Tweeting from Soho Mountain
Urban Tick have been busy putting togther geospatial data from Twitter in fun and interesting ways. In the case above, they have created a whole new landscape based on the user data throughout London which starts at Soho Mountain – the epicentre of Twitter activity.
Other cities can be viewed on creator Fabian Neuhaus’ Flickr page
Source: Londonist.com
World cup 2010 and where to follow on social media
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past month you may have missed the world cup preparations. All over the TV here in the UK and throughout my holiday in Spain last week, the world cup made every channel, every other advert and dominated the news.
Internet World 2010As the title suggests Internet World 2010 is everything related to the web in a conference/expo format.
Some of the big web hosts were there, Rackspace were pushing there new no more servers and had a huge stand as you walked in, Ukfast probably had the biggest stand and most appeal with a race car right in the middle of the expo floor, obviously a big win for the amount of men and suits who attended Earls Court 2 (yesterday)
This weeks top 5 social media news 17/04/10 to 23/04/10This week there has been many stories in social media, some good news some bad news, here are my top 5 news worthy stories -
1. Facebook like button
This was a small change from Wednesday, rather than becoming a fan, you know Like it.
There have been are a few groups started which have made me giggle this week -
If you need to think about these, you probably do not get the humour
It rough
It dirty
Nice and slow
The best free Twitter user guides available onlineOver the last few weeks, there has been many people ask me about Twitter, not just why is it popular but what does “tweet” mean? What are followers? And why should I use Twitter?
Top 5 Social media news stories this week 09/04/10 to 16/04/10Happy Friday.
This week has been a very bizarre week for social media, it has been a very clear week for what has been making the headlines and worth reporting about.
1. Twitter news
Twitter could fill the full five this week. Its been a week in which Twitter rolled out promoted tweets. In short they are tweets which are paid by partners. I did predict this around a month ago. 68% of users have suggested they are unhappy with the thought of promoted tweets.
The promoted tweets were rolled out Tuesday the 13th.
Top 5 social media news 19/03 – 26/03This week has been fairly quiet on the social media front however here is my top 5 stories in recap -
1. Google pull of out of China
After months of speculation Google have redirected their search engine to Hong Kongese domain www.google.com.hk.
Top 5 social media news 12/03/10 to 19/03/10Here are my quick fire top 5 social media news break down for the past week
1. @anywhere – This is the news that Twitter will be releasing a new platform that will allow deep Twitter integration, this will allow you to have the “Twitter experience” without being logged into Twitter. Partners already announced includes Amazon, Bing, Digg, eBay, Meebo, Salesforce.com, Yahoo!, and YouTube.
5 Twitter hashtags you need to knowTwitter hashtags are basically a quick way of categorising your tweets. Many hashtags end up trending topics and many events now use specific hashtags for their events, like EyeforPharma #efp was one of our most recent conferences we attended.
Here are your quick fire Top 5 Twitter hashtags you may want to know -
1. #ff aka #followfriday – Follow Friday it’s the world wide hashtag that you tell your followers and the world who are the best people to follow.
2. #musicmonday – This is the first music hashtag which you should remember, basically you say to the world of twitter who you are listening to on Monday’s.
3. #nowplaying – Says what it does on the label, you tell your followers and Twitterverse what you are now playing, usually music but many people have recently added it to tv and films they are now watching or playing.
4. #AmITheOnlyOne – Nice and simple this one, are you the only one who thinks or does a certain thing.
5. #ItsNotCool – Another statement based hashtag, example #itsnotcool to blog about twitter has hashtags.
If you have questions about hashtag’s do not hesitate in contacting us or tweeting us @nitrodigital
5 tips for social network profilesTo keep my little tradition going, here are five top tips for your social network profiles.
1. Upload a picture of you – default pictures are rubbish and everyone likes to see your face (however photographic you may or may not be) It’s a personal experience, help people associate your voice and opinions with your face.
2. Do not lie – Best example is LinkedIn, LinkedIn is like your online CV. So if you lie on there you will be found out. Don’t get to an interview and be caught out, many potential employers do check the potential employee’s. (I know I did)
3. Its not all about you – Social networks aren’t always about you, it might be your escape or your own little world, however social networks are all about conversation, so interact….please.
4. No one likes a moaner – Everyone loves a moan, especially us in the UK, but constant moaning online is not cool. 2010 is unofficially (of course) the year to be positive.
5. Status updates are seen by all – Unless you protect your updates or have a hidden identity, do not update your status’ with I hate my job, my boss is…., she’ll never find out. You get the idea, you update your status your likely to cause yourself a few issues.
Danny Denhard
