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The Tangled Web We Watch: A Bizarre Episode of Father-Son Bonding in the 21st Century

Congorock at Mansion October 19

Congorock on Blogging, Hipster Electro, and Whether EDM Is Actually Wimpy

EDM has America by the throat. But how did it get to be this way? Well, we can't say definitively. Although, it kinda started with blogging hipsters in 2006. Hell, some of the DJs making waves on the scene today started out as bloggers, like Italian electro badass Congorock. He remembers the good ... More >>

Food Blogging For Dummies: We Offer Ten Tips

​It was bound to happen. Food Blogging For Dummies by Kelly Senyei is available for pre-order on Amazon. This 320-page book will, no doubt, speak to the 75 remaining people in the world who still do not have a food blog.If you can't wait for the book to come out (or you're too cheap to shell out t ... More >>

Adult Entertainment Virtual Convention: Inside the World of Wank-Craft

​Most conventions are pants-mandatory kinds of affairs -- even those of the adult nature. For the world's first virtual porn convention, however, I'm not wearing any. (Relax -- I'm in my PJs.) This past weekend, XBiz and Red Light Center hosted the Adult Entertainment Virtual Convention, porn's f ... More >>

Forget Facebook: Minorities Prefer Twitter

​Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke explains why Twitter is the social media network preferred by minorities.Everybody is talking about Facebook's forthcomin ... More >>

Miami's best blogs: Honorable mention

Miami New Times Ranks Miami's Political Bloggers: Honorable Mentions

Miami New Times cover story is going to be a doozy as we dive into the lives of Miami's most hated bloggers -- by the local political establishment, that is. These digital gadflies are filling the civic investigative void created by the cuts at The Miami Herald and other local media outlets. You'll ... More >>

Stuart Lawley's dot-xxx domain fight

BurgerKing.xxx: No Porn For You!

​Last week on December 6 when the new .xxx internet domain meant for pornographic websites went on sale to the general public, non-porno companies and universities rushed to buy up their .xxx equivalents out of fear that promising smut peddlers would cash in by using their brand image with the new ... More >>

.XXX Sites Are Live Thanks To Stuart Lawley, A South Florida Brit Who Beat the Bush Admin

via ICMRegistry.com​On Tuesday, the new .xxx domain went live on the Web, drawing in more than 100,000 adult sites. The man behind this new .xxx empire is a British millionaire living in South Florida who had to navigate an outraged Christian Right and outlast the Bush Administration to found his ... More >>

First Twitter-Themed Cruise to Set Sail from Miami in November

Hopefully there won't be many Fail Wale sightings. ​A Dutch airline had already booked up an entire flight to Miami using Twitter, so it was only a matter of time until a cruise ship company tries the same. This November, Norwegian Cruise Lines will set sail with what they're claiming is the world ... More >>

Miamians Shop Online More Than Any Other City

​You might not know it from trying to find parking at Aventura Mall, but apparently Miamians love to do a good bulk of their shopping online. More than residents in any other major city in America, actually, and by a large margin.

Florida Republican Congressman Wants to Investigate Rep. Weiner's Alleged Bulge Picture

​Republican Congressman Cliff Stearns of Ocala is very interested in his Democratic colleague Anthony Weiner's alleged bulge pictures. More specifically, he's interested in making sure that members of congress are safe from cyber attacks and hacking. Stearns was on Bill O'Reilly last night and sai ... More >>

Miami Lakes councilman used Facebook to skirt Sunshine Laws, resident says

Latin Burger Tops in Twitter Followers, GastroPod #2, Fish Box #3

Jefe's owner Jack Garabedian tweets to attract customers.Food truck owners in Miami are an entrepreneurial breed. These men and women don't really have a typical profile. Some are chefs looking to start their own kitchen. Others are restaurant owners looking to start a supplemental mobile oper ... More >>

Ryan Roman of Miami's Restaurant Power Rankings is a Funny Guy

Spain's Asador Etxebarri, where Ryan Roman hopes to eat himself to death and have his ashes scattered.​After following Miami's Restaurant Power Rankings on Twitter, we knew we had to find out more about this funny food loving character. Blogger Ryan Roman has something to say about everything and ... More >>

Farm Stores: Only Online Grocery Shopping Now Available

via 3guysfrommiami.com​On a recent late-night run to a local Farm Stores (the drive-thru convenience store with the cow on the sign), a nifty flyer with $20-off coupon was dropped in the bag. That discount is good for online grocery shopping. Curiosity was piqued.So, what are the advantages ... More >>

Frozen Iguana Videos are the Future of The Miami Herald's Website

​You may or may not care about the future of the struggling newspaper industry and how they (or, well, we) hope to put a greater emphasis on online multimedia features, but perhaps you would like to know that "The number one video on MiamiHerald.com last year got about 26,000 views and was a ... More >>

Jacksonville Mom Kills Baby for Interrupting Farmville

​In a Jacksonville courthouse yesterday, Alexandra V. Tobias, 22, pleaded guilty to charges of second-degree murder in the death of her 3-month-old son, Dylan Lee Edmondson. Her chilling motive: The boy was annoying Tobias while she was trying to play the highly addictive Facebook game Farmville. ... More >>

eMusic Sells Out to Major Record Labels

Jeremy Hall via Flickr​​We're an honest bunch at Crossfade and we do not condone illegally downloading music. It's understood that musicians -- like writers -- struggle financially, and supporting independent music by purchasing records or attending shows is the ultimate display of artistic cama ... More >>

A Social Media Scavenger Hunt in Miami Rewards Winners With Free Booze and Live Music

​Rarely does a social media addiction pay off in a big way. We tweet our favorite celebs and hope for a reply, "like" products and cross our fingers for some freebies, and mention every move we make via Foursquare, hoping that special someone will "follow" us there. But we hardly ever get free boo ... More >>

Food Bloggers: Annoying or Helpful?

