Extended Hyperconnectivity

Our lives, feelings and experiences are becoming more frequently articulated online. Hence, I believe that the way we are forming these articulations is no longer for ourselves, but for our peers and network. Does this, or will this, change the way we process feelings?

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ad:tech – The Relevance of Twitter

On Tuesday, March 10 I’ll be leading a panel discussion at ad:tech, Sydney.  I’ll be joined by Gavin Heaton, Laurel Papworth and Mike Hickinbotham as we discuss how you and your company can drive value and return for your business.

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Mind what you have learned. Save you it can.

Friends, I’m going to stop participating in all forms of social media until next Friday, where I’ll make two significant announcements. The first announcement will be a competition winner who will take home a copy of Age of Conversation 2, the second will remain secret until then.

Told you did I, reckless is he! Now, matters are worse..

I’m also going to use the week to re-evaluate my blogging strategy and Twitter engagement.  I feel unfocused and need to realign.  And yes, both probably will be redesigned.  Perhaps it’s time for change.  I think it’s important to reflect on what I’ve been doing so far so I can improve for the future.  So much to learn.

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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.

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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 mean to your business?

I’ve seen local Australian business turn real dollars from Twitter. And that’s with out ads.  When are we going to stop measuring the industry on advertising expenditure and start measuring it on engagement?

Probably when the ads stop working.

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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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Friday Finds

It was great to be back at coffee mornings today, and coming back into the office a dear friend passed on the best condom video ever from Superfad.  Welcome back to the new year, remember to contact me with your digital perspective and keep sharing. Click here to read more »

We love Twitter.

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Yesterday Hitwise published an update on just how much we Aussie’s love Twitter.  I’ve always been interested in the reason behind why people started — what was that catalyst? What story did they want to tell?

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Digital Media: Things That Have Let Me Down

Annik and Kahlee inspired me to do this.  We fail and we learn. We need to learn to fail fast. Stop touting all your successes and show me your failures. Show me what you learnt. We always have top 10 lists.

Show me the sixty-shitty lists.

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BlueDay2008: Reach Out & Connect

BlueDay2008 or World Mental Health Day is on October 10.  A day when the tech and social media community in Australia can work together to raise the awareness of anxiety and depression.

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BigPond and Twitter: A Learning Experience

Seems after the widespread negative response to Australia’s first telco jumping on Twitter, BigPond is learning (even if it’s the hard way). Click here to read more »