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“Don’t retweet me in the traditional way, please. Just take what you find, and pass it along” writes Alex Wilhelm, contributor to the NextWeb.com blog. His article displays a certain sense of angst which is most likely shared by many Twitter users out there.I personally have little to no qualms with RT’ing, I also RT tweets (Read More)
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Yes, that’s right Twitter lists are probably the most “revolutionary thing” to be launched by Twitter Inc during 2009. We all know that democracy rules bureaucracy (i.e Twitter lists VS Twitter’s Suggested User Lists).However, there is still a big issue that is underlying in this whole revolutionary period for Twitter.com.P (Read More)
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In a post I made back in February of this year, I discussed how I believed Twitter Search wouldn’t replace Google Search.In the post, I mentioned how I believed that Google News should be replaced by the real-time of Twitter Search because the relevancy and immediacy of news reporting via Twitter was much more effective the (Read More)
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A post today by Samuel James Bell on Tomorrow’s Web (Disclosure: I write for this blog) discussed “Why Google Wave Really Doesn’t Matter”.Samuel made some interesting points about how the “over-complicated all-in-one approach can only lead to confusion” and how maybe Google would “be better off devoting their time to more u (Read More)
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In the world of online advertising we are subject to many different types of advertisements. My most despised form of advertising, as I noted in an earlier tweet are advertisements called “Interstitial adverts”. These adverts are displayed on screen before the user is allowed access to the actual website content they came f (Read More)
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The Embargo 2010 Panel was held today at San Francisco, CA and saw old and new media types gather together to discuss Micheal Arrington’s favourite topic “Embargoes on News Stories”.The panel was itself was moderated by Sam Whitmore from MediaSurvey, and hosted by Waggener Edstrom.A post today from SiliconValleyWatcher.com’ (Read More)
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Robert Scoble, a former corporate blogger at Microsoft’s Channel9 is currently aged 44 (according to his Wikipedia entry). His career has spanned a total of just over a decade, in which time he has worked at Fawcette Technical Publications, Winnov, UserLand, NEC, Microsoft and his current gig is at Rackspace.com.One thing I (Read More)
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Just wanted to send a personal congratulatory post out to @adventuregirl (i.e Stefanie Micheals) and @bjmendelson (Brandon Mendelson) who were selected as two of the “5 Twitter stars you’ve never heard of” for CNN’s Technology homepage! (screenshot below):Both Stefanie and Brandon were among five Twitter users chosen (inclu (Read More)
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Today (October 24th) was my 19th birthday. Now, not that I want to portray this as “must read news”, but I wanted to share my incredible experiences via social media I have had throughout the day.What started off as a mundane birthday actually turned into a very exciting, rich and fulfilling day (thanks in part to social me (Read More)
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We all have passion! Whether it’s a Gary Vaynerchuk all-out type of passion, or a content by intensive passion such as that of Leo Laporte or Robert Scoble.The internet it seems is beginning to unearth some of our most hidden unknown traits as individuals and showing the world just what gets us up in the morning.It’s a fasc (Read More)
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What do you think the Internet will look like in five years? How about 10 years? The Internet has rapidly become an integral part of our daily routines as well as the routines of children.Children are using the Internet for entertainment at a very young age. In fact, kids between 2 and 11 years of age now spend 63% more (Read More)
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Disclosure: This is a non-paid feature. Both Kirsten and Scott have not directly influenced my decision to writing this piece.Business Strategy Workshop, co-founded by Kirsten Wright and Scott Bradley is an event which due to be held at Renaissance ClubSport, Aliso Viejo, California on November 11th 2009.I decided to conduc (Read More)
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A worldwide launch for the Amazon Kindle Device (scheduled for October 19th!) is certainly looking to become a complete and utter sellout hit as it has been in the US, since it’s launch back in 2007.Now, I am certainly one of the great believers in innovation within education and the uses technology can bring to the classro (Read More)
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NB – Excuse the lack of update to this blog, accept my apologies!20 million Windows Mobile devices were sold in 2008 (according to reports from Engadget Mobile!)And yet, the proliferation of much smarter, more capable phones such as the iPhone still continue to ride high on the success of innovative and useful products.As f (Read More)