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The true meaning of Twitter (CNN Money)
I am sitting in a meeting room at the San Francisco offices of Twitter, chatting with the fast-growing startup's 31-year-old CEO, Jack Dorsey, when a wave of déjà vu washes over me. The youthful vibe, the playful decor, the funky South of Market loft space - I've been here before. In 2005, Mark Zuckerberg earnestly explained to me the importance of Facebook as we sat in his similarly appointed ... Almanac (The State)
MEETINGS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COLUMBIA CLEMSON CLUB: Noon Wednesday at Seawell’s on Rosewood Drive. Guest speaker will be Will Merritt. Tickets are $20; to make a reservation, send a check payable to the Columbia Clemson Club, P.O. Box 2242, Columbia, SC 29202 or e-mail mtaylor@mcnair.net PALMETTO PERSONAL COMPUTER CLUB: 6-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, at Capital Senior Center, 1650 ... Not my bag: Wasting less food without plastic (BBC News)
An interesting side effect of giving up new plastic is that, so far, I am wasting less food. This is because I, like the majority of the human race, am inherently lazy and if I can foresee that something is going to cause me extra effort, I will avoid it. Business Bulletin Board for Aug. 3 (Contra Costa Times)
This weekn Walnut Creek Recreation — "Patents and Products," 7:15-9:15 p.m. today. Workshop on new product development and patent protection. Heather Farm Community Center, 301 N. Around Rim Country/Community Almanac (The Payson Roundup)
Start gathering your best spellers for the 3rd Annual Community Spelling Bee, sponsored by the Rim Country Literacy Program. The event is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 23 at St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church. Business Bulletin Board for Aug. 3 (Contra Costa Times)
Bulletin boardlistings are free but limited to nonprofit organizations announcing events costing less than $200 to attend. An expanded version of the bulletin board can be found on-line at www. Solzhenitsyn, Literary Giant Who Defied Soviets, Dies at 89 (The Lexington Dispatch)
The Nobel Prize-winning author, whose literary struggles revealed the afflictions of Soviet Communism, has died. Thunderman foresakes humans for storms (USA Today)
Tad Staples savors summer, especially afternoons when the cumulus clouds pile up like dumplings before turning gray and ugly. He likes when the atmosphere above Florida develops late afternoon indigestion. Start-up, samfind, Launches Customizable Startpage to Compete with Google, Yahoo & MSN (PRWeb)
Upstart samfind - http://samfind.com - launches a customizable startpage that is more versatile than that of proprietary sites like Google, Yahoo and MSN giving users complete control over the websites to which they have instant access. (PRWeb Aug 4, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/samfind/startpage/prweb1167214.htm Start-up, samfind, Launches Customizable Startpage to Compete with Google, Yahoo & MSN (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Upstart samfind - http://samfind.com - launches a customizable startpage that is more versatile than that of proprietary sites like Google, Yahoo and MSN giving users complete control over the websites to which they have instant access.
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