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Entries from October 31st, 2009

Free the chickens

October 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment · ideas

Tweet Normally I post a cute or amusing cat picture to celebrate Caturday. But today let’s think about ensuring a better quality of life for the chickens that nourish us. Here’s a video from the RSPCA: Tweet

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more real people on twitter #followfriday

October 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments · twitter

Tweet Here’s some more real people that I follow on Twitter: @jeffsonstein – teaches IT, supports causes, knows his geekery & I often enjoy interesting chats with him on Twitter @neerav – blogger, geek, librarian, chocolate lover who’s always got an interesting perspective on things @mkrigsman – writes about IT project failures, knows lots of [...]

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Can brands control their message using social media?

October 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · ideas

Tweet An email for a conference arrived the other day, and it enticed me with the tag line: Learning how to leverage Web 2.0 and Social Media sites to market your brand and control your message This got me wondering can brands really control their message using social media? One thing I know from experience [...]

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Caturday is serious business

October 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · LOLcats

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some real people on twitter for #followfriday

October 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · twitter

Tweet Here’s some more real people that I follow on Twitter: @firstdogonmoon – Mr Onthemoon cartoons at www.crikey.com.au & is one of the kindest people I know; IMHO he’s also a comic genius @Mediamum – start-up entrepreneur, mother of a small tribe, intrepid breastfeeding campaigner, journalist, educator – there is nothing this woman can’t do [...]

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A taste for travel: dinner at Universal

October 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off · ideas

Tweet Had dinner at Universal restaurant the other night at the instigation of the lovely @frombecca & joined by the ebullient @CarmR and some other friends.  Dinner was cooked by four of Australia’s most renowned chefs – Christine Manfield (Universal), Frank Camorra (Movida, Melbourne), Kylie Kwong (billy kwong, Sydney), and London-based David Thompson (Nahm).  The [...]

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Caturday is for everyone everywhere

October 17th, 2009 · Comments Off · LOLcats

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real people for #followfriday

October 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · twitter

Tweet Here’s some more real people that I follow on Twitter: @salisburydowns & @susiecameron – I put these together as they’re partners in crime most of the time, if you’re interested in entertaining your kids or getting them active these tweeps are it @PeterBlackQUT – lectures in law at QUT, total current affairs & political [...]

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Blog action day 2009: What can one person do? #BAD09

October 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments · future, ideas

Tweet Today is Blog Action Day 2009 & the topic is climate change. “Climate change affects us all and it threatens more than the environment. It threatens to cause famine, flooding, war, and millions of refugees. Given the urgency of the issue of climate change and the upcoming international climate negotiations in Copenhagen this December, [...]

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5 sins – social networking for business

October 12th, 2009 · 5 Comments · ideas

Tweet As a humble member of various social networks including Twitter it never fails to amaze me how lame some businesses are in their approach. I don’t know what is happening inside the brains of the people behind this behaviour on behalf of companies. But it is like they’ve forgotten what it is like to [...]

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