January 2009
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Creating an NHS online identity people want to be...
This is just a personal observation about the importance of creating an online identity and engaging in a way that’s perceived as meaningful and respectful by a wide range of the social networking population.
In this instance I’m referring to the first wave of Socialmedia savvy NHS organisations and departments that have begun to venture into this new world. Gone are the days where...
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10 Ways Social Media Will Change in 2009 -... →
An interesting point raised in this blog post is the aim of creating value and meaning thrpough the use of socialmedia. There is so much choice and so much noise going on there’s a real risk of not hearing the conversation!
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Who's sticking with email? →
If knowing how people use the internet is important to you or your company it’s worth looking at the current trends to know how to engage with the conversation.
When I first tried blogging about 4 years ago my interest at the time was developing online communities. My earliest blogs ironically did not engage well through the drupal site I developed however much of my contact happened...
Saying no to the call of chocolate from the fridge!
Having an evening off before a busy weekend of DIY! Got a video to edit from last nights liveblogged event though ;-)
Stats: Old Media’s Decline, New Media’s Ascent →
mashable:
Quick: what was the most widely-used form of media in 2008? If you guessed Internet news sites, blogs, or social networks, you’d be way off. Network TV news (NBC, CBS, ABC) is still used by the…
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Using coveritlive
Last night was the first time using this application in a live blogging situation for the B Arts place space and idenitity 2 programme launch. I had a few trial runs beforehand loading a few images and content all went without a hitch. As many of us know when the real test happens is during the live situation, much like performing live music, especially electronic music. Whether you call it...
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The Unforeseen Consequences of the Social Web -... →
A little light reading on the use of social networking and lifestreaming.
Time to get ready for the gym, it’s cold outside…must stay focused!
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Live blogging for an arts exhibition (final...
Well I’ve just completed a live blog of the place space identity launch event. Went well, I had a few drop outs with the 3g card and a little learning curve getting images off the still camera but overall ot was enjoyable.
I’ll get a few images and youtube videos uploaded soon. It was great to have a few people commenting from the web. I’ll write up the experience in a little...
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MediaShift . YouTube Helps Video Journalists Get a... →
The era of the amateur is well supported with the big players like youtube, this competition is yest another fine way of increasing citizen journalism using video!
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Lifestreaming: a ReadWriteWeb Primer -... →
Lifestreaming seems to be the way many people are heading with web 2.0 (I must stop saying web 2.0!), we are sharing more information about ourselves with the likes of twttier, blogs, tumblr etc. When I say we share more I guess I mean we create an identity through lifesteaming whether this identity truely reflects the individual is a different ball game entirely!
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10 Ways Social Media Will Change in 2009 -... →
This blog raises a valid point of the current social media web 2.0 as getting into a mess! There’s getting to be so much noise out there that anyone just beginning to find their way around may just give up and stick to web 1.0 functions.
Social media ‘gurus’ of course relish in this chaos like a Nepalese mountain guide. I wonder if the development of better search facilities,...
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Live blogging for an arts exhibition
I’m just collecting my gear for tonights launch of the place space identity 2 arts exhibition I’m quite excited about it and so tend to forget how much has gone into planning for it. The event will be the launch of 2009’s PSI2 series of commissioned work in Staffordshire UK. I hope this cover’s the requirements for an arts based event (visual as well as blogging...
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Time for change
I’ve just bought the domain name socialmediageek.info and changed the blog title. I spent a good few days rolling semantics around to find something that describes my interests and the main focus of this blog. So hopefully within a few hours the domain will be set up, here’s to a socialmediageek blogout!
Re: Roll Call - do you have your twitter and... →
skills needed to be successful in socialmedia →
Re: Testing Twhirl 0.8.8h →
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Community Building: How To Create Your Own Social... →
I have recently taken the reins of a ning platform based website and am quite impressed with the potential. I’m currently about to ‘open up’ the site however I’m just reading around the useful ways of developng the site
carlplant: I have a good feeling about todays... →
carlplant: I have a good feeling about todays group, well I always do!
