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I was debating even writing this post as this meme seems to have *almost* run its course. But then the internet (Techcrunch/Moovweb) shared this gem.

You can now make ANY site do the Harlem Shake.

So far my favorite site has been CNN’s. Click this link (and then click agree, I promise it isn’t harmful) and see CNN shake, in all their glory.

Want to see your blog do the Harlem Shake? It’s easy. Just visit Moovweb and follow their instructions. This is the gift that will just keep giving!

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Until this last year I haven’t been that big of a fan of LinkedIn. Of course I had an account (but let’s be honest, there aren’t many social networks that I don’t have an account for) but I had not really invested any time into my profile, or connections until the last year.

Apparently my hard work has paid off! I just got an email saying I have one of the top 5% most viewed LinkedIn profiles for 2012.

That definitely surprised me, and I am sure it is likely just due to the fact that I spent last year connecting with people from the past.

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After I got married, I adopted the Paleo diet (I mean if my husband is going to cook, of course I am going to eat it!).

After a few weeks I figured I should start contributing and finally start utilizing Pinterest, so I went on the search for yummy Paleo meals to pin to his board.

It didn’t take me long to realize a few things. 1) I am a lazy pinner. I hate that I am forced to add content to the piece before I can pin it. 2) Others are just as lazy as me when it comes to blog posts, especially images (trust me, I am just as lazy at #2 as the rest of you).

Why?

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Originally when I pictured this post I was going to write down the bands featured in each ad I saw during the Superbowl. I was expecting ads featuring bands like Walk the Moon, Grouplove and Sleeper Agent. I was surprised though! Most ads featured older or re-mixed music. During the first official commercial break I started to also capture the hashtags used by brands. Below are all of the brands and the hashtags they used during the Superbowl.

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Yes, I do enjoy some pop music, and I love this acapella version from Mike Tompkins!

Happy Friday!

Yesterday evening I refreshed Facebook to see the following update:

Woo hoo! I was in!! I couldn’t wait to get started using the new graph search.

I started with the tutorial, which definitely showed off some interesting features:

This seems easy enough, right?

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Just three short days ago I tweeted a story about how Pinterest was inflating their follower numbers by forcing new users to select categories of pins and boards to follow automatically. When you sign up for a new Pinterest account, they force you to select categories (there is no skip option) and sign you up to follow 50+ boards immediately (on average). The article I read compared the Pinterest new user flow to the Twitter user flow, and they were quite different.

Not anymore!

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