Tag Archives: Social Networking

Blogosphere News Sept 27th

Reading Your turn – if you have written or have read something that may interest readers here or come across a new site worth a look at let me know; by leaving a comment here or via my contact page. (The latter may be best if it is your own post so that others do not perceive it as being spammy) I will only publish comments that include links if the links are relevant and useful. (covering myself here in case I get spam!). If you are a regular reader you will know I try to feature posts from some [...] Continue Reading…

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Twitter for Beginners

Double double, toil and trouble twitzer twhirl twitch and twubble . The language of Shakespeare’s era may be difficult to understand but so is internet speak; the vocabulary of Twitter adding to the frothing cauldron. Where do you begin with Twitter?: As you may know the basic Twitter interface is just that – basic. Type in a short message and press enter. There are some official twitter commands that you can use. For example the @ command before a contacts name addresses a message to that person: From Sueblimely ” @Shakespeare Your rhymes are more revolting than Roald Dahl’s” DHLawrence [...] Continue Reading…

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Social Networking Can Be Bad For Your Blog

Overloading yourself with online social network commitments can run counter to the interests of your blog. Joining too many networks, trying to please too many people and spending too much time promoting your own blog all take time away from writing. You are in danger of not paying sufficient attention to your most important social network; the one that is centered around your own blog. What are some of the results of spending too much time on social media activities and not enough time on your blog? You may not post so often. Readers who visit expecting a new entry [...] Continue Reading…

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SocialVibe for Charity

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In Love with diigo Farewell del.icio.us

Diigo is a Bookmarking, Annotation and Social Networking site that has got me all excited. I think I am in love. I first tried Diigo when it came out in 2006 but it did not turn my eye; it was a touch too young and inexperienced then. Diigo 3 was launched 20th March 2008, showing a new maturity. After seeing its attractive new features I have been unfaithful to Delicious, my bookmarking partner of 5 years, and fallen in love with the younger and more versatile diigo. I have always stayed with Delicious, despite its lack of sparkling design and [...] Continue Reading…

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Blogosphere News 1st April

News Adobe PhotoShop has released a free online version Adobe PhotoShop Express. It is only available to the US as yet, which peeves me, so all I can tell you is that it is a cut down and simpler to use version of Photoshop. As you are given your own URL I presume you can share your creations with others. Perhaps one of the privileged could let us know if it is any good although Profy thinks so Photoshop Express – An Excellent Web-based Photo Editor Andy Beard has been noticing a trend in his blog and other which leads [...] Continue Reading…

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Blogosphere News 17th March

News Join in Conversation Week 2008, March 24-30 discussing the Top 10 Questions in the World Today… Pop Culture Heroines is a new multi author site dedicated to the promotion of strong female characters in popular culture. Writers from all backgrounds are invited to submit a request to write articles for the site. A forum is being considered too, so if the subject interests you, you can vote in the poll currently taking place. Alltop, a news aggregation site that provides “all the top” stories for forty of the most popular topics on the Web. Review by Guy Kawasaki – [...] Continue Reading…

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Show Off Your Talents and Become Famous

Adimade – is a user created advertising video site launched at the end of January this year; co-founded by Jake Lawton and Nat Graf of Nudge Marketing, who also produce the Gen Y Marketing Podcast. Jake who, like many of us, turns to the laptop when TV ads come on, says “It dawned on us that if the ads on TV were half as funny as what we were watching on YouTube, then we probably wouldn’t feel the need to stop watching”. If you have talents at video creation you could try your hand at creating ads for one of [...] Continue Reading…

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Your Help Please

I publish my Blogosphere News post on an almost weekly basis and although some may see this as an easy post option, a fill in, I do spend a lot of time looking for items that I think may be of interest to try and keep you up-to-date. I do not just look in my feedreader for news in feeds I subscribe to but try to find information from various sources. This is a wonderful way of finding some excellent blogs that I have not come across before. Here are the subject areas I am covering: News Reading Blogging Tools [...] Continue Reading…

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