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        <title>Microblogging has become mainstream.</title>
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        <description><p>Please read the article &#34;How the Web is Changing Work&#34; by Chris Garrett
<a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2008/06/21/how-the-web-is-changing-work/">http://www.blogherald.com/2008/06/21/how-the-web-is-changing-work/</a></p>

<p>Very insightfull article ! I like the way twitter has been mentioned, BTW.</p>

<p>First time I find a mention of a microblog in an article not about microblogging or social networking but on a larger topic.</p>

<p>Conclusion: twitter/microblogging has gone mainstream.</p>

<p>Pieter Jansegers
<a href="http://microblogs.ning.com">microblogs.ning.com</a></p>
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        <title>Toilet whirpools circle in opposite directions in the northern and southern hemisphere.</title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 22:18:34 MDT</pubDate>
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        <title>People who talk on cell-phones while driving are just as dangerous as drunk drivers.</title>
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        <description><p>A study conducted by the University of Utah indicated that someone talking on a cell-phone (even if it's hands-free), is more likely to cause an accident than someone who is slightly above the legal blood-alcohol limit.</p>

<p>A summary of the study results can be found in the article 
<a href="http://unews.utah.edu/p/?r=062206-1">&#34;Drivers on Cell Phones Are as Bad as Drunks&#34;</a>.</p>
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        <title>Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player ever.</title>
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        <title>Internet services are born, live, prosper and die.</title>
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        <description><p><strong>Internet services are living things,</strong></p>

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<li><p>they interact with their environment,</p></li>
<li><p>they consume energy and </p></li>
<li><p>they live on through their genes: the basic concept of the service itself.</p></li>
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<p><strong>Some examples:</strong></p>

<ul>
<li><p>Netscape died this month. But its gene still lives in the next generation of Firefox.</p></li>
<li><p>Napster did die too, but it still has revolutionized the music industry. Court case against it, have been a Pyrus' Victory.</p></li>
<li><p>Altavista, DMOZ, Second Life might be dying at the moment.</p></li>
<li><p>Del.icio.us is alive and kicking. </p></li>
<li><p>Ning.com and Google prosper like Knol is announced(see the Ning based social platform <a href="http://www.knolstuff.com/">Knolstuff</a>  ).</p></li>
<li><p>babl.nl just is born <a href="http://webosophy.babl.nl">webosophy babl</a></p></li>
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<p>Just a <a href="http://webosophy.ning.com/">Webosoph Idea</a></p>
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        <title>Antarctica is a desert.</title>
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        <title>Alberto Santos-Dumont invented the airplane.</title>
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        <title>Barry Bonds never used performance enhancing drugs.</title>
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