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It's Talk Like a Pirate Caturday!
Shiver me timbers! This lolcat is brought to you by me & @alecthegeek. moar Lolcats and funny pictures
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Caturday again?
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Media140 and the future of journalism in the Social Media Age
Media140 Sydney is asking “What is the future of journalism in the Social Media Age?” It's an important question to be asking in these times of newspaper companies in trouble and growth of new media channels. The venue is the ABC’s Eugene Goossens’ Hall, Sydney on November
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Online policy madness - Don't link to us!
Here's an excellent example of a legal or marketing department (or both) who don't seem to get how the internet & search engines work. Further, it shows a real disconnect between the kind of content on the site and the policies supporting the site. Wonder why
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Social network marketing for real
People have been asking me for ages if any real companies are using social networks for their marketing, so it was interesting to come across this data from Capital One in the UK. Robin Goad from Hitwise reports that "Facebook is now its second biggest source of traffic, and
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Late LOLcat for Caturday
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Late LOLcat for Caturday
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Cupcake Camp Sydney video is up on YouTube
Through the very kind offices of @ApostrophePong (& his trusty assistant @Stilgherrian) we have a great video record of the recent event. A really big thank-you again to everyone for getting involved. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy34XgOKoYU&w=411&h=304]
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Just one little change in the ecosystem
I recently experienced how easily one can disrupt a stableecosystem. And I learned the hard way how difficult it can be to re-stabilise that same ecosystem! We have two dogs and one of them likes to socialise around the neighbourhood, and to this end she will dig amazing tunnels or
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Lolcatz Phenomena Harnassed for Language Teaching
This Caturday is brought to you via @Neerav Lolcatz Phenomena Harnassed for Language Teaching This guy is using lolcats for a serious purpose - teaching 8th grade French. Pop over to his site & vote on the lolcats created by his year 8 students. Very creative use of technology for
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If trust is a currency how do you avoid bankruptcy?
There has been a lot of talk in the social media and web 2.0 world about trust as the base currency of this new world (e.g. Trust Economies: Investigation into the New ROI of the Web). But where there is a currency there is also the possibility of
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Community, caring and cupcakes
It was so touching to see a bunch of people who linked up via Twitter join in and participate in a community event like Cupcake Camp Sydney last Friday night. To explain: CupcakeCamp (which was invented by Ariel Waldman) is: ... an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to