Link Roundup (July 30, 2007)

Get productive with the best Facebook Apps

Lifehacker breaks down Facebook Apps that can improve productivity.

A Social-Networking Service With a Velvet Rope

New York Times on Digg/Revision3/Pownce founder Kevin Rose. If anyone wants a Pownce invite, let me know in the comments. I’ve got a few left....

Ask Bill Richardson a question via his site

It seems that Bill Richardson's Presidential Campaign had a great time at the CNN/YouTube Debate on Monday that they added a new feature to their site.  If you go to the "Ask Bill" page, you can fill out a form with your personal information and a link to the a video question that you have for the Governor....

Craigslist vs. Ebay

I am a big fan of buying and selling items online.  I think using sites like Craigslist and eBay provide efficient and easy ways to find cheap and useful items and also for getting rid of unwanted stuff (for a profit!).  My most recent purchase was a 3 person tent in great condition for just $10 on Craigslist. ...

Newspaper Homepages and Load Times

Our recent newspaper study dealt exclusively with the features present on newspaper websites. We didn’t look critically at the design of these sites. The adoption of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) makes it possible for web developers to create rich designs while keeping the file size of pages to a minimum....

Transparency at the CNN/YouTube Democratic Debate

As I mentioned on Monday, Google — which owns YouTube — invited me to attend the CNN/YouTube Democratic Debate in Charleston, SC. 

Thank you, Google and CNN for a great time!  I had so much fun.

I was part of a group of about 10 to 15 YouTubbers that were invited. ...