Marcos Figueira

Existe vida além do Twitter

admin — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:15:41 +0000

Com o sucesso do Twitter já era de se esperar o surgimento de inúmeras outras plataformas e soluções similares. Tais ofertas, incluem funcionalidades variadas, adicionais ao Twitter. Confira a seguir 12 opções selecionadas:

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Sobre a Sorte

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:19:24 +0000

vale lembrar a frase antológica de Lee Trevino, um dos golfistas de maior sucesso no mundo. Após uma tacada longa e precisa, uma voz feminina gritou da arquibancada: “Que sorte!”. E Trevino respondeu em voz baixa, mas perto dos microfones: “É minha senhora…quanto mais eu treino, mais sorte eu tenho.”

As contradições de Lula

admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:21:26 +0000

Twitting for Vanity?

admin — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:36:25 +0000

A Micro-Ethnographic of Twitter Usage
by Marcos Figueira

About fifty years ago, Andy Warhol anticipated that everyone would be famous for fifteen minutes. The willingness for fame is intrinsically related to vanity itself.

In the realm of the digital age, the barriers today for vanity (self) publishing, thanks to the advance of digital technologies, notably the internet, are incredibly low. Blogs, personal web pages and the social networking spaces (MySpace, Facebook, Orkut, Twitter etcetera), could be viewed as an enormous vanity arena, overflowing with amateur publishers, self-appointed authors and the most diverse self-centered personalities.
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There is life beyond YouTube

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:30:13 +0000

Actually there are many other website that offer user the ability to upload their videos. Some offer even a better compression rate and quality than YouTube itself (like Vimeo). Check out some of the options:
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Collected Quotes from Albert Einstein

admin — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:34:03 +0000

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.
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Atraente X Atrativo

admin — Sat, 09 May 2009 20:39:00 +0000

Eu sinceramente ando com os ouvidos cansados de ouvir repórteres e jornalistas cometerem tantas barbaridades contra a língua portuguesa. Um dos erros nais frequentes é utilização correta de atraente ou atrativo.
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Pérolas do Twitter

admin — Sat, 09 May 2009 20:29:44 +0000

Definitivamente as pessoas não sabem mais escrever…
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Moving a Wordpress Blog From One Domain and Host to Another

admin — Sat, 02 May 2009 13:12:19 +0000

Moving a blog from one hosting provider to another is not that difficult of a task, but changing domains in the process can be a headache. There are six main steps, which this article will walk you through:
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The Origin of the Swine Flu

admin — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:20:06 +0000

ou a origem da gripe suína (br-pt).