Monthly Archives: January 2009

Caught: Servant of Chaos

Gavin Heaton has been caught out.  Remember when Mr. Heaton made us a promise? Mr. Heaton was caught out making a callous tweet – with only a few days to go.  Go on, check your calendars – it was January 28.
Ran into my personal brand in an alley. Think I came off worst.
@servantofchaos
All reports indicate [...]

Social networks overtake adult websites – but what about adult social networks?

Fresh from Hitwise:
In the US social networks first overtook adult sites in mid 2007, but since then the two categories have been battling it out with no clear winner emerging.

Beyond the cheeky giggles from the boys in the back room, maybe the internet isn’t just for men who need a virtual companion.  Seems porn isn’t [...]

History of the Internet

History of the Internet from PICOL on Vimeo.

Found it. Shared it.
Find it. Share it.

Google Earth: Prado Art Collection

This is a breath taking example of art and technology. Beautiful. Oh what stories this could tell.
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Friday Finds: Delicious

Is it time for a new approach to management?
Social Media ROI—What’s the ‘Return on Ignoring’?
4 Crowd Dynamics for 09
Ah, Fridays. A day that you can taste. Speaking of taste, feel free to add me on Delicious.  Share your marks.

Barack Obama: Yes he can. Top 25 Obama Facts.

Something very different today: all started when the legoland inauguration inspired me to try something different.  Rather than react I felt like acting.

If you spell Barack Obama wrong on Google it doesn’t say, “Did you mean Barack Obama?” It simply replies, “Yes you can.”
Superman owns a pair of Barack Obama pajamas.
Barack Obama counted to infinity [...]

Stephen Collins, AKA Trib, Founder, acidlabs

Stephen Collins (aka Trib) is an exceptional voice for the digital media industry.  His straight forward attitude and down to earth approach to real business development and social media strategies make him a very influence profile in Australia. Follow him on Twitter and be inspired, read his blog and learn.
Describe what you do (in your [...]

Twitter: Power, money and influence (with no ads)

Hitwise just released UK Internet traffic to the site has increased 10-fold over past last 12 months.  A shiny new graph for your next presentation.

As always, it’s the stories behind this growth that I’m interested in.  So tell me, how did you begin on twitter? Is this growth going to continue and what does it [...]

Facebook Connect: The implementation list

Facebook Connect.  I remember hearing about this, and in fact, I installed in on TheMusicBlogs.com.au just to trial it over the first week of launch.  Do not ignore this, it may be very big.  Look forward to hearing your thoughts on what you think is a good implementation so far.
Why?

Trust: people trust Facebook.  It’s something [...]

Stats: Social Media, Web 2.0 And Internet Stats

Not mine — courtesy of The Future Blog.
Google search stats:
1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion) – approximate number of unique URLs in Google’s index (source)
2,000,000,000 (two billion) – very rough number of Google searches daily (source)
$110,000,000 – approximately amount of money lost by Google annually due to the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button (source)

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