February 2012
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January 2012
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PARIIS OPERA HOUSE: Pariis Opera House in... →
pariisians:
UK-electro space-funk mavericks Pariis Opera House today revealed an exclusive deal with the world’s largest video social networking site, YouTube, subsidiary of Google Inc., which will see the newcomers’ branding embedded in all video content across the site. From 24th January 2012,…
December 2011
4 posts
How To Create The Perfect Foursquare List →
Elliot Pearson was recently featured on Foursquare’s Follow Friday for his list of London’s indepdendent coffee shops. Here, he shares his advice on how to make the perfect Foursquare List.
The much-requested list feature is now rolled out across the Foursquare platform and has opened up much of what Foursquare aims to encourage and provide. While there are many uses for which this feature...
Kred →
Kred is the latest tool designed to measure your Twitter influence, built by the good folks at Peoplebrowsr.
The Good Stuff
In the version I’ve had a play with, there are several…
Facebook Buys Gowalla →
Facebook have bought Gowalla, according to CNN. The world’s most formidable social network has snapped up the US location based social network, for an undisclosed sum.
According to CNN:
“It’s a perfect match,” said the source, who asked not to be identified because the deal has not yet been publicly announced. “As far as the big picture, Gowalla’s vision is about people telling stories, and...
November 2011
4 posts
6 Things Bands Should Do Online →
6 Things Bands Should Do Online… 6 simple things bands and artists can do to maximise their digital communications potential.
Foursquare Expertise →
Foursquare have announced the latest update to their offering: Expertise.
Expertise is a reflection of how often you check in at particular types of venues and rewards you with levels…
October 2011
2 posts
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds: Review →
Noel Gallagher returns with his debut release, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, out on Sour Mash on October 17th.
The Chief has taken two years out since the end of Oasis and has put…
September 2011
6 posts
Facebook Ticker →
Facebook Ticker arrived on the right hand side of my Facebook homepage last night, right under a sponsored story, and I’m not entirely sure what the point of the ticker exactly is.
Gradually…
August 2011
9 posts
Top Five Foursquare Apps →
Foursquare is one of the most interesting social networks to have evolved over the last two years.
For me, there are two signs that show a service has a genuine value:
It is imitated in both…
Can More Be Had Than Is Had? →
‘Can More Be Had Than Is Had?’ is the question at the core of the Doomsday Book, the 1085/1086 Norman audit of the United Kingdom.
The phrase is asking, ‘can we raise more money?’ and the…
Open Rights Group: Riots Social Media POV →
I can’t help but agree with everything in this post from the Open Rights Group: PRIME MINISTER’S ATTACK ON SOCIAL MEDIA UNWARRANTED
I urge you to read this and leave your view on the ORG blog.
Smartphones rule, ok? →
UK telecomms regulator Ofcom have released a study of smartphone usage in the UK.
Mashable have pulled out some of the key findings of what is one of the most in-depth pieces of consumption…
July 2011
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Huffington Post UK Biggins To Go Live →
The Next Web is reporting that the UK version of the Huffington Post is soon to go live.
A page from Christopher Biggins’ (hence the pun!) column is live and viewable, despite the homepage…
June 2011
6 posts
Foursquare Badge Crawl →
4sq Badge Crawl is a great little application for Foursquare badge collectors who are scratching their heads at just where they need to check in to earn their next prize.
By giving the app access…
Digital Culture Axis →
Digital Culture is the manifestation of a series of outputs that are designed to create an outcome. When all these different outcomes crash together we get a behaviour: Digital Culture.
To try and…
How to get a job in social media: 3 tips →
Getting a job in social media should not be as daunting as you may think.
It’s graduation season in the UK and as such, the newly examined will be looking for their first job, perhaps in social…
May 2011
4 posts
Cool Use Of QR Codes In-Store →
All of a sudden we seem to have woken up to the use of QR codes; now about a third of the UK has a smartphone, it seems inevitable that something around since, I don’t know when, is beginning to…
Data Mashups →
Digital technologies mean we now have greater access to an ever increasing volume of data that can be used in different ways.
I was particularly taken by this presentation by Peter Skomoroch…
AV Referendum – Google Insights Says: No →
In the UK, we’ll be finding out in around 24 hours if the way we vote in our MPs will be changing, or if the British public have decided to stick with the status quo.
Google Insights shows us the…
April 2011
4 posts
Much Ado About Facebook →
All Facebook have covered the wonderful experiment that has been taking place, re-enacting Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing on Facebook.
The idea is that each character in the play has a…
More On The Link Economy →
Google’s much vaunted tweaking of its search algorithm to help bury content farm-produced materials, seems to have had the desired result, according to CNet.
We compiled approximately 2,000…
Hiding Content Behind A Like →
Brands using the lure of exclusive content on Facebook to grow fan numbers in a bid to encourage engagement, is nothing new.
The New Yorker is experimenting by hiding an article by Jonathan…
March 2011
7 posts
The $250 Foursquare Badge →
Foursquare badges are the latest form of social currency on the Internet.
As with tweets or Facebook status updates, people are trying to apply a monetary value to them, in order to…
ASA Guidelines Podcast – Edelman Editions →
On Thursday I took part in an Edelman Editions podcast, discussing the impact of the new extensions to the ASA guidelines in the online space.
Taking part were my Edelman colleagues Mark Lever…
Custom Profile Pages: 3 To Watch Out For →
There has been a rise in minimalist custom profile pages as a response to the larger social networks. The use of one page to collate, publicise and share your online presence as a business card is…
February 2011
8 posts