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		<title>My most frequently visited websites</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Posted in <a href="http://markpickering.com.au/?cat=7" title="Personal">Personal</a></p>I thought it might be interesting to give others a peek at what websites I visit most often, so here goes: &#160; Social Networking Facebook Everyone is on Facebook now right? If not.. what&#8217;s it like living in that cave? I&#8217;ve been experimenting a fair bit lately with online advertising for work and Facebook is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Posted in <a href="http://markpickering.com.au/?cat=7" title="Personal">Personal</a></p><p><a><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-66" title="Frequent Sites" src="http://www.markpickering.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/frequentsites1.jpg" alt="Frequent Sites" width="420" height="169" /></a></p>
<p>I thought it might be interesting to give others a peek at what websites I visit most often, so here goes:</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2>Social Networking</h2>
<h3><a title="Facebook.com" href="http://www.facebook.com/mpickering" target="_blank">Facebook</a></h3>
<p>Everyone is on Facebook now right? If not.. what&#8217;s it like living in that cave? I&#8217;ve been experimenting a fair bit lately with online advertising for work and Facebook is absolutely my new favourite platform. I must blog about this soon.</p>
<h3><a title="Twitter" href="http://www.twitter.com/pog" target="_blank">Twitter</a></h3>
<div id="attachment_51" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 190px"><a href="http://www.markpickering.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/qanda-tweet.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-51 " title="Q&amp;A Tweet" src="http://www.markpickering.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/qanda-tweet-300x167.jpg" alt="Q&amp;A Tweet" width="180" height="100" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">My totally famous tweet on ABC&#39;s Q&amp;A</p></div>
<p>I haven&#8217;t really been into twitter until recently when I got myself an iPad. Twitter on iPad is absolutely the best device to use it. Jumping in and out of links and images within a tweet is amazingly fluid. Live tweeting with TV shows is also great fun with ABC&#8217;s Q&amp;A and Network Ten&#8217;s Can of Worms leading the way.</p>
<h3><a title="Reddit" href="http://www.reddit.com" target="_blank">Reddit</a></h3>
<p>Only for experienced internetters, this site will give you viruses.</p>
<h3><a title="YouTube" href="http://www.youtube.com" target="_blank">YouTube</a></h3>
<p>It surprises me that there are so many people who visit YouTube all the time, but haven&#8217;t registered for their own account! Do yourself a favour&#8230; sign up, find people you like, and subscribe to their channels. Now every time you visit, you always have something great to look at <img src='http://markpickering.com.au/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> . My favourite channels at the moment &#8211; <a title="Epic Meal Time" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/EpicMealTime" target="_blank">Epic Meal Time</a>, <a title="Jenna Marbles" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/JennaMarbles" target="_blank">Jenna Marbles</a>, <a title="Badge of Shame" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/BadgeofShame" target="_blank">Badge of Shame</a>, <a title="Cute Win Fail" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/cutewinfail" target="_blank">Cute Win Fail</a>, <a title="The Lonely Island" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/thelonelyisland" target="_blank">The Lonely Island</a> &amp; <a title="FreddieW" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/freddiew" target="_blank">FreddieW</a>.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2>News &amp; Blogs</h2>
<h3><a title="News.com.au" href="http://www.news.com.au" target="_blank">News.com.au</a></h3>
<p>My daily news site. I have become increasingly annoyed with News.com.au&#8217;s content, and their recent redesign has made me very keen to find a new Australian/Brisbane news site. Any suggestions?</p>
<h3><a title="MacRumors" href="http://www.macrumors.com/" target="_blank">MacRumors</a></h3>
<p>I&#8217;m a big fan of Apple products and always keen to see what the rumor mill comes up with since Apple is so bloody secretive.</p>
<h3><a title="Under Consideration's Brand New" href="http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/" target="_blank">Under Consideration&#8217;s Brand New</a></h3>
<p>A great blog that delves mostly into corporate re-branding. I&#8217;m really into seeing the thought process behind companies brands and then the many applications of that branding.</p>
<h3><a title="Engadget" href="http://www.engadget.com" target="_blank">Engadget</a></h3>
<p>Great in-depth news and reviews of everything nerdy and gadgety.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2>Funnies / Everything else</h2>
<h3><a title="Team Coco" href="http://www.teamcoco.com" target="_blank">Team Coco</a></h3>
<p>I&#8217;m a massive fan of Conan O&#8217;Brien and even got to be in the audience during his very short lived stint on the Tonight Show. Lots of great skits and celebrity interviews. Conan recently did a <a title="Conan Andy Webcam" href="http://teamcoco.com/video/conan-andy-webcam" target="_blank">tribute to the grandparents on the webcam video</a> that you should check out.</p>
<div id="attachment_74" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 160px"><a href="http://www.markpickering.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/bobcats.png"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-74" title="Bobcats" src="http://www.markpickering.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/bobcats-150x150.png" alt="Bobcats" width="150" height="150" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Bobcats - The Oatmeal</p></div>
<h3><a title="The Oatmeal" href="http://theoatmeal.com/" target="_blank">The Oatmeal</a></h3>
<p>Great and hilarious comic artist, my favourite series is definately the <a title="Bobcats" href="http://theoatmeal.com/comics/bobcats_monday" target="_blank">Bobcats</a>. Me and a colleague have convinced the librarian at work to purchase the <a title="The Oatmeal - Misspelling" href="http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling" target="_blank">grammar series</a> to put up at work.</p>
<h3><a title="ABC iView" href="http://www.abc.net.au/iview/" target="_blank">ABC iView</a></h3>
<p>Gotta love streaming my favourite TV shows whenever I like. ABC&#8217;s implementation of web streaming shows is by far the better of all the TV networks in Australia. Good Game, Gruen Transfer and Media Watch are currently on my watchlist. Also compatible with iOS devices and Playstation 3.</p>
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		<title>So i&#8217;ve started a blog&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 06:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Posted in <a href="http://markpickering.com.au/?cat=7" title="Personal">Personal</a></p>Ive been thinking for a fair while that I need some form of online outlet that isnt limited to 140 characters (or similar). So i&#8217;ve started a blog to satiate this need. I havent fully decided what topics I want to concentrate on but at the moment I am thinking a combination of: Culinary adventures [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Posted in <a href="http://markpickering.com.au/?cat=7" title="Personal">Personal</a></p><p><a href="http://www.markpickering.com.au/2011/so-ive-started-a-blog/dog_science/" rel="attachment wp-att-83"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-83" title="Dog Science" src="http://www.markpickering.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dog_science-420x236.jpg" alt="I have no idea what i'm doing" width="420" height="236" /></a></p>
<p>Ive been thinking for a fair while that I need some form of online outlet that isnt limited to 140 characters (or similar). So i&#8217;ve started a blog to satiate this need.</p>
<p>I havent fully decided what topics I want to concentrate on but at the moment I am thinking a combination of:</p>
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<li>Culinary adventures</li>
<li>Travel</li>
<li>Graphic Design</li>
<li>Education</li>
<li>Technology</li>
<li>Current events</li>
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<p>The blog design is very Tumblr-esque so I might also pop in photos, links, quotes and videos from time to time.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m excited about this new creative outlet, and <strong>my question to YOU</strong> is.. at would you like me to write about?</p>
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