Tag Archives: social media

The 39 Types of People You Will Meet on Twitter and Facebook

I would add something pithy, perhaps a sub-type they missed, but this about sums it up. Oh, wait! And hashtag abusers, you know the ones…. #TCOT #Right #Conservative #Palin. And I just thought of another one – the people who share links in bulk, so a chunk of 8 tweets from the same person will show up in a row, ...

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Social Media Monopoly Board Game

Starring Mark Zuckerberg as Rich Uncle Pennybags! The goal is simple. Buy as much stock in the social media properties scattered across the board until you control all of the game’s money. Just watch out. You don’t want to land on Paypal or wind-up locked up in MySpace oblivion. Land on the wrong space and you’ll wind up backtraced by ...

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Social Networking Mouse Pads Remind You To Update Your Status

Not that you need any help to further your procrastination, but these Social Networking Mouse Pads, inspired by the design of Facebook and Twitter, will never let you forget your favorite social network. In other words, plan to never get another shred of work done, ever. But the creators of these pads have added a dose of wit to their ...

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Twitter Cake Wishes Social Media Gurus Happy Birthday

If you’re one of the millions of self-proclaimed “gurus” patrolling the Internetz, chances are that you’re on Twitter, spreading your wise guru words far and wide. In fact, chances are good that Twitter is your main stream of communication to your thousands of�followers�(whom all also happen to be gurus). If asked what your preferred tool of internet communication happens to ...

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Social Media Logos: Christmas Edition

The holiday’s are finally upon us. Not that there’s anyway you DIDN’T know that. We’ve been utterly gavaged, literally force-fed holiday spirit since early-November. And we’re not talking just in our everyday life, but social networking sites have gone absolutely holiday crazy as well. We thought in the geeky spirit of the holidays, we might as well share a collection ...

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Obama is a Twitter Fraud

I am shocked… SHOCKED about the recent revelation that Obama has not authored any of his 418 tweets posted to his Twitter account, @BarackObama. Doesn’t he have a free second between ruling the free world and meeting with world leaders to fill us in about… oh I don’t know… what he’s eating for lunch, maybe? While in China, Obama was ...

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7,000 Posts Later

If you can believe it, Gearfuse has now officially posted 7,000 (!!!) posts. It’s been a hell of a journey and we expect to be around, at the very least, for 7,000 more. Here’s a hardy thank you for sticking around through the highest highs and the lowest lows. We hope you join us on our continued voyage through the ...

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Is This Screenshot Proof of iTunes 9 Social Networking Integration?

According to BGR, this screenshot taken from Facebook shows the upcoming social networking interaction offered by iTunes 9, expected to be announced at Apple’s September 9, 2009 special event. While the screenshot clearly shows notifications for new songs added to the iTunes library and the creation of a playlist, I wonder how far Apple has gone with the social interaction. ...

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