZx

[Gifts for Geeks] USB Cellphone Booster http://ping.fm/0BE7h

[Wikis] The Wiki Master Stewart Mader @doctrain - learn more at his website http://www.ikiw.org/

[TechComm] Great discussion about Adobe Photoshop Express @ #doctrain http://ping.fm/m5LoK (the future of all Adobe applications)

[XML] Interesting conversation between attendees of #doctrain on the DITA Metrics Group website http://ping.fm/hRWUv

[TechComm] Keynote presenters Stewart Mader (the wiki master) and David Esrati (WordPress guru) @ #doctrain kicj off tody's program.

[Facebook] The Sometimes Humorous Side of Social Networking: Facebook/eHarmony Parody Video http://ping.fm/qQJaT

[Content Professionals] 2,911: The number of content pros in The Content Wrangler Community: http://ping.fm/m7Tar

[Jobs] How to Lose Your Job without Being Fired: http://ping.fm/pR3Qb

[TechComm] @ #doctrain Dick Hamilton's new book "Managing Writers" is selling well. Grab a copy yourself: http://ping.fm/yIhOZ

[The Web] Huge Bandwidth Costs During March Madness; 10,000% Increase in web traffic disables corporate networks http://tinyurl.com/clk9za

[Intelligent Content in Smart Buildings] Energy Interoperability Standards: Smart Buildings, Smart Grid http://ping.fm/lYYK1

[Workplace] BusinessWeek Research: Talent Management - The New Business Imperative
http://ping.fm/TADz1

[TechComm] Today @ #doctrain Canceled: "Collaborate to Elaborate" - Lisa Woods; Lisa unable to attend; send questions to lwoods@gmail.com

[Breakout Sessions] Presentations starting @ #doctrain; slide decks to be posted to http://www.doctrain.com next week.

[User-Generated Documentation] FLOSS Manuals BookSprint @ #doctrain is making great progress; FireFox user manual will be done today!

[TechComm] #doctrain New session! "How to get the most out of content migration and DITA" by Don Bridges 1:45pm - 2:35pm in Ambassador 7

[TechComm] #doctrain New session! "Use of Structure & Metadata in Localization" by Doug Pearson (ENLASO) 3:15-4:05pm today in Ambassador 6

[TechComm] Opening sessions @ #doctrain completed; Joe Gollner & Ann Rockley - Slide decks to be posted to http://ping.fm/tDT0h

[iPhone] Remember That Great Hike? My iPhone Does http://ping.fm/Hs3uJ

[iPhone] Apple unveiled details about
iPhone OS 3.0 software and released the new
iPhone Software Development Kit http://ping.fm/3rQ7E

[Twitter] Business directory of companies w/Twitter accounts; Add yours today --> http://twibs.com/

[Social Media] Social network meets sports/concert tickets http://ping.fm/Y9T7H

[Quotes] "Optimization is an immensely ambiguous term, yet it has reached a buzz-worthy crescendo among marketers and IT pros" - John Lovett

[For the Budget Conscious] If money is tight, consider building your own PC: http://ping.fm/xaJXi

[Emergency Preparedness] Can you Manage Disaster Proactively? http://ping.fm/p315H

[Technological Innovation] Wow! The cardboard box has come a long way! http://bloxes.com/

[User Experience] From UX to XA: Information Architect or Experience Architect? http://ping.fm/lknoP

[Content Management] The Importance of Content Management System Usability: http://ping.fm/86Wp4 (useful tips for vendors & CMS users)

[Experience Design] UPA 2009 International Conference: Bringing Usability to Life - June 8-12 http://ping.fm/qfsDG

[Content Convergence] Rahel Bailie is the queen of content convergence; she's presenting @ STC Puget Sound, 04/04 http://ping.fm/NZZ0h

[Quote] "We need that content management stuff you can't stop talking about" my client @ a medical device firm I've been courting for 2 yrs

[TechComm] Overheard @ #doctrain: "Holy shit! You mean there is software that can enforce 'writer's guidelines'? Who knew?"

