Here is a little snip that I really enjoyed:

It’s about value and relationships

You should be using Twitter as an additional way of providing value. You should be giving more than you are receiving. If you give, you’ll naturally receive. Don’t be scared of using Twitter as a way of building your new online community. Don’t be scared of using it as a way of promoting an existing one – Twitter isn’t competition to your community. Just play by the rules.

The article goes really well with my Twitter Tips For Newbies.

This from the official Google Blog via MLM Blog:

We’ve blogged before about our thoughts on the social web, steps we’ve taken to add social features to our products, and efforts like OpenSocial that propose common tools for building social apps. With more and more communication happening online, the social web has exploded as the primary way to share interesting stuff, tell the world what you’re up to in real-time and stay more connected to more people. In today’s world of status messages, tweets and update streams, it’s increasingly tough to sort through it all, much less engage in meaningful conversations.

Our belief is that organizing the social information on the web — finding relevance in the noise — has become a large-scale challenge, one that Google’s experience in organizing information can help solve. We’ve recently launched innovations like real-time search and Social Search, and today we’re taking another big step with the introduction of a new product, Google Buzz.

FEDERAL WAY — Heather Sugg sits on the Beamer High School bench and touches her temple.

A headache inches closer, but she has no time for it or that irritating lethargy her medication causes. A grimace quickly melts into a grin and Sugg puts her hands to better use, clapping encouragement to her Beamer High School girls basketball team.

“Good job! Keep fighting!”

An early 7-1 lead over league-leading Bethel on Tuesday night faded away, and the Titans are tumbling toward their 15th loss of the season. Sugg is reduced to cheerleader, handing over her head-coaching duties to Dave Cox.

But sitting’s not her thing. She’s a foot-stomper, a pacer, a picture of perpetual motion.

Before they found the brain tumor, that is.

Heather Sugg, 36, a wife and mother of four, is suddenly in the fight of her life. The astrocytomas tumor, located in her left temporal lobe, is cancerous. And inoperable.

And in typical style, Sugg has a simple message for it as she readies for her first radiation treatment next week: Bring it on!

Read the rest of the article at the Seattle Times.

Many of us will look at this list that includes Twitter and Wordpress and go “duh”, but many of us are also emerged in this Social Media Circus on a daily basis and we don’t stop long enough to realize that some small businesses (and Network Marketers) are struggling to even figure out the best platform to build a web site.

This article will be very helpful for small businesses.  Good Job Amber MacArthur who happens to be the author of a forthcoming book on Social Media called “Power Friending, coming June 10th, 2010.

This is a must-read for anyone looking to build a Facebook presence for their product, service or company.

Mari is the author of the “Why Facebook” blog and a super authority on social media…it’s good stuff kids.  Follow her here. I did.

Alltop was right.  She is very turquoise:

Back in 2006, I got Dugg over 1,000 times for an article that I wrote about eBay and Google.  The traffic was crazy.

Let’s hope that the changes at Digg can bring back some of the magic.

I have been losing weight on a system called EIROfit that takes advantage of this technology.

Here is a bit of an article explaining the technology from a friend of mine (get ready for science):

Leptin is a hormone made by fat cells that regulates food intake and energy expenditure.  Leptin communicates between fat cells and the brain.  Leptin’s messages:  Stop eating/burn fat, or Eat more/store fat.  Years ago scientist thought that if you lowered Leptin levels you would increase appetite and increase fat storage.  We now know that just the opposite is true, lower Leptin levels decrease appetite and increase fat metabolism.  There is clear evidence that green tea’s polyphenols (EGCG) are a factor in depressing Leptin levels as well as affecting other hormone levels important in regulating appetite.  There is evidence that EGCG of green tea holds promise in many areas of weight loss.

Check it out here: Twitter Tips

Nothing is jumping off the page at me, but it’s fun to see what’s new.

Refollow allows me to bulk un-follow inactive Twitter users, check out my followers who have tweeted in the last day, easily see the profile pictures of my followers (this allows me to quickly get rid of any bare rear ends).  A bunch of other cool filters and gadgets make this free tool something you might want to have a look at.