May, 2009

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May 09

Archive of Facebook Radio Show

Last week, I appeared on the WUNC radio show “The State of Things.”  We talked about Facebook for an hour – it was a great time.  WUNC uploaded the MP3 the day of, but I’m only getting around to linking to it now.  If you’d like to listen to the show, you can stream it here.

I wanted to make sure that I had my facts straight when I went on the air, so I prepared a little Facebook/SNS dossier.  I’m sharing it here (PDF) – it may come in useful if you’re looking for some compiled facts about Facebook.

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May 09

The State of Things

On Wednesday,  May 20th I’ll be appearing on WUNC’s excellent radio show “The State of Things.”  As I listen to TSOT almost every day, it is pretty exciting to get a chance to do the show.  We’ll be talking about social networking and its recent growth in popularity.  If you’re local, tune in at noon tomorrow – or stream the show online at WUNC’s website.

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May 09

Freedom in the Chicago Tribune

While I was away on vacation, the Chicago Tribune profiled Freedom:

Are your weekdays a jittery mess? Distracted by e-mail? Tempted by Facebook? Too bleary-eyed from rotating though your Internet rounds for human interaction?

… Truth is, you don’t need Fred Stutzman’s Freedom. You already own a version — it’s called free will. But Fred Stutzman’s Freedom is more trustworthy than your free will.

Or as Stutzman’s Web site puts it, “Freedom will free you from the distractions of the Internet, allowing you time to code, write, or create.” Freedom, he says, “enforces freedom.”

But why no link to Freedom!  C’mon, show the love!

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May 09

How to create an iPhoto smart group for movies

For some reason, it is difficult to create an iPhoto smart group for movies. You can’t specify a group based on file type, and there isn’t a simple “is movie” or “is photo” type toggle.  To make a group that contains only movies, create a title match that contains .avi or .mov, whatever format comes off your camera.

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I’m on iPhoto 6, so it is possible this has been fixed in later releases.