A few weeks back Posterous announced a sale to Twitter, and with that decision launched a lot of discussion for bloggers like myself - what should I do if this thing doesn't stay up / last long?

My decision actually happened to be easy. A move was in order.

I had been sitting on a domain for the past 7 months, http://tuuk.me, which housed a site dedicated to a consultancy offering I had launched in late 2010.

Plus, because Posterous was so damn easy to publish to, I had become a blog of things I had "found" versus offering any substantive value to anyone who ever came my way.

So I decided to merge the two, and create a place where I could offer some depth while structuring my own writing efforts. 

So if you are curious about what Jeff Reckseidler (and soon, others) have to say about the craziest time the communciations industry has seen to date, come on over.

It can be found at:  http://tuuk.me  and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tuuk_

Here's proof that the rumored Facebook logout ad option has been hatched. 

Ironic, actually, that because more people are said to be loging-off to protect themselves from Facebook path tracking, that the log-off space has become an attractive placement for Facebook to sell!

When you have a little brand awareness, why not take it out for a spin?

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Informational design ain't easy or always pretty. But this recent update to BusinessWeek.com has helped integrate the offline look of the publication and has moved the site towards a cleaner UX overall.  

Let me explain.  

First some context: Caterina Fake, of Hunch and Flickr fame, has finally unveiled her latest creation, called Pinwheel (www.pinwheel.com).  The concept is simple, give users the ability to add notes, photos and other annotatations to places that they have been, for others to read and consume. 

Althought the primary experience is expected to be app based, you could see this taking off much like a Pinterest, in that this becomes a way to be locationally active without having to be game-y like in Foursquare.  It will be a way to check-in and leave your thoughts about a place for others to enjoy, both privately and publicly.  The back and forth sharing, etc could make this a large ecosystem.

The startup has some serious backing to date (True Ventures, Founder Collective, SV Angel, Keith Rabois, James Joaquin, Shoshana Berger. Redpoint, Betaworks, and Ev Williams’ and Biz Stone’s Obvious Corp. are all involved). 

TechCrunch has written an outstanding article on Pinwheel HERE 

AND, for more Platforms to Watch please visit my ongoing Delicious stack HERE

You will be getting a totally re-thought To-Do and Task List tool that utilizes the swipe, drag and squish functionality of the iOS platform to make keeping track of your life fun and entertaining.

The world is abuzz over this amazing little app, so I'm going to be doing a bit of testing on it this week.  So far, really pleased - and I don't often like one-off applications that aren't part of a productivity suite.

A preview of the functionality is below:

For more on Clear visit their site:

For more Apps to Watch visit my ongoing Delicious Stack here.

With relatives and friends scattered around the world, on a range of devices, I've been exposed recently to a bunch of really interesting apps to keep in touch.

(infograph courtesy of Kantar)