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Rob’s Northern Voice keynote
Feb 21, 2009 | Social Signal
If you've ever wondered whether social media is funny, check out the reaction to Rob's Teh Funny Northern Voice keynote. The Twitter backchannel is reprinted in text below. These tweets are in chronological order, so you can follow the thread of the conversation. In...
Why online conversation matters
Feb 13, 2009 | How to build community online, Community
Why online conversation holds the key to social, political and community change.
NIche messaging with social media: going for the Golden Graham
Feb 9, 2009 | Classics
The Golden Graham Effect is what happens when a product or service achieves a consistent and coherent brand, despite offering different benefits to different audiences. Today, social media doesn’t just offer the opportunity for niche messaging. It introduces the informational equivalent of nutritional labeling for every product, and every service on the market.
ManyMoon offers collaborative task management that project managers can love
Jan 19, 2009 | Classics
I was thrilled to discover a new, hot, collaborative task management app this week: ManyMoon. It’s the first web app I’ve found that provides team-centric task management without falling off the ledge and into the bottomless pit of project management.
Seven people’s seven favourite things?
Jan 17, 2009 | Self
I’ve been memed. As commanded by Dave Eaves and the many people upstream of him in the 7 Things thing, here are my 7 things.
Know how dorky you feel when you find you’re bopping along to your iPod in a public place?…
Jan 16, 2009 | Self
Know how dorky you feel when you find you’re bopping along to your iPod in a public place? Feels 2x as dorky if it’s bopping to a showtune
“Share, bookmark and e-mail web pages quickly without leaving your browser. Shareaholic makes it easy…”
Nov 22, 2008 | Classics
Shareaholic makes it easy for you to submit the web page you’re on to your favorite sharing or bookmarking service.
Xoopit
Nov 22, 2008 | Classics
I’m grooving on this plugin for gmail/firefox that lets me browse all my videos, photos and file attachments in a convenient way.
Roundup: 50 suggestions for how President-elect Obama can use the Internet to govern
Nov 10, 2008 | Community, How to build community online
As soon as Barack Obama was elected President, in part of the strength of a brilliant online campaign, the blogosphere offered up its ideas on how he could use the Internet to govern, too. This round-up of 50 ideas for e-government offer an enduring source of inspiration for policy-makers in America and beyond.
My Obama mama
Nov 3, 2008 | Classics
My mom turns 70 on November 16th and insists there’s nothing she wants for her birthday other than photos of her grandchildren. I know the one thing that would thrill her even more: being present at Barack Obama’s inauguration.