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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
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I have noticed a strange phenomenon recently among service providers. Some of them seem to think that the mere fact of providing services to a customer for money creates an actual personal relationship with their customer. A recent example of this phenomenon came to my attention when a friend got
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hmmm makes you wonder about those ponies? moar Lolcats
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Follow us on Twitter: @cccsyd See what's happening at #cccsyd When:Friday 28 August 2009 (5.30 pm - 7.30 pm) Where: CBS Interactive SydneyWe are running this as part of the RSPCA Cupcake Day fundraiser Registration: here * admission: free; BYO alcohol; soft drinks & nibbles provided
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There's been some 'research' about Twitter by Pear Analytics claiming that "Pointless Babble" represented "40.55% of the total tweets captured". What's interesting is that these folks completely miss the importance of banter in the building of social bonds between
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Some have argued that blogs have had their day, for example: Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004. A blog (a contraction of the term weblog) is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog I still think
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Happy Caturday!
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Reputation is critical for any person or business - we only have to look at the professional reputations of the James Hardie directors & managers in the news today. Social media can be a great way for companies & individuals to build their reputations. But it also means that we
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A number of organisations have stepped up to offer prizes for Cupcake Camp Sydney and I wanted to take the opportunity to thank them for their generosity. Ripples Cafe has donated a gift certificate for a dinner for 2 people (to value of $150) at their restaurant on Sydney Wharf.
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I have been privileged to know many inspiring women during my life. But the first of these influential women was my mother. Lan grew up in a large and rambunctious Irish (Greek) Australian family in Sydney's inner west. It was a time when ladies wore hats, gloves &
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A number of organisations have stepped up to offer prizes for Cupcake Camp Sydney. I wanted to take the opportunity to thank them for their generosity, and also to show the prizes that our cupcake makers could win. The Plantronics has provided one of their Discovery 925 Bluetooth earpiece. It
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My current obsession with cupcakes and supporting the RSPCA results from two things that came together recently. Last year I was intrigued to hear about the various cupcake camps that were being held around the world. It seemed like a nice thing to do - getting people together for a