Journalism and Wikipedia – Wanky Balls

 Media, Online Communities, social media, social networks, Wiki  13 Responses »
Aug 122010
 

Every so often newspapers find out what we already know – that human beings take their main course of facts with a side dish of irony, humour and irreverency. The renaming of the concert “The Big Chill” from “The Wanky Balls Festival” should probably have set off warning bells in the  mind of the editor if not the journalist. Ah well. Live and Learn.

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Social Media: Web Developer and Agency Ripoffs

 blogs, Online Communities, social media, Social Media Australia, social networks  23 Responses »
Apr 192010
 

I am always a bit shocked when I see the prices big companies pay for bespoke sites – hundreds of thousands of dollars usually. Millions in some cases. I’ve seen quotes to my client from a big agency for $20,000 to move an email address field from the bottom of the page to the top. I kid you not. But that’s big companies with big Agencies. What about little companies using sole trader web developers? ‘Cos it really gets my goat when small sole traders get ripped off adding minute things to a site.  ”A whole reworking of the site which Continue Reading…

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12 Bugs of Christmas

 Humour  9 Responses »
Dec 172009
 

Ho Ho Ho and Merry Christmas. The 12 Bugs of Christmas For the twelfth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me: Tell them it’s a feature! Say it’s not supported! Change the documentation! Blame it on the hardware! Find a way around it! Say they need an upgrade! Reinstall the software! Ask for a dump! Run with the debugger! Try to reproduce it! Ask them how they did it! and See if they can do it agaaaain! – By Alam Saeed From Computerjokes.net

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PDA: Sun Newspaper Ad

 Humour, Media  15 Responses »
Dec 062009
 

Quick, light post on the funny new The Sun ad – comparing the Sun newspaper (printed) to an iPhone or other PDA.

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Humor: Swine Flu Discussions on Twitter

 Humour, social media, social networks, Twitter  15 Responses »
Apr 282009
 

Politically incorrect but funny!  From XKcD.com Traditional media will make fun of this intense discussion but remember, it’s human nature to talk about something that is newsworthy – so mainstream media should be offering tools to do that better, not dissing it, right? I started a SocialMediaFlu hashtag (#socialmediaflu) on Twitter – there were zero instances when I started at 3:13pm Sydney time, let’s see where it goes. (Answer: lasted 19 minutes) <!– ckey=”197A691C” –>

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