links for 2009-03-23

Add yourself to WeFollow and get people interested in topics you specialize in following you.

Twitter has a real possibility as a socialCRM system. This idea will have legs.

What about a new, more refined approach to Facebook.

It actually worked for me.

Universities are consistently an easy target for cutting funds, this is one of the worst places to cut funding due to the multiplying effects of both research and education.

Search advertising is so not misdirection.

"A top economic advisor to President Obama said on Sunday that she was confident that the economy would begin to rebound this year, a message starkly contradicted by Republican leaders who expressed doubts about the growing deficit." I would have thought that Republicans would totally fall in line behind Obama.

"US strategy in Pakistan and Afghanistan in recent years has not worked, Pakistan's foreign minister has said. But Shah Mehmood Qureshi told the BBC he was optimistic about US President Barack Obama's "different" approach, which is to be unveiled in coming days." I totally would have thought our old strategy which has produced exactly nothing would have been working.

This is so cool.

"A key adviser within US President Barack Obama's administration says she is "incredibly confident" the US economy will recover within 12 months." I'm skeptical.

"A consignment of essential medicines has been received by the last remaining major health facility in rebel-held territory in north-east Sri Lanka." Great news for the civilians in this area.