May 2009
13 posts
“Data is relationships. Relationships give meaning and context to that data....”
– Tim Berners Lee on the next web via Salon.com
…Do you remember when we met That’s the day I knew you were my pet I want to tell you how much I love you…
Sea of Love by The Honeydrippers
“Twitter search is great for finding out that something is happening, but it’s...”
– via stan schroeder@mashable
Managing the quagmire of noise that is both the beauty and the beast of Twitter is something that I feel is imperative in order for the model to continue to be valuable.
Social networking and media might be about being heard and dynamic communications but that really...
“A misconception that hundreds of people are dying each day in Darfur has led...”
– Los Angeles Times | Is the Darfur bloodshed genocide? Opinions differ via retropolitics
The word genocide has been used in so many unwarranted contexts in the last decade that it has been reduced to little more than expression of hyperbole. The problems in Darfur are indeed devestating, but...
April 2009
49 posts
“The Swine Flu continues to be the main topic of discussion on Twitter (Twitter...”
– via Adam Ostrow@mashable
I could not agree more with Adam Ostrow. I have been quite disillusioned by the insane hashtagging of all things Swine Flu. It feels as though people will jump on anything in order to get a voice. It is something I normally love about social media, but in this case I think...
via readwriteweb
the web is an amazing support tool, if used correctly. many new mothers are using it as their link to people, business and support.
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“The great paradox of “social networking” is that it uses narcissism as the glue...”
– Nick Carr on Twitter and online communities. via jgh
I’m not sure I totally agree with this, but they are interesting thoughts all the same.
Oprah’s digital strategist? Unemployed.
via Oprah gets pwned by Shaq on twitter via cnet
“All is not well in Obamafanland. It’s not clear exactly what accounts for the...”
– Naomi Klein: Hopebroken and hopesick, Obama fans need a new start via errorgorilla via jhnbrssndn via retropolitics
Interesting thoughts. I think it is somewhat naive to think that the same level of “Obamafan” culture could ever have been retained after the election. Much like...
Don't stop believin'
via nedroid.com
Journey references? Big win.
“If Twitter is a babbling four year old, going on and on about nothing important,...”
– Twitter is Done. Tumblr is Next.
via Tippingpoint Labs’ Andrew Davis via meaghano via soupsoup via peterwknox
Faye and Warren as Bonnie and Clyde. Sigh.
via cleveland.com
“The #amazonfail channel has existed for quite some time, and is something that...”
– via marketingmag au
#amazonfail, indeed. The fact that Amazon let #amazonfail slip through the net for so long is mind boggling, considering that they are an entirely digital enterprise.
“Even with all the new techniques employed by Obama’s campaign, those who cut...”
– via techinsider via salon.com
The impact of technology on mobilising political interest was highlighted in Rudd’s Kevin07 campaign and through Obama’s brilliant 2008 digital campaign, and it’s only going to get more interesting.
Twitter Fight! Larry King To Kutcher: CNN Will... →
Twitter is having a critical mass moment…
WatchOh, la lohan. You might be crazy, but you’re awesome.
via funny or die
“I may not have known it, but for some time, I have wanted something forceful,...”
– Salon.com Life | Stop the Internet, I want to get off! via interestingsnippets
Filtering noise is increasingly essential to online interaction. File management, like with managing a site, is key to wading through the waves of information and communication that are involved in Web 2.0.
“We will be rejecting the opportunist claptrap coming from the Opposition.”
– Paul Keating on the opposition in 1993. This just goes to show, Liberals in Opposition don’t change. Today, Malcolm Turnbull accused Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan of spending too little on stimulating the economy and creating jobs. One week after an enormous stimulus package was rolled out that he...
“Now I don’t know that much about you, but I like you because you are true blue.”
– Bright Eyes via owlsgo via merricat
“Figure out what your role should be in the social media space and staff with...”
– via david armano @ logic+emotion
Very worthwhile considerations. Social media won’t work if you update once a day and don’t engage with the communities that are surrounding you.
First Ikea, now a Lego Jesus. Is there nothing...
via afp
WatchAre we limiting our experiences by being perpetually connected, or are we augmenting it? Renny Gleeson asks whether the concurrent experience is “less interesting” than the experience we’ll recount later via Twitter etc.
