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What’s in a (brand) name? A little social media humor for today’s Sunday Funny.

The Truth About Sexting

Sexting is all over the news these days. Whether you find it risky or risque, Joy of Tech’s Nitrozac and Snaggy share the truth about sexting in this week’s Sunday Funny.

A Love Story in Emoticons

Storyteller and poet Rives tells a three-minute love story with a twist — it’s all done with emoticons. A very clever video presentation given at TED, worth a watch.

Rives is a regular on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam and starts in the Bravo special “Ironic Iconic America.”

Dilbert Does Twitter

Scott Adams Dilbert comic provides a wickedly satirical view of life in cubespace. Dilbert, the geeky white-collar engineer, has discovered an ulterior use for Twitter — keeping up on the boss’ whereabouts. Go Dilbert!

Of course, you wouldn’t do that, would you? What creative uses of Twitter have you discovered?

Twitter Suckers

Why do we have Twitter worms? Because there are suckers out there who willingly give away their Twitter credentials for the promise of thousands of followers. Remember, the number of followers you have is irrelevant if they don’t really care to follow you. It’s quality, not quantity that matters.

In general, always exercise caution when deciding to click a link. Sometimes it’s better to just say no.

More from Noise to Signal.

Tax Irregularities and Twitter

Many bloggers turn their avocation into a part-time business, running a few ads to help defray their hosting costs and maybe even support their hobby. And, of course, for the tax deductions, as the Joy of Tech wickedly points out.

Now where did I put that receipt?

Social Network Wars

With Myspace, Facebook and other social networks all vying for attention, what can the average Joe do to maintain his sanity? This week’s Sunday Funny is a video that wouldn’t be funny if it weren’t so true: Social Network Wars. 

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Sunday Funnies: Emoticon War

Communicating via instant messaging or text alone has challenges. You don’t get to read the body language or see the telling smirk on the other person’s face. And so emoticons were born — a shorthand code to help inject text messages with emotions. And thank god — without them this entire video would be irrelevant. 

Enjoy this week’s Sunday Funny: Emoticon War. Read more

Sunday Funnies: Twitter Frenzy

Welcome to a new series at BigBlueBall we’re calling the Sunday Funnies. With everything that is going on in the world of social media, sometimes you need to sit back and have a good laugh. Each week we’ll be sharing something fun — just for the helluvit.

This week, Jon Stewart and the Daily Show on Comedy Central skewer the Twitter frenzy that has taken hold of the news media. Read more

What is Twitter?

What is Twitter? Current TV offers this humorous explanation in Twouble with Twitters.  Watch for the Fail Whale.