[TechComm] Ann Rockley delivers featured presentation @ #doctrain: Moving to Structured Content, Wednesday http://ping.fm/WsGEL

[TechComm] #doctrain opening keynote Wednesday: Knowledge Archaeology: Raiders of the Lost Art by Joe Gollner http://ping.fm/UiG7c

[Content Management] Nearly 3,000 members of The Content Wrangler Community for content professionals: http://ping.fm/12UrF

[Research] Wanna waste some money? Sponsor an Aberdeen Research study. They publish vendor-sponsored drivel disguised as research. Spare us!

[User-Generated Documentation] FLOSS Manuals BookSprint video from WinterCamp, Amsterdam (part 2) http://ping.fm/Xymqg

[User-Generated Documentation] FLOSS Manuals BookSprint video from WinterCamp, Amsterdam (part 1) http://ping.fm/NMyRs

[TechComm] Most popular @ #doctrain: Moving from Unstructured Documents to Structured XML: It's Easier Than You Have Been Told - Thom Aldous

[User-Generated Documentation] FireFox BookSprint a big success at #doctrain; remote writers collaborating with on-site writers. Sweet!

[Editing] Need an editor - or an editing job? Look here: http://ping.fm/3i2Gr

[Syndication] New! Version 3.0 MyAllTop out today: http://my.alltop.com/ V3.0 features ability to create custom collections of feeds

[Online Profiles] For goodness sake people, get a proper headshot photograph, especially you "professionals"; cell phone pics not impressive

[Ideas] Missing URL (it helps when I remember to insert them -- LOL) http://ping.fm/958U3 (Frank on ideas and brain crack)

[Ideas] Monsieur Frank discusses ideas in a funny (sometimes vulgar) way. Find out what “brain crack” is & why it matters. Thanks @dbarefoot

[Collaboration] Collaborative online mind-mapping application - free individual account http://ping.fm/fDe08

[New Rules of Marketing] The ANGELS framework combines traditional and marketing 2.0 concepts http://ping.fm/fB6WP

[Technical Communication] Documenting the Process (and Hating Every Minute of It) http://ping.fm/jlEM9

[Technical Communication] Ten Moved or Changed Features in Word 2007 http://ping.fm/CTAyC

[Security] Software [In]security: The Building Security In Maturity Model (BSIMM) http://ping.fm/ZZM10

[Disaster Planning] Are Private-Sector Organizations Responsible for Failing to Plan for Natural Disasters? http://ping.fm/91qYh

[Stock Images] When stock images are the right choice, check out http://www.Fotolia.com; also a great site for photographers to sell pics

[Moving to Structured Content] Free conversion of 50 pages of Frame, Word, Interleaf to DITA. Interested? Let me know. scottabel@mac.com

[Intelligent Content Starts with Metadata] Making the Genius in iTunes 8 Even Smarter: http://ping.fm/eWcm4

[Surveys] http://www.polldaddy is an easy-to-use and embeddable polling tool you can use to run surveys on a blog or wesbite

[Music] On my iTunes right now: "Stay Around" (DJ Delicious & Till West Remix) - Milk & Sugar

[SPAMers] Facebook is overrun with "Amanda is dancing on Striptease Dance Party" announcements this week. How does she find the time?

[Contract Labor] Looking for freelance CSS guru and website designer for several gigs. Email scottabel@mac.com; provide link to portfolio

[Intellectual Stimulus] Up to 80% off books from Indiana University Press; Use promo code WWEZXX for free shipping http://tinyurl.com/c6km77

[Customer Support] Offer better customer service and get customer feedback for your product http://conespra.com/ (Safari uses this service!)

