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    Mash-up breakdowns, mind-blowing stats and forgetting how to remember

    enOctober 15, 2011

    About this Episode

    What's better than an awesome music mash-up? How about an awesome music mash-up breakdown that you can watch unfold in front of you while it rocks your world! Kat, Dan and Barry break out the smoking hot tunes of Girl Talk and Daft Punk to marvel at the visualisations of mash-ups online.

    How many photographs are on Facebook? A shitload according to the 1000memories blog that claims 4% of all photographs EVER TAKEN are hosted on Facebook! Dan brings these incredible stats and how digital photography and video means his children are living a paparazzi'd life of self-referenced action.

    More stats arrive as Barry returns to Google+ which, after initial success, has reportedly shed 60% of its users. We consider Google's social platform's failure to capture our or many other people's attention. Even Kat's losing the love for Google+ - a negative feeling shared by Google employee Stephen Yegge (from a private comment made on Google+ subsequently shared publicly!).

    Wanky Words

    Dogfooding - @ZoeEBreen

    Astroturfing - Barry's own gift from working in a wanky industry

    Salami slicing - @duncanbloor

    Appify - @zoeEbreen

    Skillify - @jordit

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