I can afford it, so who cares if I know how to use it?

 As mentioned before, I rarely give the Yahoo's "media panel" any credence whatsoever. Usually they are a bunch of hacks, and the future doesn't look much better when I read IGN and notice that the exact same NBA2K vs. NBA Live article was paraphrased for their personal use. No, I don't know which actually came first, but they cited that they followed the media's view, and it's still not a good sign.

 This service announcement was given over Yahoo! channels, however, reminding readers that they should be using more care when "tweeting". Basically, a waiter got fired for bashing a no-tipping celebrity customer. I've never heard of the celebrity in question, but a few things are pretty clear.

A) Customer was an idiot

B) so was her waiter.

 Look people, just because you have the technology to do something useless doesn't mean you should. If you think you have the cure for cancer one test away from perfection, then yes, use your available tech. This doesn't qualify. Reputable bloggers research their stuff before throwing their name and reputation on the line. A Twitter account is a mini-blog. You stuck your name and reputation into that account, and were thusly sacked for it. Makes perfect sense to me.

 That said, I am sort of curious about these in-game Twitter updates people keep talking about for my sidelog. No, I don't think that anybody cares, but it is a log more so than an ego-shrine, so it makes sense. It would just save me a step.

 Also, in media related issues, I listened to my second-ever IGN podcast last night, and dear God, it was painful. If you'd like to add something resembling production values to your podcasts, IGN, talk to me. I got a few ideas, and I'll even give you the first few for free:

 Fire your podcast producers/guys hitting record button on laptop.


 Banish all current podcast commentators to text-only submissions.


 Enact a "no bros" requirement in the hiring process.


 Prohibit recording from staff member's basements.


 Define structure guidelines.


 Compulsory backhands for every time someone oversteps their bias lines, i.e. cutting off people who are describing information the listener may want to hear just because the rest of the people wish to circle-jerk over their favored company.  Digg It Stumble it ! Reddit