[Social Networks] Building Employee Branding & Engagement w/ Internal Social Networks (webinar) March 17 @ 2PM ET http://ping.fm/AJurH

[Content Security Webinar] Data Loss During Downsizing: When Employees Exit, So Does Data: March 24, '09 @ 11AM ET http://ping.fm/KALtL

[Call for Presenters] Interactive Technologies Conference, Aug 19-21 09, Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, Arlington VA http://ping.fm/vHeO9

[Twitter] Advertising execs talk about impact of Twiter and their Twitter addition issues: http://ping.fm/KC4DO

[Quote] "I treat every tweet as if there was a photo of me being broadcast on CNN & the words I'm typing are right beneath it" -- Ian Schafe

[Unsubscribe me] Still receiving email newsletter from 37 Signals despite asking to be removed, being contacted by the company via Twitter

[Collaboration] Free online brainstorming tool; create embeddable mind maps; send mind maps via email, publish to blogs http://bubbl.us

[Presentation Tools] Animoto: The end of slide shows as you know them (WOW!) http://animoto.com/ (the 30 second trial is killer!)

[Social Bookmarking] http://www.diigo.com -> Research and collaborative research tool w/ knowledge-sharing community

[Voice] http://voicethread.com -> Slideshow/video widget allows users to leave comments by voice, text, audio file, or video (via webcam)

[Product Labeling] Warning labels don't protect pharma companies from lawsuits if their products cause harm http://ping.fm/WEIsv

[Web Design] Site Loading? Skip Intro? You’re Kidding? I’m Outta Here: http://ping.fm/b26lQ

[Journalism] Why Pay When you can Get it for Free? http://ping.fm/IxmVa

[Communication] Ms. Grammar discusses commas, parentheses, and em dashes: http://ping.fm/6lWyg (rules need updating for Twitter)

[Location-Awareness] Loopt shows you where friends are, what they are doing via interactive maps on your mobile phone http://www.loopt.com/

[Security] Protecting Your Electronic Equipment: http://ping.fm/62lUa

[User-Generated Documentation] FLOSS Manuals at WinterCamp '09: http://ping.fm/AG0G0

[Social Media] Fighting a Bad Online Reputation & Keeping a Good One: http://ping.fm/r2joD

[Control Freaks] Texas Agricultural Code includes a grant program for finding a way to control the weather: http://ping.fm/Y5Kzx

[Standards] Wireless Power Consortium will set an international standard for compatible wireless charging stations http://ping.fm/zWHCo

[Privacy] Many See Privacy on Web as Big Issue, Survey Says: http://ping.fm/vcGMV

[Video] Yahoo! again enters into video market; introduces web shows: http://ping.fm/a9VeO

[Technological Innovation] New web-based product/service inventors convene at SXSW: http://ping.fm/c1OTB

[It all started with the iPhone] The computer industry has hit upon its Next Big Thing. It is called a phone: http://ping.fm/W1jLD

[Television Viewing] Studies find that commercials make TV programs more enjoyable to watch: http://ping.fm/egXVb

[Personalized Television Advertisements] The largest project yet using targeted advertising on television: http://ping.fm/1teWj

[Gadgets for Geeks] Solio Charger - solar-powered device charger: http://ping.fm/pqVTj (collects up to 9 hours of sonic juice)

[Interior Design] "Before and After" and "Do-it-Yourself" design ideas http://ping.fm/RBdy1

[Interior Design] Kid-friendly home design ideas: http://ping.fm/74SxX

[Website of Interest] Apartment Therapy: Interior design site for folks with small apartments and big style: http://ping.fm/Vl80I

[Web Development] Looking for freelance CSS designer for occasional contract work. US/Canada designers only. Contact scottabel@mac.com

[Technical Communication] DocTrain West 2009 starts this Tuesday in Palm Springs, CA; #doctrain will be tag used for live blogging & Twitter

[Dumb Translators] Hillary Clinton gave Russian counterpart button reading "peregruzka" (overcharge); should've read "perezagruzka" or reset

[Dumb Names] Iowa wants to change Dept. of Elder Affairs (DEA) to Dept. of Aging (DOA) to avoid confusion - DOA also means Dead on Arrival!!