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carlplant: Nice drink of Leffe White beer makes... →
carlplant: Nice drink of Leffe White beer makes the day complete, thank you titanic breweries!
carlplant: Could all people attending the place... →
carlplant: Could all people attending the place space identity two launch, DM me so I can add to liveblog on the night #psi2
carlplant: I've got various video stings and jpegs... →
carlplant: I’ve got various video stings and jpegs to prepare for #psi2 launch liveblog on Thursday
carlplant: Just going to shoot a little video in... →
carlplant: Just going to shoot a little video in prep for Thursdays psi2 art exhibition I’m liveblogging!
carlplant: @rachelcreative mild and misty... →
carlplant: @rachelcreative mild and misty http://bit.ly/GnB6
carlplant: Time for another cup of tea and a... →
carlplant: Time for another cup of tea and a little breakfast
carlplant: @god Two tribes..Frankie goes... →
carlplant: @god Two tribes..Frankie goes…
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Amazing socialmedia stats
Here are some eyewatering stats with thanks to socialmedia.biz. These are the sort of figures that can’t be ignored by organisations debating whether to join in the conversation or not!
These stats are already outdated given the exponential growth of social networking, anyway enjoy the numbers:
1 trillion: approximate number of unique URLs in Google’s index.
Wikipedia
2,695,205 - the...
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Wikipedia Co-Founder Calls for Major New... →
I guess the difficulty would be finding the time to approve the edits made if the amount of users far exceeds the amount of people able to validate the content.
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How to survive being called a space cadet
If you have a certain ‘energy’ for using applications such as RSS feeds, twitter, facebook, blogging, flickr and other animals of the interweb you may at times want to share this enthusiasm with others around you.
My experience with the need to share how I manage to get so much out of the web and have time for tea, has led to a few furrowed brows as well as being called a space cadet...
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Networking and sharing knowledge in the NHS, is it...
Having read an interesting article on knowledge sharing in the NHS which discusses the difficulties facing the NHS when using social networking and socialmedia, mainly that there is not one controlling figure in charge but rather a complex web of organisations.
The online ‘face’ of the NHS, or the brand seems to be equally as complicated, with some NHS trusts edging forward with the...
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Is the NHS getting social?
It comes as no suprise when I say that the NHS is quite a big organisation, in fact it’s huge! As with many large organisations (especially public sector) the misuse of social networking has led to a significant ban of the use of the likes of facebook and myspace.
Quite rightly, the concern is that people may use worktime to throw a few sheep about or have a go at the boss publically on a...
Twitter meetup spawns global charity event →
I’m proud to be jointly involved in setting up the #stoketwestival for 12th feb. Participation on a global scale!
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30 Useful Open Source Apps for Web Designers - Six... →
Yes we’ve seen many useful apps for web heads however it’s always worth having a gander at more!
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20 Reasons Why You Cannot Ignore Social Media |... →
My guess if your reading this blog about engaging in socialmedia or introducing socialmedia into your workplace you will without a doubt meet a sceptic.
I’m not going to dissect the reasons for other people not sharing your enthusiasm however just to say that a number of people have just got to a point with understanding emails, you know, hitting delete, marking emails as read without...
BBC NEWS | Technology | 'Black box' cam for total... →
Fantastic gadget that I can see have many uses. Not yet for sale in the Uk unless I’ve missed the supplier on a google search!
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WatchGlobal twitter festival (twestival) in aid of charity:water planned for 12th feb 09, here’s hoping the bitjam can play a part! :-)
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Twitter Raising New Cash At $250 Million Valuation →
Here’s hoping the guys at twitter will have had enough time to put a business model together and not get zapped by an advert focused buy out company!
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Brandwatch: Online Reputation Management and Brand... →
When marketing your brand identity is crucial, a brand tracking management system will be worth every penny.
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The era of the amateur
With the advent of modern technology such as the pc, mobile phone and good ol’ internet we have the means to blog, share photos, comment, liveblog and livestream. We have only been using these technologies for the last 20 or so years therefore it’s pretty safe to say we are creating a little history where the citizen can have their voice heard relatively uncensored.
Before the days of...
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Joining in the the twitter (news) revolution
I’ve just googled the word twitter and got:
Results 1 - 10 of about 169,000,000 for twitter.
Wow, that’s a fair few results, and with a recent explosion of twitter use in the uk it’s a fair bet it’s here to stay in one form or another. Many successful companies have begun marketing through twitter and again a google search for twitter and marketing fetches 11.5 million...
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40 of the Best Twitter Brands and the People... →
Inspiring use of twitter across a range of brands.
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Basic principles of socialmedia marketing
After a conversation with a buddy today I thought about how to describe the basics to marketing via socialmedia. There’s always the 5 pillars of Social media to dig into however I boilied the ideas down to:
Create a unique identity
Create identity through association
Create conversations
Create participation