If you follow me on Twitter, you have probably come across my daily routine of addressing His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet about his breakfast habits.
I am a huge fan of the Dalai Lama and have a great fondness for the Buddhist teachings, but when it comes to his Twitter skills I think there is a lot for His Holiness to learn.
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I hear this question asked ALL the time… What is the NEXT social network?
Despite the goliath that is Facebook and the young upstart Twitter, there are those who think that Foursquare is leading us down the path of a new type of geo-social network. Other, considerably more niche social networks are popping up all the time, offering us the chance to organise ourselves into community groups around activities such as taking photographs or listening to music.
I have no idea what the NEXT social network will be, but I do know what I hope the one after that will be… Everybody out in the REAL world talking to each other without fear or prejudice.
I truly believe that Twitter will bring about the next great renaissance in human civilisation. I REALLY do!
Whatever you might think about that statement, it cannot be denied that every single second of every single day we see a deluge of tweets about people doing good and that is why I get SO frustrated when I see opportunities to amplify those positive emotions wasted. And my public enemy number one for wastage is the official account from Twitter highlighting the forces of good… @hope140
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Social media has the capacity to be the great leveller.
There are many stories of heroic Davids defeating mighty Goliaths, although not quite cutting off their heads, through the use of connections made possible by services such as Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube etc. But a recent campaign from eBay for Charity has left me feeling that maybe the Goliaths need to take some moral responsibility and stop fighting altogether.
“The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant, that few stood against many, and before this battle was over, even a god-king can bleed.” – King Leonidas
John Cleese explains his methods of dealing with creativity, interruptions and how to create your very own Tortoise enclosure that will allow your unconscious mind the space, and the time, to come out and play.
Most people who have absolutely no idea what they’re doing, have absolutely no idea that they have no idea of what they’re doing. It explains a great deal of life…
(hat tip to 37signals)
What is it about certain faces that seem to make a connection?
I’m sure it can’t just be me that feels there are people that you walk past everyday that immediately make you feel at ease and give you the impression that you could just walk up, say “Hello” and you would have a new friend.
Is it purely physical, or is there a stranger force at work here?
I’m sure that by now everyone is aware of #duncansdream and all of it’s offshoots, but amongst all of the negativity towards it maybe some of us have missed the benefits.
“I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.” – Obi-Wan Kenobi
If today’s Twitterpocalypse is anything to go by, it clearly shows that Tweeters keep a VERY close eye on their follower numbers. I very rarely bother to look at my follower count, so the first I knew about the great #zerofollowers disaster was when I started to see the barrage of confused/angry/comedic (delete as applicable) tweets. All of this linked very nicely with my theory of Twitter types.
I believe that amongst all the various groups and factions there are three distinct types of Tweeter, and each of these individuals are distinguished by how they look at the subject of the follow. I shall share them with you now.
Today I saw the future of online shopping.
A bold statement you might think, but after watching a brief video demonstrating Levi’s integration of the Facebook Like button into their ecommerce store I came over all goosepimply. I urge you to take a moment to view it for yourself before continuing…
What with their being an election on and all, you’d think that reporting in the media would be more realistic… oh, wait. Scratch that. What I meant to say was infuriatingly biased and incorrect.
Many people, myself included, feel that one of the decisive battles in this election will be fought within the social networks and a recent research report by ‘An Award-Winning PR and Social Media Consultancy’ has got me brow-furrowingly angry.
Continue reading “Lies, damned lies, and real-time statistics.”
