Thursday 30 April 2009

A Day Out At Internet World

Sorry if this post rambles a bit but stick with it, it will save you valuable time in the long run...


After being an exhibitor at Internet World last year I was looking forward to seeing it this year from a visitors perspective. Before going I had optimistically circled the seminars that I wanted to go to, and arrived with plenty of time to have a look around the exhibition before the first event.

Well the automated badge machines and the lovely lady that greeted and helped me with it made for good first impressions. I made straight away for the Web 2.0 theatre so that I knew where to go when my first seminar began in 1 hours time.


After 30 mins salesman dodging I returned with a colleague to the Web 2.0 theatre to discover a large crowd pressing against the entrance. 'At least i'm here early for my Buzz Montitoring seminar' I smugly thought to myself. These wallies should have got here earlier if they wanted a seat for 'Web 2.0 - The Legal Aspects'! After being threated by security several times for loitering with intent in the aisles (er, intent to...visit a seminar?) I moved around the corner to await my lecture. It was as I was leaning against the thin wall of the Web 2.0 theatre that I started to hear word like 'Buzz' and 'measuring socail media'. I checked my watch and it said 11:45 so couldn't possibly be my show whish started at 12. Then I heard more words, 'influence' and 'conversation' and realised that this was my seminar! By this time I had luckily been shoved to the front of the crowd of wallies (that I realised I was one of). After 15 mins of craning my neck to hear what was being said the security woman must have felt sorry for us few at the front. We were ordered to a space on the back wall.


Once this finished I had a another look around the stands. Red Ant and Punky Duck stood out. Once I had finished my £6.95 Jacket potato and beans I rushed back to the theatre as I most certainly did not want to miss the talk from Mark Watts-Jones of Orange. I arrived (30mins early) to a queue reminiscent of the toilet queues for the London marathon.




It streched for miles! Twisting round the theatre all the way back the length of Earls Court. I was dissapointed to say the least. (I did manage to get in, but am not proud to say that I had to queue jump). Well Mark's (@MWJ ) 30 min presentation was thoroughly engaging and would have been worth an hours wait. He covered how Orange uses social media to their advantage. The key point (I think) was that they take their brand to where their customers already are, rather than trying to entice customer s to visti them. A large precense on Facebook and Bebo as well as the website and related microsites (Orange Film Club for their 'Orange Wednesdays' promotion).


Immediatly after this, there was a lecture on 'Engaging users through online video'. Great! I thought, got my seat so i'll sit back and enjoy. Nope. I was ordered out of the theatre and told I had to join the back of the queue. This was a queue that would reach to the moon and back if laid out in a straight line.


B***cks to this I thought and set off home.


So please Internet World. I only went really for the seminars. Is there anyway that I can prebook my space now in the Web 2.0 (3.0?) theatre for next year? Otherwise I won't be going again.

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Tuesday 28 April 2009

Facebook Desktop

So Twitter has Tweetdeck, Twhirl, Seesmic et al, which are all made by third party developers and provide Twitter updates straight to your desktop.

Well Facebook has taken note and launched Facebook Deskop. This uses the Adobe Air platform and is very, very reminiscent of a basic Tweetdeck. It only shows you friends most recent updates and allows you to update your own status. There is currently no further functionality. It doesn't even notify you of new status updates.

After downloading it to review it I will now be removing it as it offers no added value to Tweetdeck's Facebook option.

Download it here
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MS Vine - Microsofts first success in Social Media?


"Hyperlocal, personalized message and alert system"


Ok so what this actually is, is every teenagers nightmare. An application that incorporates feeds from local and broader news sources, as well as serious weather warnings and social networking updates. Its intended use though is for times of emergency - keeping family and close friends connected. Users can geotag their location so keeping those closest to them up to date with their whereabouts.

The app is still in beta but soon to be added features include updates feeds from Twitter and other social networks. Facebook updates are already available.

Microsoft Vine was the brainchild of Tammy Savage, general manager of Microsoft’s Public Safety initiatives following Hurricane Katrina four and a half years ago. Therefore this is an app that has been developed after being identified as a real need and one that will certainly find itself being downloaded by parents and guardians.

It is interesting that Microsoft has chosen to keep this to itself and this is vaguely admirable in a time when . Though could this not be taken a step further with the use of Google Latitude? Could parents auto tweet their kids after a certain time period. Geotagging only works if users undertake the action of updating their location. Most smartphones have GPS functionality and so could provide this data automatically.

