I wish people would stop confusing social media with social networks. Unless every single thing you do online is media, there is a difference! Ah well, here is a study on social health: ABOUT 60% OF ALL ADULTS over 18 use the Web to find health and wellness info, according to new research from iCrossing. And while search is still the dominant channel for accessing that info, Americans are increasingly turning to social media sites–including Wikipedia, blogs, message boards and social networking groups–to educate themselves about specific diseases or conditions. Over two days in December 2007, iCrossing questioned more than Continue Reading…
Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:12 pm Tagged with: Australian Medical Association, founder, John Swapceinski, social media, Social Media Australia, social networks, United States
Jan 182008
Target opens their legs – but not for bloggers From NewsBusters: Target department stores apparently haven’t gotten the memo that dissing the Internet and bloggers can be a dangerous game for a retailer these days. And, Target isn’t just dissing blogges and “non-traditional media” they might be claiming they won’t even interact with them. All this over a new advertisement that shows a woman in Winter clothing, spread-eagled atop the Target logo, the center of which appears right between the model’s spread legs. Just what the “target” here is, can be a pertinent question to ask and several consumer advocates Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 3:40 pm Tagged with: anti advertising, anti marketing, non-traditional media outlets, social media
I don’t think this is a technical workshop so it might be interesting for those wanting a high level view of developing Facebook apps – or even the direction it’s all going in. There’s a Venture Capitalist speaking for example. You have to register, get more information etc. on the Facebook Event page: Date: Thursday, January 24, 2008 Time: 6:30pm – 9:30pm Location: Rockford Novotel – Darling Harbour Street: 17 Little Pier Street (Right next to Sydney Entertainment Centre!) City/Town: Sydney, Australia View Map Description Join us for Australia’s inaugural Facebook Developer Garage. Check out the latest 60minutes episode where Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 3:48 pm Tagged with: Chris Guzowski, Developer Garage, Facebook, Lee Lorenzen, operating system, Social Media Australia, Sydney Facebook Developers Group, Tom Beeby
Jan 092008
Guess how many I’ve eaten? Prize is – you get the rest. Which are probably the not so nice ones (soz, Orange Sherbet gone) such as the chewed-up-and-spat-out Jalapeno ones. And it’s so NOT true that I licked ALL the other ones, just to test of course! Thanks to MySpace for sending the largest box of Jelly Beans I’ve ever seen. guesses also on Twitter @silkcharm and Flickr
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 5:29 pm Tagged with: laurel papworth, social media, Twitter
Jan 082008
1pm Sydney time, which is 11am Perth time. You’ll be able to download it later at 2webcrew.thepodcastnetwork.com – but why not join us for live chat at ustream.tv/channel/2web-crew-live ? There will be me, finding her feet. And Techcrunch’s Duncan Riley, Norg’s Bronwen Clune, and TPN’s Cameron Reilly and some mystery guest with some major announcement that we’re not allowed to talk about. Well, let’s be honest, I probably would let it slip – Blabbermouth of The Internetz here – but they won’t tell me who s/he is. Grrrrrr. If you have a question you want answered, and can’t use the Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:39 pm Tagged with: 2webcrew, laurel papworth, Perth, Sydney
Jan 082008
From CNN: OKYO, Jan. 7, 2008 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) — Japan’s Matsushita Electric Industrial Co (NYSE:MC) , the world’s largest consumer electronics maker, has teamed up with Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) and YouTube to commercialize flat panel television sets that allow users to access and view videos online, the Nikkei reported on Tuesday, without citing sources. This will be the Google group’s first tie-up with a Japanese consumer electronics manufacturer in TV-related services, the business daily said. The Internet-enabled plasma TVs are expected to hit store shelves in the US this spring, it said. Google is the world’s largest Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:28 pm Tagged with: brand electronics, consumer electronics maker, consumer electronics manufacturer, copyright management systems, flat panel television sets, Google Inc., Internet search engine, Internet-enabled plasma TVs, Internet-enabled TVs, Japan, JPY, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co, Panasonic, photo-sharing site, search engine, Social Media Australia, Thomson Financial, United States, USD, video sharing site, youtube
Jan 072008
Warning: 2 minutes 38 seconds of un-productivity coming up. Don’t forget to link to this YouTube video (content) to your Facebook (filtering) wall: you might as well put that $2,700 that each of us cost our employers each year on Facebook, to good use. It’s 4:33am – the time of the morning when one stares crosseyed at Tetris and wonders what it would look like with humans raining down…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 10:29 am Tagged with: Facebook, social media, Social Media Australia, USD, youtube
Jan 062008
TONIGHT: Anyone else going to Mobile Monday Sydney? Come on, come on, C’mon! You know you want to, so what if it’s a work night? Plus the clincher: Free drinks Web 2.0 goes Mobile Keynote, Panel, and two drinks pp., sponsored by A reminder that tonight, Mobile Monday Sydney is holding its first event for 2008, generously sponsored by Forum Nokia who are also kicking off our year in style with two free drinks per person (beer & wine) via tokens available from the front desk when you sign in. Come and meet our Keynote Speaker for the night, Gary Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 6:17 pm Tagged with: Gary Chan, Keynote Speaker, Manager, mobile, mobile services, operator, product and brand manager, Shelbourne Hotel, Social Media Australia, Sussex, Sydney, web 2.0
