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Google+ and Real Names
There’s currently a lot of fuss in the tech world over Google+’s policy on using real names. And business pages too but that’s because it’s still in beta but I will talk about the
Read More »The Obligatory Google+ Post
Google+ blah blahdy blah. I’m in no way knocking it but it has to be made clear to those not on it that there is nothing new about Google+, it is a mash-up of
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Search Twitter Like A Pro
Twitter Search has become the most versatile realtime search engine with the addition of 'search operators'. When a lot of old technophobes ask me why I'm on Twitter one of the first things I
Read More »How To Stop Facebook Sharing Your Personal Information
There is a way to prevent Facebook from either selling your personal information to third parties or using it in situations you may not be aware of. This also ensures security with your data
Read More »Who Is Reading Your Tweets?
Your Authority on Twitter = N/How Many Tweeps Each Follower Follows (loop for each of your followers and take the sum total)
(Where N is the number of people you can realistically follow. For
Godwin’s Law
"As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1".Read More »
Empire Avenue Review; Go Public With Your Public Self
Empire Avenue is a social media Stock Exchange where you, or a business with social media presence are publicly traded. Your share price is defined on how much you interact on social networks, who
Read More »The Facebook Crash
I'd like to coin a phrase to label a period in social web use that I think will happen in about 4-5 years time: The Facebook Crash. It isn't a term I'm using for
Read More »My New Tweet Policy
I have a new attitude to what I tweet following my social shutdown contemplation at the weekend. After wondering whether I should shut down completely from the social web I have realised what a
Read More »Social Shutdown; Allowing Life To Move On
I have just taken a rare step and deactivated my Facebook account, which was strange. Realising you have no friends is not a particularly nice experience, especially not helped by having Norah Jones' 'Back
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