October 2008
44 posts
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Twitter squatting | NetworkWorld.com Community →
Unsurprisingly squatters are moving onto Twitter. So be quick and grab your handle before one of these “squitters” does.
Twitad - Twitter Ads →
This seems worrying - a third party service looking to introduce their own ads into Twitter by paying people to tweet.
Financial Confessions - Confess your financial... →
Feel guilty about overspending then release that guilt on this site. Important in these times of sustainability and credit-crunches.
Microblogging for Continuity: Another Tool for... →
Twitter as another community based tool for government.
The TWiT Netcast Network with Leo Laporte →
From the ashes of ZDTV comes this site about tech news, gadgets, etc.
Alltop, all the top stories →
An aggregator of news headlines from multiple RSS feeds group by topics such as tech, life, culture, people, etc. Very elegant interface.
Multicolr Search Lab | Idée Inc. →
Search for images at Flickr that match a colour palette you choose. (c/o MK)
Yammer To Add Groups, Tags and Threaded Comments |... →
“When Yammer, a micro-messaging service for the enterprise, launched at TechCrunch50, the biggest complaint was that the service was one big inbox …”
MySpace Tests Profile 2.0 With Drag And Drop... →
“MySpace continues to clean up the look and feel of its site with the launch of a new profile and editor.”
Social Media Marketing: Are GenYs Lagging Behind?... →
A nice blog dedicated to the Gen Y perspective. In this posting, Megan Maguire asks why Gen Y’ers are not leading the social media revolution.
Web 2.0 has crept into the everyday work place,... →
Internet applications have almost entirely penetrated the work place according to a recent survey.
Once again, Twitter’s death is laid out. Once... →
Commentary on recent posts on the Twitter development blog about future technical plans.
Woman jailed after killing virtual husband | NZ... →
T”OKYO - A 43-year-old player in a virtual game world became so angry about her sudden divorce from her online husband that she logged on with his password and killed his digital persona” (c/o LE)
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Have you been McGuired?
Here’s a snap of friend and supervisor Mark McGuire (from Design at the University of Otago) doing what he does best at the recent IR9.0 conference in Copenhagen. His modus operandi is to identify a poor unsuspecting delegate wanting to get lunch and then pinning them to the spot with a relentless tirade of ideas and enthusiasm in which there is no escape!
Consider him Mcguired :)
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Beca shows the way with Facebook-era comms |... →
An article about executives considering using social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn as internal communication tools. I’m not convinced this kind of thinking will be fruitful.
Twitter Groups! →
A third-party website to set up groups of your followers to support bulk replies etc.
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Survivor: University
I’ve just been invited to contribute to a re-configured website run by (imminent) online media magnate, blogger, Lecturer and music enthusiast - Andrew Dubber. The site is called Uni Survival which aims to provide useful information for students learning to “cope” with their University studies and life.
It seems I am to be part of a carefully selected team of experienced...
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First New York Times API is Live - Here's Why it... →
“The much-anticipated first Application Programming Interface (API) from the New York Times went live today”
Help Twitter Find a Revenue Model | ReadWriteWeb →
“Twitter is the poster child for the ‘scale first, don’t even think about revenue at launch, monetize much, much later’ model of startup.”
What's Next After Web 2.0? Here's What You Told... →
An aggregation of comments from ReadWrite readers on the next evolution of the social (everyday) Internet.
Twitroid | Mobile Twitter client for Android →
“twitroid is a client application for using twitter on your android mobile phone”.
Presenting Vimeo Plus →
Vimeo the HD online video service now offers a pay-for-use service with lots of extra features. Check out this link for more (c/o MB)
AoIR Internet Research 9.0 Conference slides →
View presentation slides from the AoIR Internet Research 9.0 Conference currently underway in Copenhagen. Slides provided by Slideshare.
Cursebird: What the f#@! is everyone swearing... →
Tracks usage of swear words of Twitter (c/o Biz).
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey steps down | The Social -... →
“He’s switching places with fellow co-founder Evan Williams, who will become CEO as Dorsey takes over the position of chairman of the board.”
Tag Galaxy →
A very nice Flickr search application based around a universe/space metaphor. Built as part of a dissertation. (c/o SP)
Keeping culture free: The choices law and... →
Professor Lawrence Lessig speaking in New Zealand at Auckland University. Should be more balanced than Richard Stallman I expect.
Yearbook Yourself →
This website provides a similar service to Faceyourmanga as it lets users create avatars but in this case, they result in a 70’s style U.S., look. (c/o MM)
Study: Facebook profiles can be used to detect... →
“A new University of Georgia study suggests that online social networking sites such as Facebook might be useful tools for detecting whether someone is a narcissist.” (c/o CW)
Major companies using Twitter for customer service... →
As part of formulating LexBlog’s plan on the use of Twitter for client service, Stacey Merrick, our Client Services Director, discovered this article. (c/o RWW)
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Present.ly - The Constant Awareness Communication... →
Another in a rapidly emerging market of enterprise Twitter clones. “Presently” offers various plans from free to professional.
QikCom Adds Its Own Twist To Enterprise Twitter |... →
Further talk at Techcrunch about enterprise attempts of incorporating Twitter.
Facebook Dataset Identified | Unit Structures →
An update by Fred Stutzman on the recently released Facebook dataset and issues of privacy.
atomkeep — your profile everywhere →
A service to manage your social network profiles in one place (c/o NMS)
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Facebook ignores New Zealand
I’m not overly parochial particularly when talking about the Internet but I thought it important to point out a recent oversight by Facebook. In addition to the new profile design, Facebook have added a new splash screen where the largest component of this is a flat-map of the world (see below). Superimposed over the map is a representation of social connections between countries and...
Tweetersation →
Enter two Twitterers and follow their conversations with this simple website.
Facebook Datasets and Private Chrome | Unit... →
Scrubbed facebook dataset released at Dataverse. Some concern that the data might not be “clean” enough.
Trying
Trying out uttlerli again in its new guise. Mobile post sent by socialspacestation using Utterli. Replies.
Bloombla - Make your mark →
Microblog service asking you document what you’ve done. Elegant, simple interface design but slightly frustrating pick-word-from-list to create a “bloom” (cf. tweet).
Is the Enterprise Ready for Microblogging Tools... →
“There is a lot of value in microsharing within the enterprise. Here are considerations for implementing microblogging and relevant players in the space.”