Jan 052008
*yawn* We’ve been through this before – Australian Traditional Media: Just STOP it – but let’s face it, dissing Facebook to the press is what you do when you want media coverage yourself – for your own social network I mean. In this case, Paul Tyrrell is speaking for Linkedme.com.au: Price of FacebookAustralians addicted to Facebook are costing their bosses almost $3000 each a year, a study shows.Almost half of the 2800 Facebook users surveyed admitted that the website at work with 20 per cent using it more than two hours a week.Paul Tyrrell, Development Manaer for Linkme.com.au, said that, Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 11:15 pm Tagged with: Facebook, important networking, Linkedme.com., Linkme.com., Media coverage, Paul Tyrrell, Social Media Australia, social network, style recruitment site, USD
Jan 052008
Wired has a Hot-or-Not competition for Vote for the Sexiest Geeks of 2007. Here’s my vote:Suggest you go to Wired Sexy Geeks and click NEW. For more on JJProjects try @jjprojects (Twitter) or website.They don’t give me an embed or permanent link – bad viral marketing. Technorati Tags: Wired, Twitter, jjprojects, Australia, John Johnston, hot or not,
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 5:59 pm Tagged with: Social Media Australia, Twitter, viral marketing
Jan 032008
I didn’t know they didn’t already have one… YouTube has appointed Chris Di Cesare as its first director of marketing. Formerly director of creative marketing at Microsoft, Di Cesare will report directly to Chad Huley, co-founder of YouTube. The marketing executive moved to the video-sharing site two months ago having spent 12 years at Microsoft, but the move has only just been made public. At Microsoft Di Cesare was key to the launch of the Xbox, Xbox 360 and Halo 3. YouTube, which was acquired by Google in October 2006, was named in September as one of the top ten Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 1:23 pm Tagged with: Chad Huley, co-founder, director of creative marketing, Google, marketing executive, Microsoft, NMA, United Kingdom, video sharing site, youtube
*drum roll* PRREEEEEEsenting *ta da* Laurel Papworth (me), Duncan Riley (TechCrunch), Bronwen Clune (Norg Media) and Cameron Reilly (The Podcast Network or TPN) 2Web Crew #11 – 2007 wrap-up Join Techcrunch’s Duncan Riley, Norg’s Bronwen Clune, World Communities’ Laurel Papworth and TPN’s Cameron Reilly for a round up of the apps and services that rocked our world in 2007. Download The Show Bronwen, Duncan Riley invited me to join him, Laurel Papworth and Cameron Reilly for a regular podcast on the Web 2.0 scene. We talked about the apps that rocked our world in 2007 – which for most of Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 4:24 pm Tagged with: Bronwen Clune, Cameron Reilly, duncan riley, Facebook, John Johnston, laurel papworth, Social Media Australia, social networks, Twitter, web 2.0
Satire yumminess in response to Australia’s Crime and Terrorism Act and the newest one Content Act. (my post) : A Special Message from the Department of Internets CANBERRA, Australia (doi) — Today, the Federal Government is introducing legislation to help protect your family from The Internets. Every day, over two hundred thousand Australian children are exposed to harmful Internet beams. At school, at the library, even in your own home, Internets transmit OFLC-unclassified thoughts and ideas directly into your children’s brains. In order to stem the foul tide of e-terror, the Department of Internets has published a catalog of approved Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 4:04 pm Tagged with: Canberra, Department of Internets, e-terror, e-web locations, Federal Government, harmful Internet beams, Internet tubes, oil drilling, politician, Social Media Australia, social networks, stephen conroy
I’m feeling lazy today, so a ‘filtering’ post (not original content). Brought to you direct from Twitter blog: Twittering for The Children Yesterday I received this email from one of our Dutch Twitter fans. Biz, This morning, dutch journalist and TV presenter Francisco van Jole (@2525) asked if the dutch twitterazi did anything for the OLPC project. I responded by suggesting we’d have a fund raising day today; every tweet with the term ‘olpc’ in it would count as one euro sponsorship money. Since such laptops cost about 140 euro’s, @2525 said he would buy one if we’d reach 140 Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 3:13 pm Tagged with: Christmas, EUR, Francisco van Jole, journalist, social media, social networks
EDIT: *getting cross* NO it’s NOT the same ACT. September was Crime and Terrorism. Federal Police inform ACA of sites that are blocked due to crime and err terrorism. December is Content Services. First is Opt In and Second is Opt Out. Cos we know that pr0n is so much worse than crime and terrorism. Back in September I reported on a new bill passed in the government: Australia you can’t be trusted! (blame Chaser?) From Mashable (why didn’t I see this anywhere else? hmmm?): Is Australia the New China? by Kristen Nicole Several privacy advocates are in an uproar Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 10:24 pm Tagged with: Australian Communications and Media Authority, Australia’s Parliament, China, Conroy, country’s federal police, federal police, Internet Content, Internet service providers, ISP, mandatory internet filters, privacy, Social Media Australia, youtube
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