Twitter addict? Maybe it’s time to spend some time with FriendFeed
Apr 30 2009
Posted by Martin as Friendfeed, Internet, Twitter
Allow me, if you will, to pitch an idea to you; one I believe in and am excited by. I’ll give you my reasons and once you’ve read them do you promise me you’ll at least think about what I suggest?
Here’s the crux: If you’re a Twitter addict who loves the fast-paced discussions and news [...]
“Hello, can you hear me?” The smartphone’s weak link
Mar 15 2009
Posted by Martin as Mobile Phones, Twitter
Mobile phones have come a long way in the past five years. From the basic communications devices of yore, they have evolved into what Nokia calls “Multimedia Computers” capable of web access, good quality photos, live video broadcasting and much, much, more. There is, however, a chink in the smartphone’s armour. Something that seems to [...]
Creating and Sharing with a Mobile Phone: a presentation
Mar 04 2009
Posted by Martin as Manchester Social Media Cafe, Mobile Phones, Twitter
Last night saw the latest meeting of Manchester’s Social Media Cafe. We kicked off with a talk from Mario Cacciotolo of Someone Once Told Me who traveled up from London to tell us about how his cult site came about. Mario also took some photos for a ‘Manchester Week’ on Someone Once Told Me. Many [...]
Last month I uncovered how the Twitter username ‘BBC’ was fooling people into believe it was an official BBC News feed when in actual fact it was being run by a third party. This wasn’t really a problem until they insulted someone who believed they were contacting the BBC via the account. You can read [...]
As a regular Twitter user I’ve often wished that more of my friends would use it. It’s great to have access to the thoughts (and, occasionally, attention) of lots of interesting people in the Twitter-sphere but sometimes I want my friends to be tweeting their thoughts too. Why can’t they see the value in it?
Converting [...]
As microblogging grows in popularity so do the ways in which people are using it. An interesting example of this has sprung up here in my home city of Manchester. Two enterprising members of the local tech community have put together a way to crowdsource traffic news.
Twaffik is an automated system that works via a [...]
As the Twitter community grows so does the number of third party applications built around it. From fully-fledged clients like Tweetdeck to visualisation tools like Twittervision, the diversity in what’s available shows just how much of an impact the micro-blogging service has made.
One of the latest Twitter services to launch is Mr Tweet. The service [...]
Social Media – are you noisier than you think?
Nov 10 2008
Posted by Martin as Friendfeed, Internet, Twitter
In recent months it’s become apparent that a lot of people find themselves overwhelmed by too much information. Subscribe to too many RSS feeds and follow too many people of Twitter and FriendFeed and suddenly you find yourself struggling to keep up with what is mostly irrelevant nonsense. Louis Gray wrote a commonsense post on [...]
Back in 2005 Myspace became the most important tool for bands to get themselves noticed online. The huge mainstream uptake of the service meant there was a ready audience of potential fans for eager unsigned acts to tap into.
The good times didn’t last though. It didn’t take long for fatigue to set in amongst Myspace’s [...]
Is this the first song to be commissioned via Twitter? A couple of weeks ago Manchester-based music blogger Justhipper posted a message on Twitter saying:
“Dear Twitter musicians. For my birthday, can somebody write me a bleepy electronic song about robotic pigs driving flying cars?”
Quite why she wanted that particular subject matter I have no idea. However, [...]