Are cameras invasive at restaurants? ​A recent article on the website of Marketplace, the National Public Radio juggernaut, has the internet buzzing about whether food bloggers are annoying or helpful. As a food blogger, I'd like to weigh in on the debate.  Let me preface this by sayi ... More >>

Miami's Blogosphere Gets Hit By a Huge Bolt of Heat Lightning

​Not to dis Miami's blogosphere (because we love it so), but it's rare that we really get excited about a new blog. Enter the Heat Lightning, which we imagine tearing through the metaphorical sky of the SoFla blogosphere like, well, a lightning bolt made out of flames. It marks the return to ... More >>

Social Media Addiction Now Akin to Drug and Alcohol Addictions? We Don't Think So

​@Everyone I think I'm a social media addict. Can't stop clicking every link. #ISpeakIn140characters #HaveAProblem #NeedHelp. RT! Seems I'm not the only one to transition from everyday Facebooker (my gateway drug) to Twitter. Finding out about news and events before they've reached the mainstream ... More >>

Top Ten Cuban Bloggers You Haven't Heard Of

Yoani Sánchez is on the cover of Italian Wired this month. In the three years she's been online, the 32-year-old blogger has become Cuba's Arianna Huffington.via @riccardowired​She's now a tweeter and a blogger on the Huffington Post, and her blog gets 14 million page views a mont ... More >>

Interview: REVMiami Launches Local Music Blogging Network

​Local South Florida music bloggers unite! Well, that's REVMiami's idea anyhow. Yesterday, the lovely logo we see above popped up on another South Florida music staple site, Made in Miami Music. The idea is simple: so many folks are toiling away covering their local scenes around the country witho ... More >>

Silicon Beach: Boat Show Sails Into Social Media

​The Super Bowl has come and gone, but one local tradition is still going strong. The 69th annual Miami International Boat Show and Strictly Sail Miami will have boating, fishing, and water sports enthusiasts in a frenzy this weekend. The National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA), whic ... More >>

Silicon Beach: Burger Beast Eats Up Social Media

Sef Gonzalez (left) clowns around with fellow burger aficionado, Carlos Miller.​Miamian Sef Gonzalez, AKA Burger Beast, might not be the burger "king," but he has definitely turned his love of burgers into a growing social media empire. In a span of 15 months, thanks to his clever use of social me ... More >>

Silicon Beach: Social Media Club Holiday Meetup

Miami's own Freddy Stebbins performing in character at John Martin's in Coral Gables​Although the year in social media in Miami has been no laughing matter, the South Florida club decided to end 2009 at John Martin's last night with Freddy Stebbins's comedy show.  But first, there was the usu ... More >>

Silicon Beach: Recession-Friendly Twitter for Miami

Bargain hunter Teresa Mears at her recession-friendly Twitter account.​Social media that makes life easier is a thing of beauty. Miami on the Cheap (@miamicheap) is just such a thing, making it a snap to find the best deals this side of the swamp. Teresa Mears is the publisher, author, and editor ... More >>

Local Bloggers Love Herald's Local Blog Aggregator

The Top 100 Twitter Users in Miami

Well, it happened. This weekend I got this email: "[Your Mom] is now following you on Twitter!" Along with that, and the major amounts of discussion about twitter during my Grandfather's 75th birthday dinner last night, Twitter has now officially jumped the shark. For me anyway. Knowing your mom rea ... More >>

Yo Dawg, We Heard You Hate Bloggers Blogging About Blog Memes...

...So We Made A Blog Post About Bloggers Blogging About Blogs Memes, So You Can Be Upset While You're Upset. via someone with a lot of time on there hands on the internet. To survive in the media today, you really have to find your niche. That is why Riptide is aggressively covering the phenomenon o ... More >>

Senate 2010: Who Is Winning The Netroots So Far?

Oh, we know, we know, it's so early in the campaign, but with State Senator and US Senate Candidate Dan Gelber's announcement today that he'll Twitter his way through the 60 day legislative session up in Tallahassee, we decided to role out a feature we've been toying with for a while. So new is it t ... More >>

No, Netroots Campaigns Won't Work for Anyone

After the exciting efforts of Howard Dean and Barack Obama, clueless politico types everywhere have come to the conclusion that anyone, literally anyone, can be elected to office using the mystical powers of the Internet. Sayfie Review has a column up about the 2010 Senate race saying exactly that. ... More >>

Shaq Twitters Himself Silly

Rich Sanchez and his CNN show certainly have caught the twitter bug, and now another former Miami fixture is twittering his thumbnails off, too. Our New Times brethren in Phoenix report that the 7'1 superstar has his own twitter account, and apparently it's legit. Shaq is really into twitter, bu ... More >>

Sí Se Puede ...Change The Facebook Layout

MySpace Latino Connecting or Segregating?

Beto Cuevas Announced as Special Surprise Guest at Tonight's Myspace Latino "Show Secreto"

El Show Secreto

Straight from the Source

The hip-hop arm of Beatport.com is ready for the big takeover

Internet Radio Gets a Stay of Execution

Killing Internet Radio, Not So Softly

BEST AUDIO TOUR

Adam Curry's podcast from South Beach

BEST WI-FI LOCATION

Miracle Mile Business District

After Shock

The music industry's ongoing problems continue to affect the local dance community

Artemis of Reason

Just because the labels can charge royalties doesn't mean they should

Ms. Miami-Dade.com

Born and raised in poverty, Internet trailblazer-cum-civic activist Eve Smith is making headlines and big moves into new domains