15 facts about the Internet

Infographics. Don't you just love them?

15 Mind-blowing facts about the internet.

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Where Facebook is used

Interactive map of Facebook usage.

Hate to burst your bubble, Singapore is insignificant.

Malaysian Facebook users outnumber the total population of Singapore. 

Download now or preview on posterous

Facebook_by_population.pdf (349 KB)

Importing Posterous

Brutally imported all my post in Posterous to my WordPress.com blog.

Why? 

Just because I can. I'm a bit paranoid that some things can get shut down.

Later I will categorize everything.

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Twitter Over Capacity

Ha, ha Twitter over capacity. They should probably roll out a paid service. Like monthly 500 tweets for $9.95 or something like that.

Would probably solve the problem simply because not everybody are willing to pay for it.

Anyway, its a free service for now.

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Who's who in the Blogosphere

A recent study undertaken by Technorati. 

Consisting largely of a survey, asking bloggers about their demographic information, blogging activity, and profitability, the data yielded some rather interesting findings. 

Everything summarized in graphical format below.

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Duplicated Post

Looks like, I've got to switch off Blogger email notification. It is duplicating the content.

I post on Autopost, it can republish in Blogger, then Blogger republish back in Posterous.

Any entry that appears as "[Gazali Ahmad] ........" as the title was from Blogger reposting back because of the email notification settings.

I just delete off the email settings.

Videos. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. Its just one of those quirks.

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This works because I copied the embed codes and paste as HTML. Its not perfect, though it gets the job done.

This is the thing that we have to be careful. If you switched on some services, things can get duplicated. I must admit, that sometimes I get confused too.

When I posted an article in Wordpress, I switched on the Twitter notification. What happens next? I got a double twitter entry.

Why?

My post in Wordpress is set to appear in Facebook. Facebook was also set up to tweet any posting from my WordPress Blog. 

So WordPress wll generate a tweet with its corresponding URL shortener and twitter in facebook will also generate another URL shortener.

Duplicated entry. Now, I switched off WordPress Twitter notification and I have a single tweet only.

 

Post by email in Blogger and Posterous

  
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audio-post-2010-07-30-17-55-04.mp3 (382 KB)

Looks like Posterous handles post by email better. The video didn't appear in Blogger.

Here's the video:

There was a double entry. Maybe I included post@posterous.com and twitter+facebook@posterous in Blogger. Anyway, I have erased the first email notification in Blogger.

My twitter as well as Facebook was updated. In Facebook, Posterous have an app and it appeared immediately.

I think nothing beats Posterous for post by email. One entry by email in Posterous, updates my:

• Blogger Blog,
• Twitter,
• Google Buzz,
• Flickr (For Photos),
• Youtube (For videos),
• FriendFeed,
• LinkedIn, and,
• Facebook Fanpage.

Of course I can also include my Wordpress Blog at Wordpress.com. At the moment, I decided not too. 

Its a real time saver. And I also liked the fact that the views run into hundreds.

Instant gratification. I do not know who sees the post. And as time goes by, the views keep on increasing.

Oh, by the way, WordPress.com can do audio post. I just need to call a US number, key in my code and talk on the phone. Something like leaving a voice mail. All I need to do is pay for the charges to US from Singapore.

I'm using a callback service, so its quite affordable. It cost me only about 7.6 Singapore cents per minute. Its like leaving a voice mail. Would it be useful? I would think so. It just give you another avenue to post.

Maybe you your laptop battery is flat, or you lost it, or there is no internet connection. Or something that happen fast. You can just phone in your post. Isn't that interesting.

So far I don't think it can be done on self-hosted Wordpress yet. though I managed to download the mp3. Its like giving a Podcast.  The file is attached, if you want to listen to it.

Wordpress can also be updated by email, though I've not tried the service yet. Maybe next time.

Isn't technology cool when you know how to make use of it.

So overall, Posterous makes it simple to update all your social networks. Though other blogging platform have its purposes.

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Results of email post in Blogger

Yes, it works. The previous post appeared nicely in Blogger, then it was reproduced in Posterous and it didn't autopost back to Blogger. 

It didn't appear immediately on my Facebook. NetworkedBlogs are quite slow in refreshing content. I'm ok with that and by the way its a free service so I'm not complaining. 

So Posterous only advantage is its ability to update across various Social Media. Then again, I could do the same with Blogger as well. 

Now I'm including my twitter and facebook account as well in Blogger.

What should happen?

1. This post should appear in Posterous and posterous will not post back to Blogger.
2. A tweet will be tweeted about this post, and,
3. My Facebook status will be updated. (I think it will be duplicated because if NetworkedBlogs).

Oh, I've included a video too. In Posterous, all I need to do is paste the URL of the video and it will appear nicely. See if it works in Blogger.

http://www.youtube.com/user/blessthefallmusic?blend=2&ob=4#p/c/552D4D7D4FFDADEE/0/2LRrV_GQ62w

Next, I'll post an entry in Posterous.

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