Posts Tagged: Social Media

The Web We Lost by Anil Dash is a wonderful article that describes the web I grew up with, and helps explain why I struggle with parts of today’s web. When you see interesting data mash-ups today, they are often still using Flickr photos because Instagram’s feeble metadata sucks, and the app is only reluctantly… Continue Reading ›

I usually take a break from Twitter over Christmas, but after reading this fascinating article, and watching Simon’s Creative Morning talk I’ve decided to take the whole month off – one month off social media. In just a day away from Tweeting, Instagramming and Checking In I’ve felt what I can only describe as calmer. Why… Continue Reading ›

If you wouldn’t feel comfortable saying it into a megaphone at a crowded mall, then you shouldn’t post it on social media. — Jessica Jungton

Ideas of March is a great initiative from Chris Shiflett to resurrect the blog. I agree with Chris when he attributes the demise of blogging to the rise of Twitter. Personally I know there are many things I tweet that would have been the basis of a blog post in the past. You’d be forgiven… Continue Reading ›

Thoughts on social media policies. I attended an industry event last week, in conversation over coffee I learnt that BT has a social media policy 32 pages in length, and written in pure legalese “the party in the fist part” etc. Whereas Zappos‘ social media policy is “be real and use your judgement”. Guess which… Continue Reading ›

The Social Network is the recent film from David Fincher about the founding of Facebook. Tim Van Damme recommended the soundtrack on Twitter, and at $5 – yes $5 – it seemed a veritable bargain; quick preview confirmed that to be so. It’s a dark suite of electronica, which having since seen the film doesn’t quite… Continue Reading ›