So I totally saw Pete post this on Facebook yesterday while I was in transit ...
For real ... Pete ... I can't stand it. Someone THAT attractive cannot possibly be that smart and into social media. This is just such a crime against the laws of nature!! BAHHHHHH!!!
No disrespect @mostlylisa - I think you're like crazy stupid beautiful, and ya'll like totally get it on, but the rest of us can dream .... #swoon
Holy crap. I was sitting here at Coffee Bean in Century City just browsing Mashable when I came across this amazing article: The 10 Most Powerful Tweets of 2010. I shit you not when I say that this article is moving. It really goes to show you how powerful social media is. From political campaigns to literally saving lives, social media has change the world we live in forever. I know there are a lot of skeptics out there, but you really have to try it before you judge. The thing about social media is it relates to you how you want it to relate to you. I know I'm preaching to the choir here. It's just so amazing. Let me share one of the top 10 tweets with you:
Twitter to the rescue: When she crashed her bike in a forest with no cell phone reception, a gravely injured triathlete saved her own life when she tweeted out a desperate call for help.
Guys, check out the original article. It's absolutely phenomenal. Here's the link one more time. The 10 Most Powerful Tweets of 2010.
Also, don't forget to follow me on Twitter and friend me on Facebook!
tntml | tagged 2010, mashable, morgan merrill, talk nerdy to me lover, top 10 tweets of 2010, twitter | BWAHAHAHA!!! @PeteCashmore just posted this on Facebook, and I am in LOOOOVVVVVEEEEEEEE!!!
Read read read!!
Per Guardian: My name is Pete Cashmore and I am the most influential man on Twitter. Except I'm not. I'm not even on Twitter. You see, I, Pete Cashmore, am the most influential man on Twitter. As a result, I, Pete Cashmore, can't be on Twitter.
Before this gets any more irritating, I should explain that there are two of me. There is me, Pete Cashmore (Wolverhampton), occasional Guardian contributor and jobbing hack, 37 years old, frumpy, just about getting by, but until about 2006, pretty much the journalistic Pete Cashmore. Then, along came Pete Cashmore (Scotland), 24 years old, matinee idol good-looking, a social media specialist and already a millionaire. Other Pete Cashmore was recently declared the most influential man on Twitter – I know this because my colleagues decorated the office with the clippings – with more than two million followers. Facebook groups have been set up devoted to his chisel-jawed cuteness and millpond-at-midnight eyes. He is the Adonis of social media. He is also the bane of my existence.
Other Pete Cashmore casts a long shadow over my life – it's tricky when you're not only not the most successful writer in the world, you're not even the most successful writer in the world with your own name. When Forbes magazine declared him the third most influential person on the internet, I had CNN and Sky News ringing me at 9am on a Saturday morning for interviews. I don't even know how they got my number, I just know that it is a thoroughly dispiriting experience to explain to a US news reporter that there's another Pete Cashmore out there who is better than you.
I resisted Twitter partly because I am a luddite, but mainly because I associate it with Other Pete Cashmore (who, naturally, I hate). Eventually, my girlfriend yelled at me so much about missed networking possibilities that I signed up (as "notpetecashmore") and within an hour, the first three followers I got were all, curiously, nubile young American women. They all, of course, thought I was him. So I threw a hissy-fit and left, which, given that I have a girlfriend who yells at me and an "in" with nubile young Americans, even now seems a rash decision.
Anyway, I'd like to take this opportunity to announce that I, Pete Cashmore, am not Pete Cashmore. Pete Cashmore is better than me. Pete Cashmore is better than I'll ever be, and I'll bet Pete Cashmore's tweets are better than mine would have been, too.
BALLSACK!! I went to go follow @NotPeteCashmore on twitter and this is what greeted me ...
OHH BUGGAR!!!! BAHHHHHHHH!!
Alrite, Mashable and TechCrunch have totally been going at it over the last 24 hours or so in regards to the so-called plans for a Facebook phone.
Per TechCrunch:
Facebook is building a mobile phone, says a source who has knowledge of the project. Or rather, they’re building the software for the phone and working with a third party to actually build the hardware. Which is exactly what Apple and everyone else does, too.
It was a little less than a year ago that we broke the news that Google was working on a phone of its own – which was eventually revealed as the Nexus One. It was about that time, says out source, that Facebook first became concerned about the increasing power of the iPhone and Android platforms. And that awesome Facebook apps for those phones may not be enough to counter a long term competitive threat.
Specifically, Facebook wants to integrate deeply into the contacts list and other core functions of the phone. It can only do that if it controls the operating system.
Two high level Facebook employees – Joe Hewitt and Matthew Papakipos – are said to be secretly working on the project, which is unknown even to most Facebook staff.
Both have deep operating system experience.
And then Mashable released the following statement from a Facebook representative:
“The story, which originated in Techcrunch, is not accurate. Facebook (
) is not building a phone. Our approach has always been to make phones and apps more social. Current projects include include everything from an HTML5 version of the site to apps on major platforms to full Connect support with SDKs to deeper integrations with some manufacturers. Our view is that almost all experiences would be better if they were social, so integrating deeply into existing platforms and operating systems is a good way to enable this. For an example, check out Connect for iPhone and the integration we have with contact syncing through our iPhone app. Another example is the INQ1 phone with Facebook integration (the first so-called ‘Facebook Phone’). The people mentioned in the story are working on these projects. The bottom line is that whenever we work on a deep integration, people want to call it a ‘Facebook Phone’ because that’s such an attractive soundbite, but building phones is just not what we do.”
Alrite alrite alrite ... I get it. However, how quickly we all forget that Google said the same darn thing when rumors of a google phone started surfacing in 2007.
Here's my take on what is going on ... I do think Facebook is working on something, but what classifies a device as a phone anymore?
I tell people all the time, the best way to reach me is always through social media. I normally have my phone on vibrate, as I cannot stand being disturbed when I'm working on a project. My take is Facebook is going to be working on device, but it will not technically be an actual phone. Let's face it, we don't really need it anymore. Between twitter, facebook, foursquare, and skype - if someone wants to get a hold of you, it is relatively easy to use ANY of the free social media platforms. Dude, I did it with my ipod touch. I downloaded skype, got a pair of headphones with a mic, and got free international calls. It was so rad!!! I pay $135 a month for my cell phone. WHHHYY???? I only use it for my social media apps when I'm out and about. I literally make 3 maybe 4 actual phone calls a week. So, why am I paying that much for my phone?!?!?!?!!?! It's OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!!!! So yes, I do think there will be a device launched under the Facebook umbrella in the very, very, very near future. It will have wifi, and not a standard "telephone" operating system. I think it would be an incredibly big hit - and I know I would certainly be interested in getting one. Welcome to the future, baby!!!
Good job Marky Mark and your Facebook bunch!!
Oh baby, I love it when you pout at me like that.
*drool*
My favorite of most favoritest sites ever Mashable turns 5 today. In honor of that day ... I'd like to give the folks over there a little love nerd style ...
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