News and current affairs has always fascinated me. Nowadays every person with a mobile phone can take photos or stream video. However while the rise of the so called "civilian journalist" can be a bit of a mixed bag in terms of accuracy, context etc., it does provide a huge amount of content. RTÉ, Ireland's public broadcast service, did a fantastic job combining footage … [Read more...] about Dublin Riots – RTÉ Video Analysis
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Sacha Baron Cohen Takes Aim at Social Media Platforms
Sacha Baron Cohen gave a very interesting and powerful speech earlier this week. It's not your typical Sacha Baron Cohen the comedian, this is Sacha Baron Cohen as himself and as someone who has an interesting message about racism, hate and how some of the social media platforms are making matters worse. The video runs just over 20 minutes, but it's worth watching: The … [Read more...] about Sacha Baron Cohen Takes Aim at Social Media Platforms
Fixing and Debugging Rich Media Sharing on Facebook and Twitter
People tend to interact more with "rich" media than they do with plain text links. So when you share a link on Facebook, Twitter or other social media networks you'll find that those links that contain "media", such as images and video, will get more interactions. Apart from anything else, they'll stick out more on people's news feeds. If you're using Wordpress as your … [Read more...] about Fixing and Debugging Rich Media Sharing on Facebook and Twitter
Gary Vaynerchuk At Web Summit
I was only at Web Summit for one day this year - long boring story, but I was delighted to see this keynote by Gary Vaynerchuk: Via … [Read more...] about Gary Vaynerchuk At Web Summit
Jabbing
I'll be reading Gary Vee's new book over the next few days. I ordered it months ago so I've been looking forward to it .. … [Read more...] about Jabbing