Read the full details below:

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Thursday 16 April 2009

Most Influential Bournemouth Twitter folk

The top 100 Twittereers in Bournemouth according to Twitterholic

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Name (Screen Name)

Location

URL

1.


David Rogers (David365)

Bournemouth, UK

http://confident1.com

2.


Philip Guest (Mediatwin)

Bournemouth

http://www.mediatwin.co.uk

3.


Simon Crabb (simoncrabb)

Bournemouth, UK

http://simoncrabb.com

4.


Mark Ng (markng)

Bournemouth

http://www.markng.co.uk/

5.


(Off2_Travel)

Bournemouth

http://www.off2.com

6.


Bournemouthecho (Bournemouthecho)

Bournemouth

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk

7.


(airtrafficlive)

Bournemouth

http://www.airtrafficlive.com

8.


(WebDesignerMag)

Bournemouth, UK

http://www.webdesignermag.co.uk

9.


Peter Meanwell-Ralph (pmeanwellralph)

Bournemouth, UK

http://www.flickr.com/photos/...

10.


Samantha Shepherd (SamShepherd)

Bournemouth

http://www.subbedout.wordpres...

11.


Justin (Justin_A)

Bournemouth

http://www.flickr.com/photos/...

12.


Tim West (trcwest)

Bournemouth

http://trcwest.com/photoblog/

13.


Ian Davenport (laymansreviews)

Bournemouth, UK

http://www.laymansreviews.com

14.


Paul Seys (Paulseys)

Bournemouth

http://www.joystik.co.uk

15.


Karen Redman (RedMummy)

Bournemouth, UK

16.


(svanna)

Bournemouth

17.


Luke Williams (socialtech)

Bournemouth, UK

http://socialtech.biz

18.


(jimmyhayes)

Bournemouth

http://www.iphonekungfu.com

19.


(meetdraw)

Bournemouth

http://www.meetdraw.com

20.


Carl Martin (carlmartin)

Bournemouth

http://advertisingmatters.wor...

21.


adamgoswell (adamgoswell)

Bournemouth, UK

http://www.club-2020.com

22.


Verity Burns (verityburns)

Bournemouth

23.


Rock Lifestyle (rocklifestyle)

Bournemouth

http://www.rocklifestyle.com

24.


Steve Winduss (stevewinduss)

Bournemouth, UK

http://www.smallbusinessvoodo...

25.


David Burton (Phishtitz)

Bournemouth

http://www.blurredfocus.co.uk

26.


robmurray (rob__murray)

Bournemouth

http://socialmediamashup.blog...

27.


DannyT (dannyt)

Bournemouth, UK

http://danny-t.co.uk

28.


Michael Wilson (AtiKuSDesign)

Bournemouth

http://www.cityofangels.wordp...

29.


Lee Henderson (lee7seven)

Bournemouth, UK

http://www.geekchicsoundsyste...

30.


(XimenaLeiva)

Bournemouth

31.


David Hopkins (hopkinsdavid)

Bournemouth, UK

http://www.dontwasteyourtime....

32.


(rachelhanham)

Bournemouth

33.


(Underphunk)

Bournemouth

http://www.underphunkdigital.com

34.


Scott Lovegrove (scottisafool)

Bournemouth

http://scottisafool.spaces.li...

35.


2020club (2020club)

Bournemouth

http://www.club-2020.com

36.


(StudioAneurin)

Bournemouth

http://www.aneuri.net/

37.


(joeflintham)

Bournemouth

http://www.menticulture.com

38.


(mjroche)

Bournemouth, UK

http://www.socialsaviour.com/

39.


peterolding (peterolding)

Bournemouth

http://www.peterandsusan.co.u...

40.


Ed Merritt (emerritt)

Bournemouth, UK

http://www.edmerritt.com/

41.


(Paidia)

Bournemouth

http://www.CEMP.ac.uk/communi...

42.


(joshuasimons)

Bournemouth

http://www.squaredagency.com

43.


Kelly Leckie (soupdragonkl)

Bournemouth

http://kellyandbenji.blogspot...

44.


Ben Harvell (benharvell)

Bournemouth, UK

http://www.iphonekungfu.com

45.


smartphonedaily (smartphonedaily)

Bournemouth

http://www.smartphonedaily.co.uk

46.


flamesparrow (flamesparrow)

Bournemouth

47.


