Blondes really do have more fans

Justine Ezarik describes herself as a ‘new media chick and Apple fan girl’ and is one of the web’s most famous lifecasters, a recent term evolved to define just why and how people become social media whores, broadcasting themselves over the internet.

But the blonde bimbo image that Justine Ezarik presents is, of course, just proof of her intelligence and net strategy. She knows the web, can video edit and runs her own successful blog, vlog and social media profiles – she’s a geek’s wet dream.

Ezarik came to fame with a viral video she made about the absurd 300 page Iphone bill she received. The video garnered over 8 million views and got picked up by the international press. Amusingly enough, Ezarik live-streamed a journalist who was interviewing her at the time.

So, pink phone and blonde hair aside,she’s s a very shrewd cookie and Justine Ezarik on Twitter has over 300,000 followers who listen in to her tweets about the latest geeky streaming events and snippets of her daily life.

Last Tweets

Twitted on 31 July 2010, 10:21 pm
ijustine: Haha! @OlgaKay I do not think that was planned. I was first though!! @kassemg http://twitpic.com/2aicg5
Twitted on 31 July 2010, 10:16 pm
ijustine: At Disney!
Twitted on 31 July 2010, 12:13 pm
ijustine: Pretty Little Liars is what Gossip Girl would be if "she" were a murderer.
Twitted on 30 July 2010, 10:46 pm
ijustine: Yes! Rescue Me is on netflix streaming! How did I not know?!
Twitted on 30 July 2010, 5:00 pm
ijustine: Yeah, I just know I'd be good friends with this person driving this car. http://twitpic.com/2a4ou1
Twitted on 30 July 2010, 3:00 pm
ijustine: @daneboe Yeah it's pretty awful. I think there should be a mummy orange!!!
Twitted on 30 July 2010, 2:24 pm
ijustine: Oh there's a mummy 4 too? Wow, well I just watched 3 and wished I hadn't.
Twitted on 30 July 2010, 2:23 pm
ijustine: @powerbalance just bought a pink one! woo! congrats on the new twitter handle. When will you have zinc pendants avail?
Twitted on 30 July 2010, 2:01 pm
ijustine: Wow the Mummy 3. Really?
Twitted on 30 July 2010, 11:53 am
ijustine: @mattarevalo hey, that's a pretty good idea :P

Kevin Rose is the kind of person who makes you feel bad for having reached 30 and not made your first million.

He founded www.digg.com in December 2004, investing just a few thousand dollars. By October 2005 the site of popular internet links as voted for by users had attracted $2.8 million in funding and another $28 million in 2008.

As part of promoting Digg.com Kevin Rose started a weekly video podcast called Diggnation where he sits on a couch drinking beer with Alex Albrecht. They start the show with reading out some sponsors and then just bullshit for half an hour, reading out the latest crazy stories on Digg as they get progressively more drunk. Kind of inane and cool at the same time.

Kevin Rose’s Twitter feed is full of 2 word responses to friends and followers which is perhaps the kind of strategy you need to get 340,000 followers and rising.

Last Tweets

Twitted on 31 July 2010, 11:41 pm
kevinrose: @phxxx on my way, happy b-day!
Twitted on 31 July 2010, 11:27 pm
kevinrose: my friend Jesse (@realritual) just launched his new blog! http://www.realritual.com/ - congrats!
Twitted on 31 July 2010, 11:23 pm
kevinrose: @mikegraham125 Samovar Tea Lounge
Twitted on 31 July 2010, 11:10 pm
kevinrose: @LauraGlu i hope so - thx for the kind words and glad you're not sick :)
Twitted on 31 July 2010, 11:09 pm
kevinrose: digg is back up, for those getting errors on new.digg big patches/fixes coming this week
Twitted on 31 July 2010, 5:34 pm
kevinrose: @dtrinh it is
Twitted on 31 July 2010, 3:26 pm
kevinrose: @LauraGlu yea, it just takes forever, i think i killed it w/the anti's, but will have to wait and see, takes weeks to clear out.. good times
Twitted on 31 July 2010, 3:25 pm
kevinrose: @psybrspcsuprstr yea, i hear ya, mostly joking, going to take it easy for quite awhile
Twitted on 31 July 2010, 1:36 pm
kevinrose: My beer gut is mostly gone from this pneumonia, sux, I put a lot of money into building that thing up
Twitted on 31 July 2010, 1:34 pm
kevinrose: RT @summertomato on the 3rd day God finished creating Earth, & it looked fantastic & worked really well.Then he checked it in IE. [@intruth]

Bloggers get all the girls

Pete Cashmore is the CEO of Mashable.com and describes himself as a ‘quiet type, addicted to caffein, scared of geese.’

Mashable is widely esteemed in the world of bloggers and geeks as having the latest on social media developments, following the news surrounding services lik Facebook, Myspace, Youtube and Twitter itself. The site also offers a selection of articles and links to services to help you hack your life, including sections on travel, health, jobs and gaming.

Mashable has a distinct focus on Twitter and offer a thorough introduction to how Twitter can change your life, including how to start a successful Tweet Up, find a job on Twitter and get an education by following professors who like to Tweet.

Pete Cashmore’s Twitter account is followed by almost 300,000 Twitterists and includes links to articles on Mashable plus links to other stuff around the web that he finds interesting enough to share with the Twitter community.

Last Tweets

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Twitted on 31 July 2010, 11:14 am
mashable: Twitter Hits 20 Billion Tweets - http://bit.ly/a6a3IW [Update: we found the 20 billionth tweet ... translation anyone?]
Twitted on 31 July 2010, 10:53 am
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Twitted on 31 July 2010, 1:21 am
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