FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT:  Professor Dana Cloud, dcloud @mail.utexas.edu, (512) 731-1025; Charles Morris III, 617-314-1794, morrisch@bc.edu; Bryan McCann, bmccann@mail.utexas.edu, 512-739-4024 National Communication Association Lands in the Middle of Labor/Gay Rights Dispute as Members Plan a “Shadow” Convention
San Diego, CA – October 3, 2008 – When organizers for the 94th Annual [...]

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You probably realized it already, but to Grad School starting again, I am no longer fully blogging until about the end of May in 2009. I have a rather busy schedule at CSULB, with three grad seminars and two classes I have to teach.
But, it’ll all be worth it. When I fully come back, [...]

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Now that I’ve had my iPod Touch for about 6 months, and I don’t want to leave the iArms of Apple, I need to do something about my Zune. See, I wasn’t a big fan of Apple not including an FM player in the iPod at the time, and one [...]

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A kid and his father had just bought Windows 95 Vista, and the kid asked a question: “Dad, why do they call it Windows?”
The Dad, ripping the computer away from the desk, said “Because every time they make a new upgrade, you get to throw your old computer out the window!”
A company boss ranted [...]

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Remember me talking about that new iPhone blog that I would be working on under b5media? Well, it’s finally up and running! You can come check it out below:
iPhone 24-7 - All iPhone (and iTouch,) all the time.
If you like my stylings and writings, maybe buying me some creative juices will make better stylings and [...]

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Just a post on the Youtube/Viacom clusterfuck:

If you like my stylings and writings, maybe buying me some creative juices will make better stylings and writings! (Suggested Donation: $4)SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Viacom vs You”, url: “http://www.jtdabbagian.com/2008/07/09/viacom-vs-you/” });

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Well, I’m proud to say that I now have a happy little copy of Firefox 3 on my comp. I’ll tell you, It was not easy. It took about two hours for me to hook a download, and I managed to get the damn program up and running. So far, it’s pretty spiffy. It definitely [...]

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I made a few comments about this on the Twitter, but I’ve been a little lax on ads on my blog, save for the RSS feed, now that I can (Thanks Feedburner.) I’ve decided that I want to pursue monetizing ways other then adverts, mainly because I really am starting to get a little PO’ed [...]

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I just found that Youtube added some cool new stuff, like annotation and stuff. So you can comment, add links within the video, etc.
This might have significance for social media: Advertisers can link to products, emphasize stuff, and other things. People can put comments on what songs are used, where they got their stuff, [...]

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Recently, I wrote an entry about Youtube’s contest where you could win seats at the Republican National Convention, and I got some linkage for it. While I thank those who linked to my site, it worries me that people are starting to consider me some sort of political commentator, where I am not.
Years ago, [...]

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