Twitters New HomePage

twitter has debuted the new homepage tonight…Hmmm I dont really like it as far as look BUT it does serve the purpose and its practical and right to the point.  With whats going on being the focus of twitter…a search makes allot of sense…that is the bread and butter of twitter. Especially if they can figure out how to monetize that aspect of it.

Aside from a Straight FWd search area it shows you what the popular trends are so….for use I give it a 10 But  As far as looks…it just has not grown on me!

Talk is Not Cheap - A list Talk Personalities

I was surfing the wed and came across this list of the earnings of some of our favorite talk personalities. it takes the saying talk is cheap to a whole other level. Check out the earnings for the year!… Now the sums are made up of all types of income which are a result of their appearances so we can say they are pros at multitasking!

List of 12 Top-Earning Personalities:

Amazon Buys Zappos for 800 Million

Amazon recently purchased zappos.com for 800mil.   Why does it matter..well it doesn’t but this gives me a chance to make  a point about Biz. Everyone knows Amazon for being  a powerhouse of a online company but yet they still operate other sites outside of the core model. Many do not know that amazon runs Endless.com which compete with zappos or the numerous side projects they  have done and continue to operate. My point is that no matter what your are doing. it is smart to venture into other projects becuase you never know when your star company may take a fall. below is a list of all the Amazon activity that has occurred over the years that the generic public never really pays attention to! So when you have a great idea and you think…..no i am doing fine with my current business.  Just remember..if you want to really grow you need to keep on the grind no matter how good or bad you are doing!

• In April 1998, Amazon bought the Internet Movie Database (IMDb).
• In August 1998, Amazon bought Cambridge, Massachusetts-based PlanetAll for 800,000 shares of Amazon stock. PlanetAll operated a web-based address book, calendar, and reminder service. In the same deal, Amazon acquired Sunnyvale-based Junglee.com, an XML-based data mining startup for 1.6 million shares of Amazon stock. The two deals together were valued at about $280 million at the time.
• In June 1999, Amazon bought Alexa Internet, Accept.com, and Exchange.com in a set of stock deals worth approximately $645 million.
• In 2003, Amazon purchased the rival online music retailer CD Now.
• In 2004, Amazon purchased Joyo.com, a Chinese e-commerce website. It also debuted A9.com, a company focused on researching and building innovative technology.
• In March 2005, Amazon acquired BookSurge, a print on demand company, and Mobipocket.com, an eBook software company.
• In July 2005, Amazon purchased CreateSpace.com (formerly CustomFlix), a Scotts Valley, California-based distributor of on-demand DVDs.^[37] Since the acquisition, CreateSpace has expanded its on-line services to include on-demand books and CDs, as well as video downloads. On July 30, 2007, the National Archives announced that it would make thousands of historic films available for purchase through CreateSpace.^[38]
• In February 2006, Amazon acquired Shopbop, a Madison, Wisconsin-based retailer of designer clothing and accessories for women.^[39]
• In May 2007, Amazon acquired dpreview.com, a London-based digital photography review website created by Phil Askey as his personal hobby website and Brilliance Audio, the largest independent publisher of audiobooks in the United States.^[40]
• In January 2007 created Endless.com, a separate e-commerce brand focusing on shoes^[41].
• In January 2008, Amazon announced that it would acquire audiobook provider Audible.com for $300 million in cash.
• In June 2008, Amazon announced that it had acquired Fabric.com, an online fabric store.^[42]
• In July 2008, Amazon’s IMDb subsidiary purchased Box Office Mojo, a site that tracks movie sales in theatres.^[43]
• In August 2008, Amazon announced it had an agreement to purchase Victoria, B.C. based AbeBooks, seller of new, used, out of print and rare books.^[44] Later that month Amazon announced that it would acquire Seattle-based Shelfari, a book-based social network site, for an undisclosed sum.^[45] As part of its acquisition of Abebooks Amazon also got an additional stake in Shelfari’s competitor LibraryThing, which AbeBooks had previously purchased a 40 percent stake in, and whole ownership of Bookfinder.com, Gojaba.com, and listing-management service FillZ, all owned by AbeBooks at the time of acquisition.
• In October 2008 acquired Reflexive Entertainment^[46], a casual video game development company.
• In July 2009 Amazon agreed to acquire Zappos^[47], an online shoe and apparel retailer. The deal will close this fall.

Headed to FL For Nationals So I will be out for a bit

Its that time of the year again and I’m headed to Florida for this years karate nationals. I have to admit I slacked this year on training and my cardio is not where I want it to be but  no reason to not compete. I catch my flight in a few hours weigh in tomorrow and the events start on friday. I think tonight i will me checking out the nightlife in Fl. I will try to do updatess via twitter with my cell and maybe send some pics so follow me @o2smedia

Plam Pre Quick Review

So I had to go exchange my Instinct because it was acting up and decide to upgrade to the new Plam Pre. Overall the phone is small and sleek and simple to use. I personally am not a favorite of the small keyboard but im sure its just a matter of getting use to it. The phone does have the ability to mulit-task so you can be on the cell and browse the net at the same time not something that can be done with the iphone. Overall has been a good experience but i wish there were more apps for the phone. Im still paying only $113 monthly for unlimited everything which is  a great deal and no issues with the service overall (sprint) but I am still considering to switch to the iphone…i still have 24 days t decided

Michael Jackson’s Neverland “Ghost” On Larry King Live

Just watch it for your self if yu have not seen this yet on the news….MJ just doesnt stop with the hype!

Follow My Instinct Samsung That is!

So I have had the Sprint Samsung instinct for i think over  a year now and overall I like the phone allot BUT the freaking thing has froozen up on me way to many times and i need to go and exchange it. Sure Sprint support has been great in regards to the issue and they swap it for me but Its a bit annoying. With it being touch screen it just kinda makes the phone useless.

Thing is I do 2500-3000 monthly mins and about 2000-2300 text msgs.  So for me 2 days without a phone is a lifetime!

I am im still debating on the iphone or maybe just switching to a blackberry

How To Optimize Video Content for Video Sharing Sites By Ray Rahmati

Real World DC - This will be intresting

Considering I’m in the DC area almost nightly. Its come to my attention that the next real world is right here on 2oth and S street. I better watch what i do when i go out or could end up on an MTV with my faced blurred out as I argue with tv and cast members!

What is Twitter? A weekend Debate

This past weekend i was out with some friends and got into a bit of  a debate. over the use of twitter and what good it is.  This is not the 1st time i have this debate but i figured it would give me something write about.  To start off it tends to start with the fact i have so many followers on my account and people don’t seem to grasp the point of twitter. I speak for my self on this but I enjoy being social and meeting folks… so for me twitter is a way to increase my social network and meet random folks.  frankly everyone knows someone and you never know where it will lead you. So I am open arms to everyone…

I like to use it to get feedback on things as well as just learn about others becuase its a mix of all types of folks.

When people ask me but who gives a f**k what your doing or what you say…they don’t know you and you don’t know them. Well your right to a degree but then wouldn’t that mean we should all just never speak to anyone? I spend allot of time online I have made friends that i have never met. some in other countries some in the same city.

From a Biz side of things…twitter is a source of distribution called word of mouth!  Some folks say I’m on there only to self promote..well yes that is part of it! I do online projects so if i can use twitter to get the word out why not!   BUT if you are someone that follows me..you know I also have random conversations about day to day things.

Anyway…twitter can be different things depending how you use it and who you use it with! So dont hate..cuz you dont get it!