Im updating my corporate World of Warcraft course and came across this: I’m not using it, but it’s funny: This ring is a drop (gift or prize) from a Fishing quest. Here’s the discussion about the ring on Thottbot: on moonglade they sell it for 90 bid and 160 buyout i buy it cuz i ganna ask a girl in rl with this ring ^.^ (burninger) couple things wrong with proposing with this ring…1) it’s a wedding band –not an engagement ring. If you want to “propose” http://thottbot.com/i7340 might be a better choice2) proposing with this ring without something in Continue Reading…
Sep 112008
Posted by Laurel Papworth at 4:46 am Tagged with: laurel papworth, Online Communities, Rituals, social networks, SW library
Sep 092008
Want a list of Australian CEOs that are on Twitter? Scroll to the bottom. Business Week have a piece on each CEO that uses the so-called ‘microblogging’ service Twitter. I don’t like the term micro-blogging when applied to Twitter as it’s less of a one-to-many asynch depth of content site like a video blog or a multimedia blog and more of a few-to-few synchronous chat channel. Tweets From the Chiefs The best chief executives are nothing if not efficient, and what’s more efficient than 140-character memos? Microblogging site Twitter is the latest tech tool to enter the C-suite. Whether they Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 12:48 pm Tagged with: 2Vouch, AIMIA, Amnesia, Atlassian, Barry Libert, Bart Jellema Tjoos, Bridge8, Bronwen Clune, Business & Careers Institute, BusinessWeek, Catriona Pollard, CBS, CEO, Chris Saad, Christine Perkett, Clay Cook, content site, Craig Wilson, Cris Pearson, David Sifry, Drazen Drazic Securus, Duncan Riley Inquisitr, Eugene Lee, Evanscorp, Faraday, Geoff Jennings, IAB, Iain McDonald, INeedHits, Jack Dorsey, Jodee Rich, John Butterworth, Jonathan Schwartz, Kate Tribe Tribe, Kevin Rose, Kevin Rudd, Kristin Alford, leader, Linqia, Lois Paul, malcolm turnbull, Marc Lehmann Saasu, Maria Sipka, Michael Arrington, Michael Hyatt, Mike Cannon-Brookes, Mike Troiano, Miles Burke Wham Bam, Minti, Online Communities, Online Recruitment Duncan Riley Inquisitr AnneBB Headshift Bart Jellema, Opposition Party, Paul Fischer, peepel.com, Peter Cooper Cooper Sydney, Phil Morle, Phillip Evans, Plasq, Pollenizer, Prime Minister, QMCodes, Remo Giuffre Remo, retail, Rob Antulov, Rushton Geekdom, Simon van Wyk, social media, Social Media Australia, social networks, Sports Passion, Stephen Kelly, Steve Sammartino, Sun Microsystems, Suzi Dafnis, Sydney B Housman, Sydney Writers, Sydney Writers’ Centre, tech tool, Terry Carney, Thomas Nelson Jeff Bonforte, Thomas Shaw, Tim O'Reilly, Tony Hsieh, Twitter, Warren Duff, Wendy Hogan
Sep 092008
Google has gone into partnership with the ubiquitous cable magnate John Malone and the bank HSBC to give internet access to people in Africa and other nations via LEO satellites. Financial Times: They will today announce an order for 16 low-earth orbit satellites from Thales Alenia Space, the French aerospace group, as the first stage in a $750m project to connect mobile masts in a swath of countries within 45 degrees of the equator to fast broadband networks. Larry Alder, product manager in Google’s alternative access group, said the project could bring the cost of bandwidth in such markets down Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 12:25 pm Tagged with: access group, aerospace group, Allen & Company, broadband, broadband networks, Google, Google’s mission, Internet use, Larry Alder, media advisory boutique, mobile, Online Communities, Product Manager, Thales Alenia Space, USD
Sep 082008
Well, that didn’t take long. Google’s free service Blogspot is hosting Whats Sarah Thinking – a faux Sarah Palin blog. What’s Sarah Thinking?Sarah Palin’s secret diary of her life as a babe, mom, wife, and political animal Sarah Palin, in case you missed out on recent news, is John McCain’s choice as running mate and possible Vice President in the upcoming American elections. Nicknamed Sarah Barracuda she is a funny mix of seemingly opposing ideaologies and activities. It occurs to me that this is the user generated content version of political satire. Yes, I know it was obvious – I’m Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:24 pm Tagged with: Alaska, Facebook, Google, Identity, John McCain, Margaret Thatcher, mate and possible Vice President, mayor, Online Communities, Paul Keating, Republican Vice Presidential candidate, reputation, Sarah Barracuda, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Well, Sarah Thinking, social media, Social Media Australia, social networks, Twitter, user generated content, Wasilla
Sep 052008