[Dumb Warnings] This product is only to be prescribed by a physician and fit only by a trained technician - Champion Jockstrap

[Dumb Warnings] Do Not Turn Upside Down - (Printed on bottom of box) - Tesco Tiramiso

[Dumb Warnings] Don't take this product, unless directed by doctor for difficulty in urination due to enlargement of prostate gland - Midol

[Dumb Warnings] Safe to use around pets and children, although it is not recommended either be permitted to drink from toilet - Bowl Fresh

[Dumb Warnings] "Contains Milk" on NorthWest Airlines "Non-Dairy Creamer" package

[Dumb Warnings] Children Drive Slowly (on signs throughout the UK), where, apparently, children drive much too speedily

[Dumb Warnings] Intentional misuse by deliberately concentrating and inhaling the contents can be harmful or fatal - Pantene Pro-V Shampoo

[Quotes] “Nothing is more frightening than ignorance in action.”—Goethe

[Quotes] "The important thing in science isn't so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking bout them." Sir William Bragg

[Quotes] "We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others."—Blaise Pascal

[Time Compression] 4.6 Billion Years of History in 1 Minute: http://ping.fm/KZlb5

[Imperialists] Converting to Metrics: http://xkcd.com/526/ (a humorous look; also a web comic)

[Dancing with the Geeks] Science in Motion: Turning Your Ph.D. Research into the Next Hot Dance http://ping.fm/04PUq

[How-To DIY] Ultra cool, really fun, kinda dangerous: http://ping.fm/E9mXM

[Technical Communication] Book review: Microsoft Word for Medical and Technical Writers http://ping.fm/IIWBh

[Technical Communication] Book review: How to Write for a General Audience http://ping.fm/1VcQJ

[Technical Communication] Editorial: Selling the problem (or: 43.3% of the message) - Geoff Hart http://tinyurl.com/chh98j

[Medical Writing] The rewards of writing for the medical device industry: http://ping.fm/XXRtI

[Music] On my iTunes right now: "Queer Things" - Ruth Wallis (lip-synched by Lady Fancy in this YouTube video) http://ping.fm/5OaSK

[Experience Design] Sutter Home Build a Better Burger Campaign (opens April 1) http://ping.fm/H7rcv

[Web Content] Canada's ePost: A Great Idea and a useful video advertisement that explains how site works http://ping.fm/aSTxa

[Web Advertising] Obam-Biden Tax Calculator widget (discovered while judging web ad contest) http://ping.fm/pfPN9

[Web Advertising] Adventures by Disney: Beautiful, engaging, pure Disney http://ping.fm/m4j1i (discovered while judging web ad contest)

[Internet ads] Something is wrong with this picture: The AARP discoball? http://ping.fm/1ow5L (discovered while judging web ad contest)

[Events] If Hotels Want To Serve Conference Planners, They'd Provide a Better Interface To Information We Need http://ping.fm/xxq3h

[Jobs] CMS Content Writer - Melbourne, Australia - Contact Paul Demich pauld@ citp.com.au

[PDF] Working With Tables: PDF Forms Using Acrobat and LiveCycle Designer http://ping.fm/y0Xac

[Computing History] Exhibit of historical computer marketing brochures: http://ping.fm/5HAcW

[Content Professionals] "Copywriters will call themselves content writers, content marketers, content developers" http://ping.fm/FsF3G

[Web Content] Lots of useful short videos explaining web 2.0 concepts, tools: http://ping.fm/Cw5v0

[Jobs] Web Content Manager sought by leading international company, permanent job based in Reading, PA; Contact Mark Long marklong@ abrs.com

[Innovation] How progress happens: Down & dirty truths, secrets that make innovation possible 03/19 1pm ET http://ping.fm/g2opy

[Technical Communication] How do you keep R&D focused on Documentation user stories? http://ping.fm/IfXxw

[Copycats] 1,780: The number of words copied from The Content Wrangler Community by 212 of 1,266 visitors http://ping.fm/ryNQE

[Technological Innovation] GE ecoMagination site is - by far - coolest thing I've seen on web: Holograms are real! http://ping.fm/YYTrw

[Music] On my iTunes right now: "Dear Mr. President" (Offer Nissim Mix) - Pink

[User-Generated Documentation] FLOSS Manuals BookSprint events around the globe (updated periodically) http://ping.fm/6wY4F

