Archive for 'Social Networks'
Internet debate on TVNZ 7
Last nights debate was a fun event to watch and more importantly engage with. The use of twitter, irc, Facebook provided viewers with multiple channels to take part in the show. I can recall only 1-2 questions from the studio audience, such was the power of the net community in terms of the size of [...]
Posted: August 13th, 2010 under IT, Social Networks, Television, Twitter, Viral.
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Social Media Revolution
I’ve seen this clip presented at two separate presentations that I’ve attended over the last week so I thought I’d share it with you. Nothing really new about what’s covered in it for me but for those who do not understand or appreciate the shift going on it’s an eye opener.
Posted: July 17th, 2010 under Computing, Daily Life, Marketing, Pop Culture, Social Networks, Viral.
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Sunshine & Portability
I’m composing this blog entry using an app on my iPhone while sitting in Dunedin’s Octagon in the lunchtime summer sun. It is now so easy these days to share your thoughts online from whereever. I now tweet and post multiple status updates daily without a second thought. My Iphone and it’s “always on” Internet [...]
Posted: December 22nd, 2009 under Computing, Daily Life, Social Networks, Twitter, iphone.
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WordPress 2.9
After updating my blog software to this latest release I have to say I’m very happy with it. There have been a few nice extra features added and a bunch of bug fixes as well. If you have not updated your blog software for a while I suggest you download this version and act now!
Posted: December 19th, 2009 under Social Networks, Website.
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iPod touch – always on shuffle?
I’ve been a little quiet lately on the blogging front but that’s been largely due to a few things like work, university exams and birthdays. For the latter I was given an iPod Touch and have been enjoying using the device more for it’s online social networking connectivity than for its ability to hold and play [...]
Posted: November 11th, 2009 under Daily Life, Pop Culture, Social Networks, Twitter.
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The Digital Panopticon
Just came across a great bit on O’Reilly Radar by Joshua-Michéle Ross. The concept – ‘self regulation of behaviour due to 24/7 surveillance’ and linking this idea to the growth of the social web and the implications of this growth on the users who contibute to it.
Posted: July 10th, 2009 under Computing, Daily Life, Social Networks, Viral.
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Jackson brings down the internet
For several hours as folks first strove to hear the news of Jackson’s death then reacted to it by posting, blogging etc. the Internet slowed significantly. Sites like TMZ.COM and the LA Times fielded massive increases in the number of hits and slowed to a halt. I like this artists take on the Twitter ‘fail whale’
Posted: June 27th, 2009 under Computing, Daily Life, Pop Culture, Social Networks, Twitter, Viral, Website.
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