Malcolm Turnbull, without budgie smugglers Malcolm Turnbull, Australian politician extraordinaire. Malcolm who blogs (oh ok, it’s his pets who blog, but we can’t vote for them). Malcolm, our soon to be Prime Minister, no? He-who-has-a-Facebook-page. So the question is this:Zombie or …. Vampire you make a hot Vampire! Tell the world! Decisions. Decisions. Can’t be of-the-community yet apart-from-the-community can one? Embrace it or reject it. In the future, pollies will be judged by how well they embrace rather than use social networks. But it’s easy to forgive Malcolm any mistakes right at this point in time (even if he never Continue Reading…
Posted by Laurel Papworth at 6:51 pm Tagged with: Andrew Bartlett, Daisy Turnbull, Facebook, malcolm turnbull, politician, Prime Minister, Social Media Australia, social networks, use social networks
By way of Kay Smoljak (on Twitter via Facebook, oddly enough): Clive Thompson on How Twitter Creates a Social Sixth Sense Twitter is the app that everyone loves to hate. Odds are you’ve noticed people — probably much younger than you — manically using Twitter, a tool that lets you post brief updates about your everyday thoughts and activities to the Web via browser, cell phone, or IM. The messages are limited to 140 characters, so they lean toward pithy, haiku-like utterances. When I dropped by the main Twitter page, people had posted notes like “Doing lunch and picking up Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 6:23 pm Tagged with: mobile, social networks, Twitter
From Blender magazine by way of FasterLouder.com.au by way of the inimitable Vashti Rosenberg: US magazine Blender has named Steve Jobs and Apple as the world’s most powerful technology trendsetters, placing the company at the very front of the online music revolution that has reshaped the way people listen to, buy and even watch music. The ‘Powergeek 25’ list reflects what Craig Marks, editor-in-chief of Blender Magazine, identifies as the true power players in Web music. The full list of winners in the Blender Magazine’s ‘Powergeek 25’ was… 1. Steve Jobs: Apple (Technology corporation)2. Tom Anderson and Chris Dewolfe: MySpace Continue Reading…
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I was mucking around, doing research into social calendars and saw this in Socializr signup. Thought you might appreciate it: Standard Membership – FREE! Substandard Membership – For people with low self-esteem (Free) Superior Membership – Same features as Standard, but somehow better ($1 million) *laughs* Technorati Tags: social networks, Online Communities, Humour, social calendar, socializr
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 5:00 pm Tagged with: Online Communities, social calendar, social networks, USD
Anyone here use Facebook? *poke* poke* From Ad Age: 23-Year-Old Mark Zuckerberg Has Google Sweating Idealist Entrepreneur’s Facebook Offers Something Search Doesn’t–Distribution By Abbey Klaassen Just as Google has become what some people call the operating system for search, Facebook is turning itself into the operating system for social networking. While Google knows what millions of people are searching for, Facebook has something the search giant hasn’t been able to grow: a network of connections between people that creates a viral distribution platform unrivaled by any portal or search engine. In late May, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the social Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 12:29 pm Tagged with: Abbey Klaassen, Abbey Klaassen Just, Amazon, CEO, chief, ebay, Facebook, Google, Internet Explorer, laurel papworth, Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft, Mountain View, NEW YORK, news corp, Online Communities, operating system, Robyn Twomey, rupert murdoch, search engine, search giant, social network, social networking, social networks, social research tools, social search, Social search coming, The Wall Street Journal, Twitter, USD, Wall Street Journal
Jul 082007
I’m quite concerned – it’s nearly impossible to tell that the second one is knitted. Story here. Tags: Humour, mobile, telecommunications, iphone, knitting, Australia
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 8:08 pm Tagged with: mobile, Social Media Australia
Jul 082007
Well golly gosh, The Australian Financial Review has got a crap site. I would’ve probably paid for this article but it’s not clear it’s even on there. I couldn’t find a search button. Went out in the pouring rain to buy the paper instead. I think it’s the last time I’ll do that… The number of Australian’s using blogs has soared over the past year, but companies are still struggling to find a way use one of the fastest growing parts of the internet as a marketing tool. – do you think they should do one of my courses, or Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 7:14 pm Tagged with: antiZeroCoke Movement, comScore Media Matrix, Jennifer Williams, Mike Zeederberg, Noelle Waugh, Realestate.com., search button, social media, Social Media Australia, social network, social networks, telstra, web 2.0, youtube
Click on the pictures to see them clearer. Well call me every kinda fool but do y’think there’s some kind of election going on here? Look at the flags! 28, 143 Coconut Grove, Second Life if you want to visit. For Tom Rooney, elect to the Congress: Tom Rooney for Gun Control? I think not!I bought that limousine you can see in the top picture. But clearly I can drive in Second Life about as good as I drive in First Life. *fed up* Anywho, any of our pollies wasting tax payers money on a flag-infested, ostentatious location complete with Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 1:46 pm Tagged with: Linden Labs, Online Communities, Second Life Liberation Army, Social Media Australia
Jul 062007