[Jobs] Community Director at Warner Bros. Records, Los Angeles, CA - Jeremy Welt jeremy.welt@wbr.com - http://ping.fm/y8DHu

[Jobs] Community Manager at Rosetta Stone, Washington, DC - Contact Chris at crutt@rosettastone.com - http://ping.fm/RHQCr

[Social Networking] Inside the enterprise, services targeting organizational users: http://ping.fm/loBgP

[Social Media] Donnesbury on Friends, Followers, Fans and more http://ping.fm/MJ7I4

[Publishing] Online Language Learning Site to Add Textbook Content - LiveMocha and Pearson partner: http://ping.fm/C3pdd

[Social Media] Online community for the world's wealthiest people: http://ping.fm/06tmj

[Jobs] Windows7 Social Media Lead at Microsoft Redmond, WA - Contact MartyCollins@Live.com - http://ping.fm/tZpCT

[Jobs] Online Community Organizer - CODEPINK, Jodie@codepinkalert.org - http://ping.fm/AaSy6

[Jobs] Community Manager at Clear Capital, Truckee, CA - Contact: Greg Ferro, jobs@clearcapital.com - http://ping.fm/dL0ui

[Jobs] Product Manager for Community at Care2, Redwood City, CA http://ping.fm/yuG8C

[Jobs] Online Community Manager at EAA, aviation-based social network: hr@eaa.org - http://ping.fm/H467S

[Jobs] Community Manager at Apture, San Mateo, CA - Contact tristan.harris@apture.com - http://ping.fm/pvvgO

[Social Media] Remember, you are not responsible for how others react to your social media participation; if they don't like it, who cares?

[Social Networks] Online Community Unconference, June 10, Mountain View http://ping.fm/6Pb3i

[Music] On my iTunes right now: "Same Old Funkin Story" (Razor 'N Guido Remix) - Cyndi Lauper

[Social Media] Google Launches Google Friend Connect API: http://ping.fm/ytmHk

[Security] SOA Security: The Basics http://ping.fm/mRv6L

[Web] It was 20 years ago today: The Web - a virtual toast to Sir Tim Berners-Lee on a job very well done! http://ping.fm/G4J06

[Ontology] Microsoft Releases Open Tools for Scientific Research http://ping.fm/ybbSu

[eBooks] Amazon's Kindle2: Will it spark a fire? (great human interest story!!!) http://ping.fm/jcvGZ

[What's in a Name Brand?] HelloText wants you to help them rename their company and product: http://ping.fm/s71MC

[Social Media] Avoid this site: Naymz (sometimes another social network isn't really needed - this is one of them)

[Music] What's on my iTunes right now: "Ode To Billy Joe" - Bobbie Gentry (Wow! I think this song could be reworked and become a hit again!)

[Twitter] Looking for sites that use "Tweet this!" functionality (similar to "bookmark this"/"tag this"). Contact scottabel@mac.com Thanks!

[Marketing] Social Media for Business: The Dos & Don’ts of Sharing (lessons learned): http://ping.fm/uDdcQ

[In Case You Didn't Notice] Search box starts popping up on Twitter: http://ping.fm/WzEq5

[Social Media Convergence] Tapping the Portable Social Graphs - CNN and Facebook, for instance: http://ping.fm/r5voK

[Social Media] Online Communities: Surviving and Thriving in a Downturn (Part 1) http://ping.fm/Ri1KC

[Marketing] LinkedIn: Brand engagement through social networks - an opportunity to tap into potential prospects http://ping.fm/oZwpI

[Marketing] Social Media: Effective Branding Tool, If Monitored - Goal: Develop grassroots brand ambassadors http://ping.fm/4MccH

[Marketing] Facebook Sending More Traffic Than Google to Some Sites: Should SEO spending shift to social networks http://ping.fm/OBaSt

[Social Media] Social Networks, Blogs Pass Email: Largest increase to "member communities" came from ages 35-49 http://ping.fm/hI6QZ

[Social Media marketing] Skittles Website - Zany or Just Plain Crazy? http://ping.fm/6ETSG and http://ping.fm/Uv1Nf

