Future Social Media Hipsters

"When I told people I was a Community Manager, they really didn't understand what I was doing." —Me, in 50 years

(via Neatorama)

Google's Valentine Surprise

Type the following gobbledygook math function into Google for a Valentine's Day surprise:

1.4sqrt(cos(x))*cos(300x)+sqrt(abs(x))-0.7)*(4-x*x)^0.01, sqrt(6-x^2), -sqrt(6-x^2) from -4.5 to 4.5

Happy Valentine's Day!

(via Mashable)

The Best/Worst Twitter Recruitment Video #Genius

The creative minds @Twitter just released this clever new recruitment video. #PleaseHireMe

(via Twitter)

The Giant Snowflake of 1887

Back in 1887, on January 28 to be exact, the folks of Fort Keogh, Montana entered the Guinness World Record book when the world's largest snowflake fell on their town. How they were able to measure the 15 inch (38 cm) wide snowflake is a mystery, but Google is celebrating the 125th anniversary of the event with today's doodle.

(via Mashable)

Facebook Shower Curtain

I "like" this. Available from SpinningHat in February 2012.

(via Gizmodo)

Zeitgeist 2011: Year In Review

Take a look back at how the world searched in 2011. It's sort of a Google ad, but an interesting one nonetheless.
 
> Explore more of the Google Zeitgeist 2011

Google's Winter Easter Egg

Image Credit: Jenny's Noodle/Google

"Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful. And since we've no place to go..."

Search "let it snow" on the Google. I hope you brought some corn for popping.

Pay a Blogger Day

September 29 is Pay a Blogger Day!

Why pay a blogger?

Some of the wittiest most insightful content comes from bloggers doing it because they want to, not because of money and fame. That is all the more reason to give something back.

You may have noticed that I'm a blogger. And I'd also love to get paid. If you've enjoyed visiting Jenny's Noodle, please feel free to click the PayPal link on the sidebar to your right.

Thank you!

National UnFriend Day 2011

"Un for all and all for Un." Tomorrow is the unofficial day to cleanse yourself of unnecessary Facebook "friends." Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 is National UnFriend Day.

Now in it's second year, the annual observance was created by late night's Jimmy Kimmel. And if you watch the video, he provides a handy-dandy checklist/point system to help you figure out who to cut virtual ties with tomorrow.

What to Do When the Internet is Down

Image credit: Pleated Jeans

Also: Threaten to destroy evil Comcast Xfinity once and for all. Then realize you wouldn't have internet service without them. Sigh.

A Puzzling Tribute to Steve Jobs

Considering the numerous tributes to the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs (1955-2011), yesterday's New York Times crossword puzzle is one of the best.

Hint: Start with 57-Across.

TEDxDetroit 2011: Positive Ideas for the World from Detroit

Photo credit: ©Jenny's Noodle, 2011.

TEDxDetroit 2011 was held at downtown Detroit's Max M. Fisher Music Center (home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra) on Wednesday, Sept. 28.

I was fortunate enough to receive an invitation to the event. And luckily, I accepted.

Hundreds of local creators, catalysts, entrepreneurs, artists, geeks, designers, thinkers and doers gathered together for a day, seeking to receive inspiration from the various guest lecturers.

TED (which stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design) is a global nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. TEDxDetroit was the third annual conference to take place in the city.

We are the X. The multipliers. The catalysts. The connectors. The amplifiers. We challenge the status quo. We come together to collaborate, to share fresh ideas and to find inspiration. We are optimistic about our future. We believe Detroit's best days lie ahead. We are the people who are making it happen. We believe that is an idea worth spreading.

If you've never been to TED, it's definitely something to experience.  

> Find a TED event near you

Google Doodle Celebrates Jim Henson's 75th Birthday

"As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for
some of us that world of make-believe continues into adulthood.” ―JIM HENSON

Saturday would have been the 75th birthday of the prolific American puppeteer Jim Henson (Sept. 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990).

From Sesame Street to The Muppet Show and Fraggle Rock, Henson created dozens of characters beloved by children - and adults alike - all throughout the world.

