For those interested, here is a copy of Michael Jackson’s Will.

Michael Jackson’s Will

Billy Mays passed away today, he was a great man.

In the above video Seesmic founder Loic Le Meur shares a new direction for his startup.

I agree, video conversations will definitely be part of the web, just not today. So instead Loic is focusing on his social application Seesmic Desktop and the upcoming web and iPhone versions. Smart move.

It’s not easy to adapt to the modern Internet; after all, it moves so fast. However it’s vital to know when to let some aspects of your business go, shifting to focus on what’s actually working.

And since the foundation of the social web has already been laid, it’s a better move to improve that experience, not add to it.

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The Los Angeles Times is the first major news outlet to confirm Michael Jackson has indeed died.

Pop star Michael Jackson was pronounced dead by doctors this afternoon after arriving at a hospital in a deep coma, city and law enforcement sources told The Times.

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Did Michael Jackson go into cardiac arrest? TMZ is reporting the famed (and de-famed) pop star Michael Jackson went into cardiac arrest today.

We’ve just learned Michael Jackson was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Los Angeles … and we’re told it was cardiac arrest and that paramedics administered CPR in the ambulance.

He was picked up at his home around 20 minutes ago — we’re told his mother is on the way to visit him.

So far his condition is unknown.

Most sources are now confirming that Michael Jackson has indeed died.

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Michael Jackson Photo Gallery

Michael Jackson Heart Attack?

Breaking: Michael Jackson Heart Attack

I wanted to share the stats from the Twitter infographic I ran on Manolith today. Minus the few hour delay from Google Analytics, the above stats represent today’s traffic from this piece.

As you can see, Digg is still the largest traffic-driver for viral content. I was really curious how much traffic Twitter would generate, because let’s face it, that piece was total “twitter bait.” At the end of the day the article saw around 700 retweets, some from users with very large followings. Yet the total traffic from Twitter was only around 3000 pageviews. I actually need to look deeper at that direct traffic number though, as some of that might include traffic from Twitter.

The bounce rate is high, typical with any Digg spike. However that average time spent on page number is AWESOME, I think folks really took the time to process that infographic. While it can be difficult (read:expensive) to do pieces like this all the time, it’s great to incorporate them into your content on a regular basis. In addition to the traffic, and great in links, you’ll make a huge statement to your readers. You might even introduce tons of new folks to your brand.

Huge thanks to Infoshot who took my little idea and turned it into something amazing.

Some photos are starting to find their way to the net. Enjoy.

I’m a bit of an infographic junkie.

When it comes to digesting a lot of info, sometimes an illustration is a great way to visualize a topic (or series of events). We’ve published a few great infographics over on my Men’s site Manolith, the latest one covering the history of the microblogging service Twitter.

I worked with graphics house extraordinaire Infoshot to make this one happen. I gave them some of the key milestones and they went above and beyond to produce the below graphic. If your company is looking to produce great visual info docs, please look these guys up.

Thanks to TechCrunch for publishing this today and everyone who retweeted!

It seems celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton was assaulted by Will.I.Am around Midnight PST Sunday night. According to his Twitter account, right now he is bleeding outside the SoHo Metropolitan Hotel in Toronto.

After the alleged attack Perez sent out a call for help on Twitter, which apparently is better than calling the police. I’m sure the mounted police are rushing to the scene right now.