James and I throw ideas backwards and forwards a lot. Generally speaking, however, he knows what I'll like and what I'll hate. This week he came up with a couple of very nice images for two very different things. One is for a talk I'm giving at a conference later this month. I'll be talking about domain names and how choosing the right one is important and, hopefully, how … [Read more...] about Tongue In Cheek Marketing
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Playing With Facebook Timeline Options
I quite like the Facebook timeline. It's got its uses for both people and business pages. However some of the options on it strike me as a little odd - especially if you're filling in your "past life" ie. pre-Facebook activity. Do people actually share pre-Facebook relationship information? I'm not sure I'd be overly comfortable with doing that. I am "friends" on … [Read more...] about Playing With Facebook Timeline Options
Organising A Tweetup In Prague During ICANN 44
If you're attending the ICANN meeting in Prague next week (or starting this weekend - depends on your view) I'm trying to organise a tweetup. So what's a "tweetup"? It's basically an informal social event for people who "know" each other via Twitter (and other social networks) to get to meet each other in real life. Venue? At this stage it looks like it could be one … [Read more...] about Organising A Tweetup In Prague During ICANN 44
Visualising Social Via Intel
Intel have done a few interesting things with social media in the past. One of their tools does an interesting job of sucking in Facebook, Twitter and Youtube and generating a visualisation or infographic of your personal social media activity. Whether it's a reflection of you or not will probably depend on how much you actually share via social media sites Here's … [Read more...] about Visualising Social Via Intel
Where Do People React To Blog Posts?
Once upon a time and it wasn't really that long ago, you would post a blog entry and people would either comment on it directly, or they'd write their own post and link to you.In 2011 with people cross-posting their RSS to multiple targets such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn (and a load of other places) some people are saying that they aren't getting the volume of comments … [Read more...] about Where Do People React To Blog Posts?