Category Archives: Social Media

Businesses: Still looking too internally

Who Cares? Social Internet Spaces and Your Business

Good Vibrations Widget: Music Festivals & Social Media

THE GVF ‘09 WIDGET IS HERE! : Looks like they’re catching up.
I had an email from Good Vibrations Festival announcing their new Facebook widget.  But does it go far enough? Well, I think so.
The widget application means that you can be the first to know any Good Vibrations breaking news! You can check the news [...]

IAB UK: Social Media Handbook

The Interactive Advertising Bureau UK have released another internet marketing guide — this time on everyone’s favourite phrase: social media.

Age of Conversation 2: Why Don’t WE Get It?

You can now purchase you copy of Age of Conversation 2: Why don’t they get it? All proceeds benefit Variety, The Childrens’ Charity.
I’m organising a group of people to split the shipping costs on the second edition of Age of Conversation.  If you’re interested please leave a note and join Julian Cole, Katie Harris, Kate [...]

Yammer: Groups Announced

The Best of Facebook Status Updates

So what’s the best Facebook status update you’ve ever seen?
I ran into the aptly named The Collection of Funny Facebook Status Updates — definitely one for the RSS feeder on those quiet days.

Bloggers: Armed & Dangerous

When I walk into a conference, I don’t simply take my writing tools.  I am armed with a laptop.

Getting your Facebook group right name is important

Furthering my support for the return of the old Facebook, it seems “1,000,000 AGAINST THE NEW FACEBOOK LAYOUT!” (http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27233634858) has a slight (only 9 million) discrepancy.

Iggy Pintado: The 4 Ps of Online Networking

Iggy Pintado has put together a great article on The 4 Ps of Online Networking.  Like all who know the space deeply, Pintado has, of course, started with purpose.

Blogging: Permalink Structure

I’ve been fighting with myself for the past month over whether to stick to my existing link structure (which does not include any date) or switching to move my URLs to the year/month structure.
Why is this important?
A Digital Perspective, like many blogs, is an ongoing account of the world around me.  Like all records, time plays a [...]

Gartner Says More Than 60 Percent of Fortune 1000 Companies With a Web Site Will Connect to or Host a Form of Online Community by 2010

Interesting report from Gartner.  I’ve summarised below — but do you agree?  I’ve dropped in my thoughts along the way.  Would love to hear yours.

Social Media: The Ultimate MMORPG

1991: They Call It “The Internet” - remember this?
Highlights the sense of community and fellowship - “tapped a world wanting to connect” for individuals to “indulge deep into abiding passions”.  Just like social networking, online communities and of course, MMORPGs.

BigPond and Twitter: A Learning Experience

Seems after the widespread negative response to Australia’s first telco jumping on Twitter, BigPond is learning (even if it’s the hard way).

Technorati: State of the Blogosphere — Day 1: Who Are the Bloggers?

Part 1 of Technorati’s annual State of the Blogosphere report has come out today: Who are the bloggers?
But as the Blogosphere grows in size and influence, the lines between what is a blog and what is a mainstream media site become less clear. Larger blogs are taking on more characteristics of mainstream sites and mainstream [...]