I was reminded by @sherrilynne of my interest in how the practices of the Police have come to interest as a result of recent protests and legislation and the role Social Media can play in maintaining a sense of accountability. My interest follows a recent seminar held by Sherrilynne and PDMS about the...
I'm not going to be the first and I won't be the last to write about this, so I won't labour the point. Hopefully the graphic says it all. The new Facebook home page seems to be trying to be more like Twitter than actually bringing prople together, which it was previously very good at. With...
Twittering at work raises interesting questions about security, commitment to work and protection of intellectual property; all questions raised by use of Instant Messenger applications. Whereas a company IT policy often (and I think, should) ban or actively prevent use of Instant Messengers such as...
At the Manx Third Thursday lunch today, Sherrilynne asked us "What is the next big thing going to be in 2009?". A few good answers went around the table, but I found couldn't really answer. If I.T. is fast, Social Media is even faster, I couldn't come up with anything fast enough before...
I received a suggestion to try www.twollo.com today, from one of the guys I am following on Twitter, @jonpauldavies . His bio says he "help businesses communicate better with customers through innovation and automation". I think that means he is into Social Media. An insightful follow, one...
I've been expanding my Twitter circle recently, trying to find a bit more content out there which is outside my normal line of interest. To my existing contacts, which include Sitecore Professionals, CRM and .NET specialists and Social Media bods, I have widened the net to philosophical and comedic...
About a month ago, I discovered I Want Sandy , which is a virtual Personal Assistant (PA) service. Not that I necassarily need a PA (though one would be nice), but that this was a service I could use to jot notes down, track my ideas and - most importantly - use it through my existing networking channels...