Stevie (stephendew)

Bournemouth

http://www.stephendew.net

48.


(kwells87)

Bournemouth, UK

http://www.cemp.ac.uk

49.


Andrew Gee (andrewgee)

Bournemouth

http://www.andrewgee.org

50.


(yellowgroove)

Bournemouth

http://www.yellowgroove.co.uk

51.


(oliverbourne)

Bournemouth

http://oliverbourne.com/blog/

52.


(webspaceinvader)

Bournemouth, UK

http://www.webspaceinvader.com

53.


Neil Dennis (dennisified)

Bournemouth, UK

http://www.dennisified.com

54.


Richard Bundock (rbundock)

Bournemouth, UK

http://www.cohaesus.co.uk

55.


(Katieee_b)

Bournemouth

56.


sneakybadger (sneakybadger)

Bournemouth

http://sneakybadger.com

57.


Emma Cake (bigbouquet)

Bournemouth

http://www.bigbouquet.co.uk

58.


(SamRevell)

Bournemouth

http://www.bournemouthecho.co...

59.


(Peardrops)

Bournemouth

60.


(AbbyTayleure)

Bournemouth

61.


jonhoff (jonhoff)

Bournemouth

http://www.itsthefinalword.com

62.


Jamie Pullman (jamiepullman)

Bournemouth

http://orchestralmanhoovers.w...

63.


(chiller149)

Bournemouth

http://www.jamesmallorie.com

64.


(pressredmedia)

Bournemouth

http://www.pressredmedia.com

65.


(charlieraven)

Bournemouth

http://www.charlieraven.com

66.


(stevejbeck)

Bournemouth

http://www.stevebeck.co.uk/

67.


(amberjaneburton)

Bournemouth, UK

68.


Dean Owen (quietdean)

Bournemouth

http://www.quietdean.co.uk

69.


(urbanbeach)

Bournemouth

http://www.urbanbeachhotel.co.uk

70.


(EmilyIsabelle)

Bournemouth, UK

http://www.myspace.com/666nig...

71.


Jon (fullforce)

Bournemouth, UK

http://www.emptyforce.net

72.


(michelledinan)

Bournemouth

http://www.michelledinan.com

73.


(cahill777)

Bournemouth

http://www.cahilldesigns.com

74.


(NekoFever)

Bournemouth

75.


(amycanflyy)

Bournemouth

http://www.myspace.com/amycan...

76.


(hooj)

Bournemouth

http://www.adido-solutions.com

77.


(hanormsby)

Bournemouth

http://www.hanormsby.co.uk

78.


Tim Redman (timredman)

Bournemouth

79.


(ChrisSaidWhat)

Bournemouth

80.


(RobSmithRadio)

Bournemouth

http://www.2crfm.co.uk

81.


(AndreaBlack)

Bournemouth

82.


(JayGB1982)

Bournemouth

http://jaygb1982.blogspot.com/

83.


Damian Proctor (randomapricot)

Bournemouth

http://randomapricot.com

84.


Oliver Maton (olivermaton)

Bournemouth

85.


David Heys (dnheys)

Bournemouth

86.


(naveed_ahmad)

Bournemouth

87.


(JonDenton)

Bournemouth

http://blog.360magazine.co.uk

88.


tsuki_chama (tsuki_chama)

Bournemouth, UK

http://www.marmablue.co.uk

89.


Sarah Howells (ThePassionatePA)

Bournemouth

http://www.thepassionatepa.co.uk

90.


(gillgill)

Bournemouth

91.


(Chirostudent)

Bournemouth

http://chirostudent.blogspot....

92.


(jimirich)

Bournemouth

93.


rich_allen (rich_allen)

Bournemouth

http://richallen.blogspot.com

94.


mattmorgan0506 (mattmorgan0506)

Bournemouth, UK

95.


(cassheaphy)

Bournemouth

http://www.strangecorp.com

96.


(smoir)

Bournemouth, UK

97.


QuoteBook (QuoteBook)

Bournemouth

98.


Dom Udall (dmno)

Bournemouth

http://www.thecocktaileffect....

99.


(whitejamie)

Bournemouth

100.


(JamieSergeant)

Bournemouth

http://www.strangecorp.com



See the full list here
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