[Social Media Marketing] Mars -- the candy folks -- Deserves Praise for Innovative Skittles Initiative: http://ping.fm/YeYGo

[Twitter] Top 12 Twitter tools (slideshow) http://ping.fm/bdJ3y

[Twitter] Twitter Is Now a Must in the Enterprise http://ping.fm/VKIvt

[Music] On my iTunes right now: "September/The Joker" (Shinichi Osawa Remix) - Fatboy Slim featuring Earth, Wind and Fire

[Technical Communication] I'm keynote presenter at Spectrum, 50th Annual STC Rochester conference, April 6-7, 2009 http://ping.fm/byyKR

[Citizenship] My partner, Roger Apitz, became an American today! So did Ceasar Milan (The Dog Whisperer). Congrats guys!!!

[Social Media at Work] In Search of a Twitter Enterprise Use Case? http://ping.fm/hbxng

[Social Media] Harness The Power Of Twitter For Local Marketing: http://ping.fm/Dcdz4

[Web Marketing] Twitter Marketing Successes: http://ping.fm/0JnmM

[Jobs] Director of Professional Services (Midtown West, Manhattan) - content technologies - http://ping.fm/eyDrH

[Jobs] K4 Publishing System Customer Support Administrator (Midtown West, Manhattan); Get Info: http://ping.fm/IKdsq

[Music] On my iTunes right now: "Lifting Me Up" - Loleatta Holloway

[Doodling] Drawing while listening doesn't necessarily imply a wandering mind, a study suggests: http://ping.fm/frzEE

[Video Games] A study confirms what many suspected: Warning labels enhance allure of raunchy video games http://ping.fm/bNFSY

[Technology] Engineers say they've found a way to move energy faster through a well-known battery material http://ping.fm/xZUgx

[Music] I just can't help but Tweet this: Britany Spears new video, "If you seek Amy", debut today --> http://ping.fm/vmwFH

[Social Media] Online Community Research Network - examining challenges of building/managing online communities http://ping.fm/mVBKN

[Software] First furniture, then cars, now enterprise software: 0% financing for 12 months! http://tinyurl.com/b9nadg

[Blogging] Don't waste money on a business blog: If you haven't started one already, you've missed the boat - http://ping.fm/MbX37

[DITA] DocTrain DITA (June 2-5). Submit your proposals for presentations and workshops now: http://ping.fm/jXowa (ends 3/30/09)

[Privacy] Is there really any reason to think that social media sites expose you to more risk than you are already exposed to?

[Privacy] With your social security number I can find out (in U.S.) just about anything about your public life (divorce, DWIs, bankruptcy)

[Privacy] With your last name and zip cose I can find out (in U.S.) where you live, who loaned you money for you house, how much, and more.

[Privacy] With your license plate number I can find out (in U.S.) your marital status, where you live, what insurance co you have, etc.

[Apple] Is Apple Cooking Up a MacNetbook? http://ping.fm/vynFt

[Software] Jolt Product Excellence Awards: http://ping.fm/B1qVw

[Bloggers and Blogging] Interested in speaking at BlogWorld Expo? Join us there! Submit proposal here: http://ping.fm/3WODY

[Web Design] I love this site: http://ping.fm/GrCuR What do you think? I gravitated to the content of interest immediately

[Social Networks] I think I may be ready to graduate from Ning to another provider: I'm tired of waiting for professional features to emerge

[PDF] Archiving and PDF Standards: http://ping.fm/v4aEp

[jobs] Seeking copy writer with SEO experience to rewrite customer website; Contact: Maxwell Hoffmann maxwellhoffmann@gmail.com

[Experience Design] What role does/should technical writers play in ensuring good usability for user interfaces? http://ping.fm/ypBcG

[Jobs] Grant Writer who has success in writing grants to the Department of Energy; Contact Todd Smart: Todd@BeTuitive.com

[Social Media] Limiting "friends" and "follows" is stupid; social communities need a strategy that deters SPAMmers but supports legit users.

