Automated Twitter account that collects all the Tweets that are written in letter-form.

(via molls + Something Changed)

It is very nice to see that robots and humans can be friends.
(via reddit)

It’s been exciting seeing a Brisbane music technology start-up by Nick Crocker / Ben Johnston and Wotnews getting a colossal amount of attention on Tumblr, Twitter, TechCrunch, Mumbrella, Wired and news.com.au as well as hundreds of blogs.

We Are Hunted is a daily music chart that generates a list of the 99 most popular songs based on information gained by tracking online music services like BitTorrent, Last.fm, MySpace Music and discussion activity about the songs on social networks, forums, blogs, and Twitter.

This really is rad.

Finally, it is a chart for the music that people really talked about and listened to instead of the regular BS chart system that is based on sales in selective offline and online stores. Nice.

You can’t Twitter and be in a celebrity relationship. Or so it would seem after Jennifer Aniston has reportedly broken up with John Mayer because of his obsession with Twitter.

It’s always hard when a social media literate person is in a relationship with non social media literate person. We’ve all updated our Faceboook status about something we should have told our significant other first, offline. Awkward.

But now that social media is affecting celebrities it’s a real cause for concern. Hopefully though, Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore will serve as an example on how the micro-blogging platform can be a healthy thing for celebrity relationships. Godspeed you Twittering lovers!

Fanbloodytastic…tackling the big internet culture issues since Al Gore invented the internet.

(via Telegraph.co.uk)

When you type http://nowwearestalking.com into your browser’s address bar you get re-directed to Telstra’s Google Latitude like service Whereis Everyone.

I really do like a little tongue in cheek geek humour from the big telco after the whole kerfuffle within Telstra last week over Fake Stephen Conroy. Nice work Telstra!

The Blog, Podcast, Vodcast and Wiki Copyright Guide for Australia has been developed by the Law Research Program of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation and is available for free download. Sure, it is 18.5 MB but it is worth every kilobyte off your broadband download quota if you are a creator or user of blogs, podcasts, vodcasts and wikis.

(found via PeterBlackQUT)

Just came across this list of Australian creative industry companies, organisations and events that are using Twitter. If you’re interested in following the happenings of the fashion, music, design or the performing arts scenes on Twitter then be sure to take a look at this impressive resource.

As a side note, I know from compiling my brands and media lists that it would have been a gargantuan effort. Kudos to The Social Pages for putting in the time to do this!

(The Social Pages)

Google’s reliable presence is woven so tightly into our daily experience of the Web that its infrequent failures feel like seismic events. What? Some Google service doesn’t respond? Has there been a rupture in the space-time continuum?

- Salon.com’s review Google’s Vulcan death grip of Randall Stross’ new book Planet Google: One Company’s Audacious Plan to Organize Everything We Know.
(found via carolyn.anna)

Take a peek into Barack Obama’s email inbox.

(via The Onion)

Kids these days are preferring to spend their time on social networking sites instead of surfing for naughty pictures on the internets. The research of author Bill Tancer who is the General Manager of global research at internet data and statistics company Hitwise has shown that:

Social networking sites are increasingly eclipsing pornography consumption over the ‘net — and underscoring a shift in how people communicate.

It really shouldn’t be too much of a surprise that Gen Y are more focused on using the social networks. This is the generation that grew up with unlimited access to copious amounts of adult image and video material, they’re already tired and desensitised to the stuff. Plus, I’m guessing they’re using Facebook and Myspace to satisfy their urges via hookups and dating in real life. Who’d a thunk it? Maybe I should try it some time. Nah. My avatar in Second Life gets plenty of action already.

(via Marketingvox)