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Not 10. Not 5. There's only 1 sign you spend too much time on Twitter.

So, in a lazy attempt to score some laughs, David Letterman has described his Top 10 signs you spend too much time on Twitter.

It’s easy to knock something, take the ‘anti’ side and write some cheap, controversial headlines. There’s been quite a lot of this happening within the Twitter community itself lately, so it’s easy to see why a celebrity comedian would jump on board.

I, however, think that there is only ONE sign you’ve been spending too much time on Twitter and I’d like to share it with you now. Unfortunately it’s more than 140 characters, but it’s not always possible to appreciate something from just a single Tweet.

The ONLY sign that you spend too much time on Twitter is:

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We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.

I’ve noticed lately that there has been a distressing increase in the level of negativity within the Twitterverse and feel compelled to comment in more than 140 characters.

The amazing power of Twitter has been revealed to me numerous times over the past year and a bit. I have won tickets to see screenings of Jaws at the London Aquarium, jars of super tangy Marmite XO and even found myself a new job, but the most amazing thing of all was made very clear to me last Friday.

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#LikeMinds and Kind Hearts

After hearing all of the positive stories from the @drewellis and @scottgould masterminded LikeMinds 2009, I knew that the 2010 event was going to be something special. Unfortunately I also knew that I would simply not be able to justify the cost. Certainly not because of the amazingly low ticket price, but once you added in travel, food and accommodation it was beyond my current empty pockets, and this was my innocuous reply to a tweet from @lesanto asking me if I was attending.


What happened next was both astonishing and affecting.

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You're gonna need a bigger BUZZ!

Google vs. Twitter

So Google have finally dived head-first into the social networking pool and created… well, quite a BUZZ!

Obviously it’s still early days, but that never stopped anyone having an opinion before so here goes. Whatever happened to the Google we all knew and loved? You know, the one that was obsessed with simplicity and clean interfaces. I thought Wave was bad enough, but now along comes Buzz to add even more clutter to my toolbars.

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Why can't iDonate? #AppleDonateFail

I read recently that Apple do not allow the inclusion of donate buttons into apps and @JohnCarnell has even set up a campaign to lobby them to change this using the hashtag #AppleDonateFail on Twitter.

This was an idea that I had considered for @MarieCurieUK due to the popularity of the SMS donation method during the Haiti appeal. Giving people the option of donating small amounts instantaneously through their mobile device is absolutely the way forward. It is at that real-time moment when you are emotionally affected by the event or news story that you are most likely to donate, and by making the method easy you increase the chances dramatically.

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Have Google out-cooled Apple?

Android Mini Collectable

One of my passions in life is toys. Plush. Vinyl. Die-cast. I love them all. And when they cross over into geekdom I can’t help but get my debit card at the ready.

This series of blind-boxed collectables by Andrew Bell are based on the Google Android character and come in 12 different designs. They stand 3 inches tall, feature rotating heads and arms and will be available to buy later this month.

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Hat tip > Plastic and Plush

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It's not as bad as it seems…

Today I attended the Digital Fundraising Groups semi-regular gathering at the British Red Cross to discover what charities are doing to leverage social media.

There was a very entertaining talk by the Digital Innovations Manager of the Woodland Trust, who are doing some really rather excellent things in the areas or customer engagement and crowd-sourcing. I was very impressed by their quirky approach to the real-time internet and was glad to see them experimenting with a variety of ideas, both serious and quirky.

However one of the main points I gleaned from the various people in attendance is that the one thing social media is not really very good at is actually raising FUNDS.

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Where is the love?

Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed an alarming increase in negative feeling on or about social media recently?

Could it be that the possibility of having a well-connected, helpful and positive thinking populace has gotten a number of organisations spooked? News and opinion travel at lighting speed through the social streams, so it is more important than ever to think very carefully about what we want to say and retweet.

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