Posts Tagged ‘social networks’

Web 2.0 for lunch

I went to listen to Sherrilynne give a seminar on Web 2.0 and Social Media at the International Business School over lunch. It was a great event where she covered quite a lot of ground. I always enjoy listening to Sherrilynne speak, because, although I have experiences similar to what...

Do you Twitter? What is it, you say?

I came across a brilliant video clip that explains what Twitter is in plain English: I love the simplicity of the video, especially as it has been particularly tricky explaining to people just why I’ve found Twitter so useful. The video is a starting point really, and doesn’t go into...

WordPress turning social ..

It was only yesterday that Hyder mentioned BuddyPress to me, which is a set of plugins that turns WordPress into a fully fledged social networking website. Today, I’ve just read that Andy Peatling, the person behind BuddyPress has just joined Automattic, the company behind WordPress, WordPress MU,? bbPress? and Akismet....

Research into social networks

Here’s something that I need to put on my reading list. (I have my Project Management exam next Thursday so won’t read it just yet). faberNovel Consulting has just issued a Research Paper on best practices from leading social network websites, which covers MySpace, FaceBook, LinkedIn and all the other...

Facebook ups the ante

Here’s something interesting that I must have missed. Facebook has a system where users can create pages for products, companies, artists or anything else they wish. Each of these “pages” has a profile, and associated details, events, pictures, movies, reviews, discussions .. and best of all fans. Once a product...

Facebook as a productivity tool

I came across a great post today, Deanna down at StrivePR was talking about how FaceBook has become part of her working life in her post: FaceBook as a sausage-on-a-stick. I’ll quote part of her post: Whilst many companies may be blocking it or fawning about its use within their...

I’m on Pownce

Just when you thought Facebook has taken over the world, in comes another social network to steal it’s thunder. I signed up with Pownce today and here’s my Pownce page. I haven’t really given it a chance yet, but it seems much more limited that anything Facebook brings to the...

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