A VC
Man I hate the term "blogging 2.0". It's just that blogging is evolving and we need something to call it. Anyway, the term blogging 2.0 refers to the disaggregated posting and microblogging trend that twitter spawned and friendfeed and others have fueled. When you've got something to say, you say it wherever you happen to b (Read More)
Mashable!
The thing about Twitter is that it’s not the most popular microblogging/web IM/whatever service out there because it’s better than others. It’s the most popular because it’s more…twittery than other services. You can’t really put a finger on its magic: Pownce has more features and it look (Read More)
: It only pays to use Plurk if twitter folks start to move over. Also, based on how I currently understand Plurk, they are more focused on your "close friends" than subscribing and interacting with people of interest. Plurk's UI/UX (currently) poorly supports mass amounts of close peeps.
Colin Walker
I was driving home along the motorway last night and passed a lorry bearing the tag line “a brand is a promise” - it got me thinking.A brand is a promiseIt’s like a line from an inspirational speaker at a dodgy weekend, residential seminar but it does have a very valid point.Blogging is a strange beast, th (Read More)
Submitted by Colinwalker:
Social networking is the big thing, whether it’s entertainment or professionally focused. But it’s a big thing that falls into the same trap as many services on the internet. It marginalises or blocks out people who require greater accessibility on the internet, or special consideration from web designers. (Read More)
Colin Walker
Yesterday, Michael Martine of Remarkablogger posted the concept of using a ‘blog pack‘ to enhance the promotion of your site. A blog pack is a group of bloggers who set up an ‘alliance’ to cross promote each others sites by way of comments, links, stumbles, etc. in order to:- Get established- Build p (Read More)
Submitted by Colinwalker:
Social Media tools have an enormous power to put you in contact with thousands of people and the benefit is that YOU say who you are. (Read More)
Belongs to the News Networks :
none (yet) -- click "share" to share with a network.
Colin Walker
I had already planned to write a post about Twitter acting as a facilitator and the unfortunate events in China today re-affirmed what I was going to say.Back in February I posted:“Twitter is more the facilitator of communication rather than the end channel so it is probably better to take deeper discussion and analys (Read More)
: Mainstream media is starting to see the benefit of social media and Twiiter in particular but, even though news can break very quickly, it is unlikely that Twitter will take over as a means of discovering the news.
: Twitter is not intended as a public discussion forum but is a way of bringing people together, breaking news and spreading the word so that the conversation can be shared and then discussed in the most appropriate place - FriendFeed comments or blogs, for example.
Submitted by Colinwalker:
Are you involved with social media and want to utilise its full potential? Then why not get involved with Social Media Mafia and make your connections count. (Read More)
louisgray.com
Whether it be RSS feeds, social networks, or one of the many social media aggregation sites, it's no surprise that even your closest peers are sharing data they care about that you just don't. But so far, despite many users calling for content-based filters, solutions to block keywords or topics are missing from the vast ma (Read More)
: I have long wished for something like this "negative keyword." It would make my life much simpler and it would allow me to follow some people whose content is usually hit/miss for me.
Submitted by Hawksdomain:
YANGON, Myanmar - A U.N. official says the World Food Program is suspending cyclone aid to Myanmar because its government seized supplies flown into the country.ADVERTISEMENTHe says the WFP has no choice but to suspend the shipments until the matter is resolved.WFP spokesman Paul Risley said Friday that all "the food aid an (Read More)
: Shows everything that's wrong with the world. Thousands die due to the event but thousands more will die becuase their government is too stubborn. They are supposed to be working FOR the people not in spite of them!
Submitted by Colinwalker:
The Internet has always been about change and adaptation and shifts in search engine algorithms are no different. (Read More)
Submitted by Colinwalker:
We are advised to sometimes register different names to keep work and personal streams separate but perhaps it is time to start doing so in order to prevent abuse. (Read More)