BlogPulse has no pulse So I was playing around with dashboards and the like yesterday – as one does – and noticed that BlogPulse has disappeared. BlogPulse was not the greatest blog search engine around, but it was the only one offering anything like useable charts. So, given that Technorati charts disappeared years ago (although […]
The old web is dying and I’m not sure I like the new one
by Brendan on April 29, 2012 in computing, google+, monitoring, reputationmanagement, RSS, search, socialbookmarking, socialmedia, socialnetworks, technology, Twitter, visualisation
New Delicious – sweet eye candy but a bitter aftertaste
by Brendan on September 27, 2011 in socialbookmarking, socialmusic
As if by magic, Delicious has relaunched. I had that sinking feeling when I powered up my laptop this morning and noticed that the Delicious add-on that I use to navigate the web wasn’t loading properly. It didn’t take long to figure out that there are some fairly radical changes going on. Superficially it looks […]
Goodbye Delicious, hello… what?
by Brendan on December 17, 2010 in cloudcomputing, measurement, monitoring, RSS, search, socialbookmarking, technology
So the news is out. Yahoo have screwed up. They’re closing Delicious. I don’t even need to include a link here – just go out and look for mentions of it right now and you’ll see the news. This is A Big Thing. It throws up all sorts of substantial issues, not least among which […]
Will one tweet ever change the world?
by Brendan on September 29, 2009 in microblogging, socialbookmarking, socialmedia, technology, trends
Sometimes, you know you’re seeing history in the making in a few video frames. Recently, there’s been a bit too much of it happening. I watched in awe as the US Senate refused Bush his bailout money – the split-screen showed the politicians’ verdict and the resultant stock market crash like a horrendous parody of […]
Bookmark, tweet and blog at the same time with only two hands and one head
by Brendan on March 19, 2009 in microblogging, RSS, socialbookmarking, socialmedia, socialnetworks, technology
One issue I keep coming across lately is how to save money using social media. This is a big topic, one that relates to so many others from measuring social media through to monetising it. But every little helps, as they say, and through the miracle of RSS you can make your content work harder […]
So, you want to get into social media?
by Brendan on August 14, 2008 in blogging, blogs, microblogging, podcasts, PR, RSS, socialbookmarking, socialnetworks, socialvideo
I’ve been asked more than once recently “How did you get into social media – because I want to.” If you’re a wannabe (see right), my topline answer would just be “Do it”. I mean, it’s all out there, most of it’s free, accessible and ubiquitous by definition. But that would be rude. So, off […]
PR Fail – a collection of bad things :(
by Brendan on July 28, 2008 in microblogging, PR, RSS, socialbookmarking
How did we live before PR Fail? A Tumblr blog, it takes Twitter postings or del.icio.us bookmarks tagged with “prfail” or “uselesspr” in an attempt it says here, “to help PR people be better and give journalists and bloggers a way of sharing their bad experiences. As well as just collecting examples of bad PR […]
Link love gone kerrrayzee
by Brendan on July 22, 2008 in blogs, measurement, PR, socialbookmarking
I’m due another issue of the PR Friendly index. This is my listing of the top 100 PR blogs I read, ranked according to various publicly available metrics. I’ve been thinking about introducing a bit more latitude to it, such as incorporating metrics from humans – that is, del.icio.us, Twitter etc – alongside those from […]
No more deli.cio.us linkblogging from me
by Brendan on July 17, 2008 in socialbookmarking
I recently noticed, with horror, that most of my posting of late – in fact, the vast majority – has been simply stuff I’ve bookmarked on del.icio.us, pumped across into my blog. I’ve decided this is not what my blog is for. So, I now just have a nice, unobtrusive feed to the right of […]
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- People Aren’t Stealing Your Facebook Photos: A Lesson In PrivacyA new rumor has been sweeping Facebook — that people are stealing photos of users’ children and posting them to a page called “Infancy.” The status that I saw — which had been shared 600 times back then and more than 3,500 times at the time of writing — claimed that “loads of local kids” were shown, including the author’s own, and demanded the removal of the […]Guest Writer
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- Taylor Swift Will Never Ever Kiss Justin Bieber — Like EverTaylor Swift often publicly airs her grievances when it comes to ex-boyfriends, but apparently the singer is also OK with showing the world how she feels about her friends' old flames At Sunday night's Billboard Music Awards, Swift saw best friend Selena Gomez getting a kiss on the check from on-and-off-again boyfriend Justin Bieber. Swift's r […]Neha Prakash
- 'Esquire' Launches Weekly iPad PublicationA little something extra is now arriving on the iPads of Esquire subscribers every week. The monthly men's lifestyle magazine launched a weekly, ad-supported edition dubbed Esquire Weekly, which will be automatically delivered to tablet subscribers at no additional charge. The issue will arrive every Thursday, except the Thursdays when the monthly magaz […]Lauren Indvik
- 7 Tips On Protecting Your Password From Facebook Chief Security Officer Joe SullivanCoinciding with National Cyber Security Awareness Week in Australia this week, Facebook Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan published a note on the Facebook Security page urging users to take steps to protect their passwords for the social network, and offering seven tips on how to do so. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media. […]David Cohen


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