Am I being overly- politically sensitive or does this kind of graffiti suck bigtime?BigPond Graffiti/Advertising on Second Life/Aboriginal Sacred Space, Uluru It might only be a virtual world, it might just be Second Life – but I believe we take our values with us. In-and-out of real world, virtual world, doesn’t matter, we reveal who we are at all times. I don’t really care for what BigPond reveals about themselves … do you? Incidentally, BigPond went to a lot of trouble to get permission to use Uluru in Second Life – you are not allowed to walk on it for Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 4:05 am Tagged with: asher moses, Bloody heritage media, Facebook, Jacqui McGirr, Kevin Rudd, Linden Lab, media proprietors, Online Communities, re-printing, second life, social media, Social Media Australia, social networks, sydney morning herald
Sep 042008
IndieGoGo is an awesome Film and TV community for creating independent projects. In a nutshell, post your idea for a film project and find others to help you create it – the project management/producer stuff is handled on the site. IndieGoGo is an online social marketplace connecting filmmakers and fans to make independent film happen. The platform provides filmmakers the tools for project funding, recruiting, and promotion, while enabling the audience to discover and connect directly with filmmakers and the causes they support. Founded on the principles of opportunity, transparency, choice, and action, IndieGoGo launched in 2008 to address the Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 5:21 pm Tagged with: collaborative online communities, entertainment, film, IndieGoGo, Online Communities, online social marketplace connecting filmmakers, producer, real social network consultant, social networks, USD, web development
I was in Melbourne yesterday, giving the keynote at Glen Frost’s Frocomm New Media Summit conference. Great crowd, lots of thoughts flying around. Government 2.0 and Public Servants 2.0 View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: government public) Basically I went through a few different types of social media networks – blog (content), wikis (collaboration) and so forth. I also included this video of RocketOn to show the Live WebRocketOn – a layer over normal web pages so that Avatars can chat about the news and play with pixel branded products. …and also made mention of non-media social networks Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 6:08 am Tagged with: alan parker, conference, conferences, Event, events, Frocomm Government Public Service, glen frost, laurel papworth, live web, Melbourne, non-media social networks, normal web, public relations, seminars, social banking, social media, Social Media Australia, social media networks, social networks, social telecommunications, Web RocketOn
Sep 032008
Brilliant article from Mark Day today: I’ve just grabbed a few paragraphs, read the whole thing yourself ) Fairfax media puts future of newspapers under spotlight There are three kinds of news: happening, manufactured and revealed. Happening news is a jumbo jet explosion at 10,000m or a car crash at peak hour. It can be of great consequence, affecting the lives of many, or it can be inconsequential by dint of it being far away, on another continent. (more) Manufactured news is, at its most important, the outcome of, say, a prime ministerial press conference to announce a tax cut Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 6:39 pm Tagged with: Facebook, heritage media, journalist, Online Communities, reporter, social media, Social Media Australia, social networks
Sep 032008
Clipping: Heritage Media have a cake fundraising day. Revenues are tight. I made Duncan Riley giggle the other night by calling Mainstream Media or Old Media or print/tv/radio media “Heritage Media”. It’s not my term – but I forget where I heard it first. But it stuck. (Duncan Riley’s Forget MSM or Old Media, Heritage Media is the Term post) It actually is quite nice – one thinks of listing The Australian and Fin Review on a heritage National Trust list, volunteers manning (personning?) the desks and strict injunctions against changing anything – the masthead, the font, the bylines. Perhaps Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 4:31 pm Tagged with: Bronwen Clune, Citizen Media Proprietor, duncan riley, Fin Review, heritage media, media/digital barbarians, National Trust, Online Communities, print/tv/radio media, social media, Social Media Australia, social networks, Sydney, The Australian and Fin Review, the Term post
Sep 022008
I work with government departments on their social media policies. Both politicans and public servants have some of the same issues. Often showing them case studies of other immigration, tax, heritage, whatever in other countries or other States can help them see how they can sell the idea of conversation into their risk averse cultures. It’s all about knowing the fears then gently leading the fearful through the issues, which include staff doing inappropriate things online (get a policy), how to handle negative user opinions, staffing and resource issues (how much time do we have to dedicate), what if no Continue Reading…
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