In honor of this momentous occasion, the Jim Henson Company and Google have partnered to create an interactive home page Doodle. Here's a bit of the explanation behind the inspiration:

Not Google Plus, Join the Antisocial Network

I've got one foot outside of a circle, and the other is just on the edge. Barely. And not by choice.

Google+ went live to the public yesterday and I, for one, am not very excited about it.

"And you call yourself a Social Media Director," asks the puzzled audience? Yes. That's right.

(via College Humor)

Don't Fear the Internet

So you want to start a blog or build your own website, but don't have a clue as to what you're doing? You could go the route of teaching yourself - like I did - or learn the proper techniques from the pros. Choose the latter way, trust me.

A new video series called Don't Fear the Internet presents simple, easy to follow video lessons on everything from CSS to HTML. In Episode 4 (above), you'll learn how to build a web page from scratch by using a good text editor.

Where was this when I needed it?!

(via Laughing Squid)

PBS Arts Presents 'Off Book: Visual Culture Online'

PBS Arts presents Off Book, an original web series that expands the definition of art. The latest installment examines Visual Culture Online — Strutting Leo, rage comics, quirky cats, etc.

For decades now, people have joined together online to communicate and collaborate around interesting imagery. In recent years, the pace and intensity of this activity has reached a fever pitch. With countless communities engaging in a constant exchange, building on each others' work, and producing a prodigious flow of material, we may be experiencing the early stages of a new type of artistic and cultural collaboration. In this episode of Off Book, we'll speak with a number of Internet experts and artists who'll give us an introductory look into this intriguing new world.

Also includes an informative how-to guide on creating a meme — like this one, y'all.

> More: Watch other episodes of Off Book

Vote for Jenny's Noodle in CBS Detroit's Most Valuable Blogger Awards 2011

Jenny's Noodle is in the running to be Detroit's MVB! 

After much deliberation and careful consideration of many nominees, CBS Detroit has narrowed the field of Finalists down for this year’s Most Valuable Blogger. Jenny's Noodle made the cut!

You can vote once per day now through September 9.

VOTE FOR JENNY'S NOODLE 

Thank you!!

'Tweet Pie': The Twitter Cookbook

How short is the world's shortest recipe?

In the new book, Tweet Pie: The Word's Shortest Recipe book, each recipe (or twecipe) is ultra-abbreviated into 140 characters — the allotted space for a Twitter posting (tweet).

Crowdsourced entirely from the Twitter community, the book contains 50 different recipes for everything from appetizers to desserts.

International twecipe expert @tinyrecipes Craig Dugas helped to select the final entries.

Sample twecipes include:

• Spag Bol – Fry garl, onion, brwn mince+thyme, gls rd wine, tin toms, msrooms, sson, simr 40 min. Boil pasta 10 mins. Srv w/parmsn
• Pizza toast – cheese, onion, chilli's tom purée oregano, pile on top of toast and place under grill, top with herbs.
• Mug cake – Mix in a mug: 2T flour, 4t sugar, 1/4t baking powder, 2t cocoa, pinch salt, 2T milk, 1/4t vanilla, 3/4t oil. microwave 1 min

A glossary of Twitter abbreviations is in the back of the book to help readers decipher the shortened instructions.

Funded by Belling, the British cooker manufacturer, all proceeds from the sale of the book will be donated to FoodCycle.

> Buy the book here

> Follow @JennysNoodle on Twitter 

(via Bites)

Chemistry Cat Meme

If you enjoy Business Cat, you'll certainly like Chemistry Cat.

> Many more examples at Know Your Meme

The 'Back to Basics' Project

French creatives Zim and Zou can manipulate paper in interesting ways. Incredibly, all of the items in these photos were constructed using scissors, paper and glue!

The project, called Back to Basics, meticulously recreates retro gadgets — such as a Nintendo Game Boy, a Polaroid camera, a Sony Walkman and cassette tapes — out of brightly-colored pieces of construction paper.

Don't believe it? Check out the video of how it was done below.




> More photos of the "Back to Basics" project

(via The Awesomer)