[GPS] Location-aware platforms and pumps for prostitutes? http://ping.fm/7dxgP

[Mobile] Loci aims to transform 450 million GPS devices from 1-way GPS mobile hand sets to 2-way GPS transceivers http://ping.fm/PjwrZ

[Wireless and Mobile} Mobile World Celebrates Four Billion Connections http://ping.fm/yUTN8

[Marketing] Driving Website Traffic With Twitter http://ping.fm/ARQj9

[Government Content] Obama Call for Citizen E-Participation Will Encounter Technical Hurdles http://ping.fm/hXeQm

[Web Broswers] Review: Apple's Safari 4 browser beta is innovative, fast, fun (and so much better than any others) http://ping.fm/E7XZg

[Sex and the Web] Is Craigslist the world's biggest bordello? http://ping.fm/1IYLr

[Windows, Eventually] Microsoft: Lots to turn off in Windows 7 http://ping.fm/8kAml

[Mobile & Wireless] BlackBerry Bling: The Hottest—and Priciest—Pimped-Out BlackBerrys http://ping.fm/bqy7R

[Social Media Etiquette] LinkedIn: Five Dos and Don'ts http://ping.fm/mCIYP

[Mobile & Wireless] iPhone apps that foretell the future http://ping.fm/cYabT

RT @dbarefoot: Today I'm going to my first ever gay rap opera. Oh, no, hang on, my second. Er, definitely less than five: http://tr.im/hgd7

[Presentation Magic] Free subscription to Inside Microsoft Powerpoint http://ping.fm/zKCTH

[Experience Design] Ikea offers downloadable software to help you plan kitchen, bedroom, office layouts http://ping.fm/wctpN

[TechComm Movie] Bored housewife attempts to lure agoraphobic technical writer out of his apartment and into NYC http://ping.fm/Fj8jb

[Fonts as Entertainment] Helvetica: The Movie http://ping.fm/iKGqF

[Music] Still the coolest music discover tool on the web (tip: start with Disco channel and see how it works) http://musicovery.com/

[Marketing] What are Personalized URLS anyway? (video) http://ping.fm/yyyi8

[Marketing] Don't believe me. Check out case study of PURLs and VDP from Caterpillar's marketing programs: http://ping.fm/DAOOK

[Marketing] Close more deals and increase marketing success metrics when you personalize offers; VDP is amazing! http://ping.fm/O46On

[Web Content] Content Management Systems and the Changing Web Landscape: Interview with Robert Bredlau, e-Spirit http://ping.fm/LDkOS

[DITA] Free legacy content conversion - Word, Frame, Interleaf - to DITA at DocTrain West. Up to 25 pages. Integrated Technologies booth.

[Workplace] 13 most annoying people to work with http://ping.fm/DBvBi

[Mobile] iPhone SDK Development: Tapping into Apple's New Audio Foundation Class (webinar) March 12, 1pm ET http://ping.fm/r6xsn

[Collaboration] Testing Zoho wiki: http://ping.fm/NKPOr

[Marketing] In these tough economic times, I have no idea why marketers aren't using PURLs and VDP: http://ping.fm/RL7Iu

[Web Content Management] Looking for bloggers to cover Web Content 2009 Chicago, June 15-16. Free ticket to event. Contact scottabel@mac.com

[Content Professionals] Join The Content Wrangler Community; nearly 3,000 members so far: http://ping.fm/ryNQE

[Web Advertising] Judging more Internet ads today for the Web Marketing Association: http://ping.fm/seq5W

[Jobs] Digital Archivists, Now in Demand: http://ping.fm/PPpfk

[Embedding Documents] Anyone know of any services like http://www.Scribd.com??

[User Assistance] What do you think of this online help site from MadCap Software? http://ping.fm/G4wDy

[Documentation Strings] Single-sourcing Training Exercises with Sphinx: http://ping.fm/VdKsy (Thanks Janet Swisher, Techie Tech Writer)

[Social Media] When a new service launches, claim your personal and corporate brand; you never know what the next Twitter, Facebook will be!