Throughout my years of working in Social Media, the topic has repeatedly turned to the subject of Social Bookmarking. If you’re like me, you’ve probably heard some of the following questions too:
- I don’t understand how to do it?
- Why would I want to post that?
- Can search engines spider these links?
- I just don’t understand, why would anyone want to see my favorite sites?
Well today, some of the biggest social bookmarking sites are upping the anti. A prime example is Reddit, a leading name in the space, who has announced the creation of a new feature that allows you to utilize an open source version that can be hosted on your own domain with customizable features including look and feel.
According to Mashable.com, the move follows news last week that Ma.gnolia was going open source, and word earlier this summer that Digg is working on their own offering to let users create their own custom social news sites.
While some argue that social bookmarking is dying, the new wave of open source versions allow the general public to add customizable platforms to expand their own sites, thus breathing new life into the art of tagging sites for the benefit of an entire community.
What’s going on in Hollywood these days? After only 8 weeks of marriage, Chris Kattan and his wife have filed for separation. Shocking for a couple that was engaged since December 2006.
And yet another cast has been announced for the newest season of Dancing With the Stars, which is set to begin on September 22nd.
This season’s cast includes:
LANCE BASS
TONI BRAXTON
BROOKE BURKE
ROCCO DISPIRITO
MAURICE GREENE
KIM KARDASHIAN
CLORIS LEACHMAN
CODY LINLEY
SUSAN LUCCI
MISTY MAY-TREANOR
TED MCGINLEY
JEFFREY ROSS
WARREN SAPP
In March I wrote a brief post about a 2-year old who passed away after he was allegedly crushed by an obese relative.
Today, police don’t know how to take her to jail! Although a grand jury believes that the woman should face murder charges, authorities are unclear as to how to transfer the 1,000 lb 27-year old to the court house due to her massive size.
Apparently, the bedridden woman cannot fit out her front door, let alone into a jail cell. One has to wonder if that is already punishment enough.
The 2008 Summer Olympics in China are awesome so far, right? Records are being broken, political leaders are gathering, and 41 year old Dana Torres will be the oldest female swimmer in the history of the Olympic games. Yet, I am disappointed to find that all of this good news is overshadowed by some disturbing bad events.
To begin with, there was the stabbing of 2 US tourists which lead to the death of Todd Bachman, father of 2004 volleyball Olympian Elisabeth Bachman. His wife, Barbara, was also seriously injured during the attack at a popular Beijing tourist site.
The latest news out of Beijing is that some of China’s female gymnasts may be underage! Bela Karolyi, coach of the US female Olympic gymnastics team, has made it clear that he believes the Chinese competitors are under the age of 16 when Olympic rules state that athletes must be at least 16 during the calendar year in which the Olympics take place. They sure do look young, don’t they?
Dark Knight is an awesome movie. Go see it!
Angelina Jolie gave birth to twins on Saturday. Brad Pitt was at the hospital in Nice, France during the Cesarean operation to give birth to a boy, Knox Leon, and a girl, Vivienne Marcheline.
Mother and babies are said to be doing well.
What are your plans for the 4th of July holiday weekend? Beaches, picnics, BBQ parties, pools, family, friends… you name it and no doubt it’s a summertime tradition. Yet with today’s economy, you can’t help but reconsider travel plans due to soaring gas prices. Food costs have risen, entertainment expenses cost more, and travelling (whether to a distant relatives or to a special vacation destination) is through the roof.
The issue is at such a disappointing state that CNN Money is reporting that travel for the 4th of July weekend is expected to decrease 1.3% since last year. AAA estimates that 40.45 million drivers will travel during the holiday weekend, which is down from the 41 million who traveled last year.
Another interesting gas fact: Missouri has the lowest gas prices at $3.850 per gallon and Alaska has the highest gas prices at $4.611 per gallon.
Who likes to shop? I do, I do!!! Yet sometimes I get frustrated when I have 10 browsers open and I’m flipping between different sites looking for the best deal. Earlier this week I stumbled upon a new site called Red Plum, which just might be a solution to every girl’s shopping dilemmas.
Redplum.com is a single destination with special offers, deals, product information, and coupons for products and services that are local and relevant to you. Red Plum has already done the dirty work to find the best offers, deals, and products to feature in one place, so that you can easily enjoy the savings, splurge on the fun things, and spend more time doing the things that matter.
You can quickly search through a wide variety of categories to find valued offers, expert advice, fun tips and recommendations that are relevant to you. As you find great offers, you can easily print them out, save them for later or even share them with family and friends!
Happy shopping!
Per Fox News, the sad news out of New York on Saturday reports that a Vogue cover model, Ruslana Korshunova, 20 has passed away from an apparent suicide. The model, from the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, fell from her apartment building in the Financial District in New York City.