Eric Greenspan

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February 2010

Twitter in Plain English

by Eric Greenspan on February 26, 2010

Twitter Spam in Mentions, Replies and DM: Here’s Why YOU Send Them

February 25, 2010

Curious how you get so many spam messages in Twitter? It’s not rocket science. I just got this one: “hi, i’m 24/female/horny… i have to get off here but message me on my windows live messenger name…” You probably did too. I know @mayhemstudios, @marshacollier and @TopBrokerOC did (thanks you three!).
So, how does this happen? [...]

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#140conf LA Meetup #2 at the Comedy Store (brought to you by Make It Work)

February 23, 2010

Hello again! We had a blast together in December at our first #140conf LA Meetup at Yahoo! didn’t we? Thanks to Jeff Pulver for another great event. Well, we couldn’t leave well enough alone so we’re gonna do it again and this time, it will be bigger and better. Once again, I’ll be your co-host [...]

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No Longer a TED Virgin

February 19, 2010

I posted about TED before the event. I was skeptical. I was concerned that this elitest group of smart people would be getting together to one up each other on who is smarter. I was right. It is elitest, they are smart and I had right to be skeptical. That said, they share all their [...]

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Off to TEDActive 2010 in Palm Springs

February 5, 2010

TED…a conference where people tell interesting short stories of their experiences in life. These are Ideas Worth Spreading, according to TED’s mission. Ideas Worth Spreading huh? I shall soon confirm.
TED is 50 or so 18 minute “unrehearsed” presentations from some of the biggest names in the world and some that few have ever heard of, all [...]

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Who Do you Complain to About the Better Business Bureau?

February 2, 2010

What is the Better Business Bureau? It’s not a government agency. It’s not policed by a government agency. It’s not even run like a top down corporation. It’s a franchise model, run by local “owners” or “President/CEOs.” It is a private institution run by local presidents that make their living on selling local merchants on [...]

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To Dual or not to Dual with Displays

February 1, 2010

This has been driving me nuts. What is Dual Link DVI and which Apple adapter do I need?
Here’s the answer:
A dual link dvi adapter supports resolutions higher than 1900×1200, up to resolutions of 2560 by 1600 pixels to be exact.
While some TVs or displays support up to 1900 x 1080 (1080i or 1080p). For resolutions [...]

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