Links on Twitter: Read Write Web is hiring, scraping data without skills, LOLcat king talks memes

By Twitter May 12, 2010, 6:38 p.m.

LOLCat King: “Communities where there is a high level of interaction and remixing” are where long-lasting memes are born http://j.mp/9efhgn »

How to scrape data from websites without programming skills http://j.mp/boXKrd »

What happened to the story I saw before Slate’s homepage blew up? Mystery solved http://j.mp/9y55t7 »

Are news consumers still engaged in the Gulf oil spill story? Traffic to primary source sites suggests, yes http://j.mp/d0eWDM »

Words nerds like on Twitter (apps, review, poll), don’t fly with mainstream Facebook users http://j.mp/c9tvHY »

Media and tech blog @ReadWriteWeb is hiring writers: send 3 clips (prefer online) to editor@readwriteweb.com »

POSTED May 12, 2010, 6:38 p.m.

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