February 19, 2013
by Neil T
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If you’re a seasoned Facebook user like me, you’ll be familiar with the concept of ‘liking’ something. A friend posts a witty status update, or announces some good news, and with one click, you can show your friend some appreciation … Continue reading
February 17, 2013
by Neil T
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I’m probably going to regret this, but here I am, signed up to Twitter. — Neil Turner (@nrturner) June 1, 2007 That was the first tweet that I posted, back on the 1st June 2007. I’ve waited quite some time … Continue reading
February 5, 2013
by Neil T
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So, as I wrote on Thursday last week, I joined app.net on a one month free trial. I’ve now had a few days to actually use the service, so this serves as something of a sequel to last October’s ‘Thoughts … Continue reading
January 31, 2013
by Neil T
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Thanks to Brad Choate I’ve joined app.net on a month’s free trial. App.net, if you remember, is essentially a clone of Twitter, but with no advertising, more liberal API policy and a monthly or yearly fee. It has also just … Continue reading
January 18, 2013
by Neil T
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Thanks to a post on About Foursquare, I’ve found Prollie, which grades your social media profiles. You connect your accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Tumblr and LinkedIn, and you receive a grade for each, plus on overall grade. This grade … Continue reading
January 10, 2013
by Neil T
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There’s an interesting read at VentureBeat called How to take back control of your own social networks, to which the simple answer is ‘run your own blog’. That way, you own all of the rights to what you write, third … Continue reading
October 3, 2012
by Neil T
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A few weeks ago I promised to write about app.net, a new Twitter-esque service. With app.net announcing on Monday that they’ve reduced their prices, now seems like a good time to write about it. I haven’t joined yet, for reasons … Continue reading
November 7, 2011
by Neil T
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I haven’t mentioned much about Klout on here – it’s a site which uses your social media profiles (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn etc.) to measure your influence. Its aim is to score how much influence people have, and then use that … Continue reading
September 27, 2011
by Neil T
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Despite my criticisms of Google+ last week, I hope it does well. In fact, the recent changes to Facebook have made me all the more hopeful. I’m not happy with Facebook’s decision to remove the option to view the news … Continue reading