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April 13, 2008

Twitter Accounts For Sale, Google App Engine Launches, Business Development 2.0, PageFlakes In Trouble? & Online Rep Tracking

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Paperwork
Photo of the Week: With tax day looming on April 15th, I spent many hours this past week & weekend going through and organizing paperwork just like the photo above taken by Camilo Rueda López which resulted in less time to blog.

SOMEWHAT FRANK Weekly Tidbits: 4.13.2008

Can You Sell A Twitter Account?
Stowe Boyd offers a good description and perspective on Andrew Baron’s auctioning off of his twitter account on eBay.

A Guide to Business Development 2.0
Alex Iskold offers some perspective on Business Development 2.0

Google Maps The Chicago Transit Authority
Being a Chicago native I thought that the recent launch of the Google Maps CTA site might be something that could come in handy.

Google App Engine Launches: Goes Directly After Amazon
CenterNetworks overs the launch of the Google App Engine. I snagged a beta account too but to be totally frank, I have not had a chance to build an app yet. :)

Clock Ticking On Pageflakes?
Just like the clock is ticking on your time to get your tax returns filed, Om Malik examines personalized web page startup PageFlakes as they are rumored to be running low on cash and will soon be gone unless it can find a buyer.

10 Easy Steps To Auto Monitor Your Online Reputation
Paul Banas offers some insight on how to leverage Technorati and Google Alerts to monitor your reputation but I would have to add Twitter to the list. It offers near real-time online conversations about just about everything and all you have to do is track and the term you are looking to follow.

Virginia Schools Start To Teach Internet Safety
Zinie Chen Sampson of the Associated Press is reporting that grade schools in the state of Virginia have begun teaching classes in general Internet safety. Now if the tobacco state could just get on top of safety in restaurants and bars by passing no smoking laws and save the lives of non-smoking full grown adults too.

Favorite Education Blogs of 2008
The WashingtonPost.com lists some of its favorite education blogs of 2008. Worth a look if you are in education.

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