Monthly Archives: September 2008

Quotes: Mobile Internet and The Media Economy

More quotes about the new ways of thinking
Via Twitter (thanks Scott) this is straight from #MobileFeast -

Perception: QR Codes = Telstra?

Today Digital Media edition 7.0 (how very Web 2.0 of them) arrived on our table and on the back cover there is a giant QR Code. I had a quick glance and noticed it was actually an advertisement for the technology company QMCODES. No big deal, right?
I mentioned to my colleague that I’d recently forwarded [...]

The Internet: Start believing in the impossible

Big shout out to Age for this posting this fabulous video.  A great insight into the web as we know it, and we will know it, in the next 5000 days.  Also a great explanation of what the ’semantic web’ really means.
we need to get good at believing in the impossible
For me, the most interesting [...]

Technorati: State of the Blogosphere — Day 1: Who Are the Bloggers?

Part 1 of Technorati’s annual State of the Blogosphere report has come out today: Who are the bloggers?
But as the Blogosphere grows in size and influence, the lines between what is a blog and what is a mainstream media site become less clear. Larger blogs are taking on more characteristics of mainstream sites and mainstream [...]

College Students’ Social Networking – Duh.

Wasn’t too impressed by the headline in today’s eMarketer — but the stats are in.  The results, while not surprising, put some hard facts behind the theory.  It’s up to business now to best use this to deliver value, start conversations, create compelling content — all to drive community.

A Changing Audience

The readers of A Digital Perspective are growing each day, and so is my Twitter following.  As my audience changes on Twitter I’ve become much more focused with Tweets, and much more mindful of what I’m saying. I’ve been careless in the past, and I apologise.

How to jail break an iPhone 3G

You can have two App Stores on your iPhone when you jailbreak the latest iPhone firmware. Enough said.

Making your services more relevant, accessible and seen

A must for any marketers promoting community and their suite of products.  FriendFeed has introduced a number of features. I’m still not convinced this will make me promote my own profile, due to my limited interest in the services.

Twitter up 422% in 12 months: We’re gonna need more birds for this whale

With more and more of my office, across various department and disciplines, signing up and logging into the microblogging service — a number like this comes as no surprise.
According to stats just released from Nielsen Online, Twitter recorded 2.3 million unique visitors in August (US-only), an increase of 422% from the same period last year.

Last.fm in your browser

Making social media and music work.
A few weeks ago Mozilla announced the best add-ons for Firefox 3 – and one of them again identifies with the fact that we cannot simply create services. We need to make them as accessible as possible.
Last.fm already have an iPhone app, and now they have a great Firefox add-on called Fire.fm.  [...]

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