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Wins and Fails This Week in Geek v 13

by Dina Ely
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Wins and Fails This Week in Geek v 13

Who says #13 is unlucky? This week has given us a plethora of wins and fails to gleefully dissect, from mass firings at MySpace to social networking space robots to sex on Mars. Hey, at least somebody’s getting lucky with that last one. Let’s dig in. FAIL: Job Security Again. This seems to be a recurring theme in our weekly updates. Perhaps, given the economy and the fickle nature of the Internet, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to see 47% of MySpace’s employees sacked this week. It’s even less of a surprise since, at least to me, MySpace’s decline has been fairly evident for some time. 500 employees lost Read more »

Wins and Fails This Week in Geek v. 3

by Dina Ely
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Wins and Fails This Week in Geek v. 3

That’s right – it’s that time again – time to reflect on the week’s happenings in glorious geekdom. Let’s jump right in. WIN: Zombie fans Last week I featured digital zombies, but this week I have to give a shout out to fellow zombie fans as we quiver and light up cigarettes in the afterglow of Resident Evil 3D – but more to the point, The Walking Dead panel at the New York Comic Con. The panel was so jam packed it took a good 45+ minutes to seat the attendees, and the reception everyone involved with the television show received proved just how much people adore a good zombie Read more »

This Is What Happens When Social Networks Are Made Into Movies

by Noemi Twigg
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This Is What Happens When Social Networks Are Made Into Movies

News about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s life being made into a movie spread earlier this year – with people having different reactions.  Some are quite excited about it, others merely chuckle at the thought.  What’s for sure is that it is getting a lot of attention. The movie is due to be released in October, and in July, we saw the full trailer of The Social Network. Here it is, in case you didn’t get to see it. I have to admit – in spite of the overly dramatic treatment, the trailer makes the movie seem interesting. This is not the main reason for this post, though. The release of Read more »

Debunking the MySpace Myth of 100 Million Users

by Barbarian
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Debunking the MySpace Myth of 100 Million Users

The hype around the ‘web 2.0′ buzzword continues to grow and grow. From bullshit statements like 85% of college students use Facebook (umm no, that was when less than half of US colleges were supported, yet everyone continues to cite that magical number) to PhotoBucket drives 2% of US internet traffic (again, umm no – peak traffic is no reflection of sustained throughput), no one seems to be fact checking any more. The latest annoyance has been the self-indulgent claim of web 2.0 bloggers that MySpace has 100,000,000 users. Interestingly, this specific headline says accounts, but the article and subsequent articles all say users. I would say that anyone with Read more »