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Entries for June, 2008

The Ugly Side of Karma

Karma is neither good nor bad. Like air, it just is. And, like sour pickles, some people like it and some people don’t. ( for the record, topsurf does not like sour pickles ) Karma is also like the weather and food. Absolutely everybody talks about it, absolutely all the time. BigBoss has noticed that [...]

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What Do You Call a Plurk Party?

The more I think about it, the more I think that Plurk Parties are a really good idea. I mean by that parties at which Plurkers gather non-virtually in the same place for some face time. So far, the only barrier that I can see is the the name “Plurk Party” sucks. Our society is [...]

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The Perils of Disembodied Plurking

Imagine my surprise when I jumped into Plurk for a few minutes this morning to take a break from work and found a Plurker name Plurkable attacking me for my choice of themes for this blog! Heck, I’ve been using this theme since February on StumbleBlogger.com and I really like it. My first reaction was [...]

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Karma, Thou Wicked Wench!

When we received the wonders of Plurk, we also received the perils and rigors of Karma. I have mixed feelings about this “feature.” The main intent of Karma, of course, is to have you bring your friends flocking to Plurk, and to keep you using the service 24 hours a day. This means, if nothing [...]

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Guest Post: An In-Depth Look at Plurk

This is a Guest Post by Keith Hanson.
Most of my Plurk buddies know that I’ve been working furiously on a desktop client for Plurk.com. The UI of Plurk is absolutely amazing, and much thought has obviously gone into making the Plurk micro-blogging experience a better one, as well as providing more of a community feel.
While [...]

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Guest Post: Thoughts from the Plurkiverse

This is a guest post by Rob, the admin of the Bloggeries blog directory. He is Bloggeries at Plurk.
I absolutely love Plurk. The only reason I’m actually writing this now is because the service is down and I don’t feel like doing other arguably more important stuff; at least not in the short run. Can [...]

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