In a study of Twitter, a microblogging service used by millions of people from high school students to national elected officials, Mor Naaman and Jeffrey Boase found that 80 percent of regular users are “meformers,” people who use the platform to post updates on their everyday activities, social lives, feelings, thoughts and emotions. The remaining 20 percent – “informers” – share information, have larger social networks and are more interactive with their followers.

—Ah, I see. Messrs Naaman and Boase have scientifically reduced social networking to “people who are doing it right” and “webcocks”.

This is just to samhey

I have drunk
the Grape Crush
that was in
the icebox

and which
reminded you
of your mother
in the country

Forgive me
it was delicious
so fizzy
and so cold

Now that the medium is evaporating, publishers have nothing left to sell. Some seem to think they’re going to sell content—that they were always in the content business, really. But they weren’t, and it’s unclear whether anyone could be.

—Paul Graham has some smart thoughts on the current shift in media right now.

Magazine publishers want to build a Hulu for print

Unlike music and video, though, most of the problems of delivering text and ads have already been figured out – via the browser. Unless they’re planning on shrouding their content in magical DRM that they expect to also be completely interoperable, in which case, best of luck with that.

Clearly, the death panels and public plan arguments have been overblown

—Former Senate majority leader Bill Frist on Republican reaction to healthcare reform. It’s a shame he didn’t show that kind of level-headed judgment during the Schiavo debacle.

My favorite of a host of awesomely bad engagement photos. [via my future sister-in-law]

The nature of the personal computer is simply not fully understood by companies like Apple (or anyone else for that matter). Apple makes the arrogant assumption of thinking that it knows what you want and need. It, unfortunately, leaves the “why” out of the equation — as in “why would I want this?” The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a ‘mouse’. There is no evidence that people want to use these things. I don’t want one of these new fangled devices.

—John C. Dvorak in 1984, reviewing the original Macintosh. How that idiot has made a living as a technology writer for 25 years is a total mystery to me. Anyone who regularly reads his column, or any publication that would pay for such stupidity, is equally pointless.

Makes sense

Tamura Jones has a fantastic overview of Google Chrome Frame

What it is, how to detect and support it, how to force it via the Windows registry. Excellent, detailed overview - if you have to support IE, you should read this.

Only in America can you make that much money crying. Glenn Beck is not aligned with any party. He is aligned with cynicism and there has always been a market for cynics.

—Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on consummate whiner and FOX news golden boy Glenn Beck. Senator Graham must feel increasingly lonely in his own party.