I’m an out and out romantic. An eternal optimist. And I’ve been thinking for a while about an online community for brides. Why? Well, social networks work really well around Rituals and Events, for starters. Plus the site would look sooooo pretty. Aw shucks. I looked at a few of the Australian wedding communities – basically they stuck up a forum and called it a social network. Wedding Centralphpbb forum, and maybe tinyportal CMS?i-do.com.au not sure of the forum software, they have a few toolsthere was another one I can’t think of right now Diary something. None of the sites Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 7:16 pm Tagged with: Amanda, forum software, Gay Weddings, India, Online Communities, online community, Social Media Australia, social network, social networking tool, social networks, United Kingdom
Jul 062007
Linkau have launched an Australian social network. I don’t know how clearly you can see from the picture above (from the Sydney portal) but it’s very MySpace-y. No attempt to pull out information into an aggregated page. No real attempt to add any value to the Australian MySpace proposition as far as I can see, except a limited attempt at swarming down into local portal (doors) into local area content. The usual issue. If you build it will they come? Is your purpose clearly defined. And no, the purpose isn’t to “have as many banner ads as possible”. It’s a Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 1:02 am Tagged with: business networking platform, LinkAU, online social, Social Media Australia, social networks, Sydney
Jul 062007
Who’s Australia’s most interesting VC company? Anyway, thought some of you might find this informative. From Sequoia, who have a list of what they look for when funding startups: Elements ofSustainable Companies Start-ups with these characteristics often foretells the success of a business and the likelihood of it becoming a sustainable, enduring company. We like to partner with companies that have: Clarity of Purpose Summarize the company’s business on the back of a business card. Large Markets Address existing markets poised for rapid growth or change. A market on the path to a $1B potential allows for error and time Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 12:12 am Tagged with: Investment, NASDAQ 100, Sequoia Capital, Social Media Australia, venture capital
Rugby. NOT my cup of tea. But given how many people like sport and stuff, I thought in the interest of balanced reporting I should post about Rugby and online communities. Wait! hang on a minute! This is a blog – balanced reporting my ar$e! :p The Telegraph is planning to develop a social network for the Rugby World Cup in September. The company is to use its ‘My Telegraph’ personalised news service as the foundation for a social networking platform around the event. The Telegraph Media Group rolled out My Telegraph in May, which enables registered users to save Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 12:46 am Tagged with: auction house software, Australian Sports Tours, mass media, niche sports community, official, Online Communities, online sports community, pretty portal, Rugby, rugby site, soccer, Social Media Australia, social network, social networking software, social networks, The Telegraph
Jul 042007
Found this on the ‘net so it must be true (from ITFacts): 174 mln users to get into mobile social networks by 2011 ABI Research found that “mobile social communities” currently count nearly 50 mln members worldwide, a number that is expected to reach 174 mln in 2011. Metrics 2.0 have also picked up on the figures: Social Communities Go Mobile: 50 million to Become 174 million The rapid rise of online social communities and the companies behind them (such as MySpace and Facebook), has found a natural extension to the mobile phones. There are currently nearly 50 million members Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 3:33 pm Tagged with: AirG, cellular telephone, Clint Wheelock, co-founder and director, Facebook, Frederick Ghahramani, mobile, mobile phones, Mobile social networks, Online Communities, online social communities, personal networking, portable wireless devices, sms, social networking, social networks, vice president of research, wireless social networking
Jul 042007
What mobile widgets and apps do you have and which service provider are you with? Does anyone else find having a Twitter widget on a mobile a bit, well, redundant? This one only works on Mobio network. Do the impossible – right from your phone 50+ FREE & cool mobile widgets! – New! twitter on Mobio- New! digg on Mobio- New! My RSS- New! Kaboodle- locate Cheap Gas- find live music events- stop getting lost with 1-click maps Wow, how nice of them to give out free widgets – that you have to pay to access. :pHow do you feel Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:13 pm Tagged with: cellular telephone, convergent device, Google, Java, mobile, mobile phones, Mobile social networks, Online Communities, Social Media Australia, social networks, telecommunications, telstra, vodafone, WAP, web browser, wireless, WLAN
I’ve been out and about, looking for developers, and lately focussed on Dev forums and open outsourcing sites. Open outsourcing is a matchmaking service for Developers. You, the client scope out the job and Developers pitch to build it for you. The interface is sort of Auction House-y or Ebay-ish. There’s escrow and warranties and all sorts of goodies to protect the buyer and seller, oops, I mean developer and client. Initially rentacoder took the honour as the one most known, and you could have flash or html websites built. But now the matchmaking service is for lots of different Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 12:19 am Tagged with: full time technician, Online Communities, open source technology, Social Media Australia, social networks, Socioeconomic, software
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