Author Archive: Nick Douglas

Stereotypes for Users of 40 Websites: Volume 2

Stereotypes for Users of 40 Websites: Volume 2

Well, over 60 thousand of you loved my list of stereotypes for the users of 40 top websites (some of…

9:00am Mar 25, 2010
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25 Pranks You Can Pull to Improve the Internet

25 Pranks You Can Pull to Improve the Internet

The internet is fun. But not fun enough. Enter the soundtracks of your favorite movies into Pandora and make your…

9:00am Mar 10, 2010
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The Four Worst Popular Websites (And How to Replace Them)

The Four Worst Popular Websites (And How to Replace Them)

Farmville Why: I like easy games. I like city-building games. But I don’t like a game with no challenge. Especially…

12:39pm Mar 5, 2010
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Chatroulette Means Nothing, You Pretentious Media Commentator

Chatroulette Means Nothing, You Pretentious Media Commentator

Every web site that’s popular, at all, and gets written about in major media, has to be the fuckin’ zeitgiest,…

9:00am Feb 26, 2010
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Stereotypes for Users of 40 Websites

Stereotypes for Users of 40 Websites

Pingdom told you who uses what social site. AdAge told you who uses what search engine. But what about the…

9:00am Feb 19, 2010
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Thirteen Lessons from “Too Fat to Fly”: Kevin Smith vs. Southwest Air

Thirteen Lessons from “Too Fat to Fly”: Kevin Smith vs. Southwest Air

Background: Saturday, Southwest Air kicked Kevin Smith off a plane for being too fat. Smith took to Twitter to complain.…

1:31pm Feb 15, 2010
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How to Use Google’s New Aardvark

How to Use Google’s New Aardvark

TechCrunch says that Google just bought Aardvark for $50 million. What the hell is Aardvark (vark.com)? It’s like a Yahoo…

1:11pm Feb 11, 2010
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An Introduction to Google Armed Insurgency

An Introduction to Google Armed Insurgency

Hello, and welcome to Google Armed Insurgency! You may be surprised or even confused by this new feature on your…

9:00am Feb 11, 2010
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Techmeme Hires Conan O’Brien’s Writers

Techmeme Hires Conan O’Brien’s Writers

Good evening, everyone! Got a great show on Techmeme tonight. Got Michael Arrington, Jason Calacanis, and Leo Laporte. We’re taking…

10:41am Feb 3, 2010
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That Popular Gadget Is Shit

That Popular Gadget Is Shit

The thing that was just announced is utter shit. It doesn’t do what I expected it to do. The things…

9:00am Feb 2, 2010
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How Rock Band Ruined My Party

How Rock Band Ruined My Party

INT. STEPHEN COLBERT’S NEW YORK PENTHOUSE NICK: Gee Mr. Colbert, it’s pretty cool of you to invite me to a…

9:00am Jan 28, 2010
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You Really Only Have 150 Friends.

You Really Only Have 150 Friends.

The London Times says that only 150 of your Facebook friendships matter. Might as well delete everyone else! This claim…

9:00am Jan 26, 2010
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Microsoft Making Sure Every Phone Sucks But the Droid

Microsoft Making Sure Every Phone Sucks But the Droid

Oh god damn it, we’re all gonna have to buy new phones. A day after Verizon forces its Blackberry owners…

1:18pm Jan 20, 2010
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The Starbucks Across the Street: Yelp Just Made Foursquare Huge

The Starbucks Across the Street: Yelp Just Made Foursquare Huge

Yelp duplicated Foursquare. They built a nearly identical check-in system: They copied Foursquare’s leaderboard, their friend notification options, their Twitter…

12:00pm Jan 19, 2010
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Google Stood Up for the Chinese. Give ‘em a Break.

Google Stood Up for the Chinese. Give ‘em a Break.

I read fewer tech blogs now. I find better commentary on Reddit. The site rephrased Google’s “New Approach to China”…

8:29am Jan 13, 2010
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