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links for 2008-12-08

nobody@vox.com(Andy Glover) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:04:27 -0600

How Children Cope With Failure Great Article about how we set our Children up for failure by not allowing them to fail today (tags: Children failure community tools)

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How Children Cope With Failure

nobody@vox.com(Andy Glover) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:00:44 -0600

Found a great article at a site I read regularly. I was going to post on this, but VA does a much better job than I do. (BTW, If strong language makes you wince, you may want to refrain from reading, but it’s your loss) How Children Cope With...

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LifeCast - iPhone/iPod Touch App

nobody@vox.com(Andy Glover) — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:03:48 -0600

LifeCast is a new app for the iPhone/iPod Touch created by SleepyDog Ltd. It is, essentially what is says it is in the name, a blogging and journaling application that will allow you to keep a running journal on your life’s events, or publish t...

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Simplify!

nobody@vox.com(Andy Glover) — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:03:21 -0600

As I continue to think of the madness that was Black Friday here in the US, my mind goes back to a decision my wife and I made about 3 years ago. We agreed we had way too much stuff when it took a fully loaded tractor trailor to move us from p...

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Why Twitter will always be the “One” or, “Marsha, Marsha, Marsha”

nobody@vox.com(Andy Glover) — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:52:30 -0600

In the old TV show “The Brady Bunch”, Jan Brady always feels she has to live forever in the shadow of Marsha, her older, better looking, and more popular sister. She is always trying to outdo Marsha and get the attention to center on her inste...

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Trying A New App

nobody@vox.com(Andy Glover) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:04:58 -0600

I am trying out a new iPod/iPhone app called LifeCasting. I will review it at a later time. Posted with LifeCast

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The “Perfect” Big Brother - Twitter

nobody@vox.com(Andy Glover) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:45:25 -0600

I can’t begin a series of posts on social web sites, without first looking at the one every site ALWAYS gets compared to over and over again - Twitter. I go to a new site and it’s “Well, Twitter does it this way” and “I like the way Twitter ha...

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Social Media Overload?

nobody@vox.com(Andy Glover) — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:45:13 -0600

Hi, My name is Andy, and I am a Social Site Addict. If there is a new site, chances are I am on it or will be shortly. From Twitter, to Pownce, from Jaiku to Plurk, From Rejaw to Delicious, if it is out there I will find it, join it, use it f...

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Does It All Lead To The Same End?

nobody@vox.com(Andy Glover) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:39:57 -0600

For this post, I am moving, temporally to a more philosophical stance. I will return to the Technical/social shortly. 30 years ago this week, I was only 10 years old, but I remember hearing the awful news report of the Jonestown mass suicide l...

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Getting ready to go vote.I ...

nobody@vox.com(Andy Glover) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:52:00 -0600

Getting ready to go vote.I haven't posted much about the election, but I encourage you to go vote if you can or don't complain later!

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