Monthly Archives: August 2008

Holding social networking profiles to ransom

This is a headline I never thought I’d see:  “..hacker holds rapper Soulja Boy’s MySpace account ransom..”

Social Pictures: Social Graphics from David Amarno

Making LinkedIn Groups Functional

Finally, it appears something is being done about LinkedIn and its appalling group system.  Previously, you could create groups.  And that’s about it. To get people in is completely manual, and they need to be approved manually. Anyone who has dealt with them will understand.

Part 4: What Vodafone could do to improve iPhone

Following on from the three part saga of Jye VS Vodafone I’m taking the final, critical step and looking at a few basic principles about why Vodafone is failing the iPhone and future technologies:

Vodafone’s response was completely reactive
The only way to gain any information about your cap is after-the-fact; no warning system in place
The word [...]

Social Media Marketing: Sharing the knowledge, spreading the word

Work together and push this thing forward
Why would I need to say anything else? With the support of myself, Gavin Heaton, Laurel Papworth, and Zac Martin (just to name a few), Julian Cole wants to change the game for social media marketing in Australia.

Part 3: Return of the Stupidity: iPhone, Vodafone – FFS.

The Aftermath – oh yes, they keep screwing this up.

On the same day: Got a strange email from Vodafone telling me that I’m NOT on a plan that includes data. Seriously, what the fuck? I spent the morning on hold to get these costs removed, and they were, because I was entitled to the 500MB.
I [...]

Part 2: The Call to Vodafone

..the fact that such a gross error was allowed to occur and offend a loyal customer, and then firing the cowering underling responsible…

Part 2 of 4 from: iPhone, Vodafone and my $800 bill
I’ve been a Vodafone customer for about 2 years on a $79 cap.  I’m used to the amount of text and calls that [...]

When Bloggers Strike Back and Human Behaviour

Writers, ranters, influencers.. engaging with the audience.
It seems there are lots of shiny new words going around about us bloggers at the moment – even ‘blog people’, which I imagine to be short, small orange fellows living in the mountains of cyber space.  Think oompaloompas.
Previously, we’ve seen the bloggers strike back at the NAB at their [...]

iPhone, Vodafone and my $800 bill: Part 1

Do you have an enormous bill from your Vodafone or new iPhone? Do you have unexplainable data charges under your shiny new cap/contract/strangle hold?
Well I sure did – even after the order screw up. And it made me angry, really angry - with the fury of a thousand fiery suns.
The next 3 posts will discuss my battle with Vodafone, [...]

iPhone letting down video blogging

On Saturday I started video blogging – but my shiny new iPhone is letting me down because I can’t do video blogs out and about when I have the urge to do it.
Devices and technology should allow us to fulfill these urges.  Not hinder them.
Update: If anyone would like an alpha invite to this service, [...]

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