Ever wondered why a topic is trending on Twitter? A new service – that does heaps more besides – tells you. Brizzly.com:
Brizzly - blue box shows trending topics and why
Hat tip: Keith Don who tweeted an invite link. I got one. You didn’t. Life sucks doesn’t it? Heh.
will trade links Gaping Void always comes up with the goods I was asked on the ABC Radio last night (will link if/when there is a podcast link) to talk about Second Life and … relationships. I ended up describing how to buy a “boy bit or a girl bit” (yep, my words, unfortunately) in Second Life and how they come with animations. … to the mirth of the Twitterati who were following the whole thing live on the ‘net. *sighs* I did learn something from doing a radio show: I’m used to answering questions factually and to the point Continue Reading…
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*cries* why is my iPod Touch doing this? It’s sort of pixellated and colored red/blue when it should be black. So this video is Rihanna singing Umbrella – a black and white video. But you can see – her dark hair is now blue and red. Anything in black seems to be affected. Plus there is a slippage – the video shifts 1/2 an inch to the right and the thing that should be the most-right on the screen is now the most left. Very disconcerting wraparound effect. Anyone know what’s causing it – btw that is a downloaded iTunes Continue Reading…
AdNews asked a bunch of people this question: ( 21 September) Is Facebook Overhyped?Facebook has been described as the media sensation of 2007 and Rupert Murdoch laments its growing numbers against his own earlier social networking paradise, MySpace. Some believe advertisers should drop everything and get involved, but it is Facebook just another trendy site that will give way to the next big thing? Should Advertisers exercise caution? …including Ben Taylor from Naked Communications, Iain MacDonald from Amnesia, Andrew Millar, BlackSheep, and David King, NetX for a response: This was Amanda Wise’s (Tequila) answer about the New Line Noise group: Continue Reading…
Having a great time at MLC in Sydney. Smallbusinessmonth.nsw.gov.au – hi everyone!
Laurel has been creating and managing virtual communities for 20 years, teaching social media for the last 5 years and was named Industry Head, Social Media by Marketing Magazine (Australia) in 2010.
Forbes Magazine named her in the 50 Most Powerful Social Media Influencers in 2012 and she is also listed in the 100 Most Powerful Women on Twitter, as well as Number #12 AdAge Marketing and Media blog (Australia). More on the About page if interested.
I'm running small, one-day computer based social media classes in September 2011 - Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. If you know someone who would like to do a more advanced class, please let them know! Laurel Papworth @SilkCharm