Twitter Stalkers
Hello Fellow Twitter Stalkers:
As most people know that Social Networking is an essential part of marketing, the first thing they do is create a Twitter Handle. Once they have a Twitter username/account, they go immediately into stalker mode, following as many people as they can that they have no interest or relevant connection with.
This will do two things:
1. Make your account look spammy and n00bish.
2. Get your account banned by Twitter.
Please read the Twitter guidelines when Following people.
http://tinyurl.com/7wtmdbq
There are limits for good reasons and it’s good business practice to follow them. Would you go out in the real world and knock on fifteen thousand homes within 10 minutes? Realistically doable? No.
Don’t add random ‘software’ that could get you into further trouble.
Remember: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn’t. Don’t waste your money on Quick Follower Schemes. Building a good, organic and honest following takes time.
Margarita Benyammine
Pixeletta Consultations
Facebook’s Push toward the Semantic Web | semanticweb.com
When asked about the single biggest change that Facebook is making, Fernando replied, “The biggest change is Facebook driving toward becoming the semantic web. The semantic web is making sure that the Internet has a dictionary and a grammar that can be understood by consumers, yes, but also by advertisers and brands. It’s also understanding how people behave on the Web rather than just clicking on stuff: what are they actually doing? You read, watch things, you get instant feedback, your friends can read and watch with you, but then the brand knows what you and 13 others are reading, watching, listening to as well, and you can target advertising based around that. It’s a beautiful feedback loop both for the consumer and the brand.”
Facebook Hoax!
Children, please read:
http://www.facebook.com/facebook/posts/10150420085741729
Facebook will not charge anyone to use Facebook. :) Merci.
Cooking the data - O'Reilly Radar →
2105:
It’s certainly encouraging to think that corruption and shenanigans wither under the harsh light of data. With information out in the open, it should be easy for interested parties to review the numbers — using cheap clouds and intuitive visualizations — and spot the cheaters.
Does data really blow its own whistle?
The first problem open data advocates run into is that of getting real information. Look at Greece: 324 Athenians reported having swimming pools on their taxes. When the government used Google Maps to try and count how many there really were, they found 16,974 of them — despite efforts by citizens to camouflage their pools under green tarpaulins. So even if activists can use widely available data to create change, that data may be wrong.
One way around this is to get your own data. The barriers to data collection have vanished with the advent of social networks, ubiquitous computing, and other innovations. Just as Greek tax officials can use Google Earth to understand tax evasion, so organizations like Asthmapolis can crowdsource data — in this case, by attaching GPS receivers to asthma inhalers — and use the information to shape public policy.
Can we tell when the data is wrong?
Data in hand, it needs to be properly analyzed. That’s not as easy as it sounds.
Excellent post.
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Rant of the Day
In Toronto, every single year, we suffer through construction at some part, some point… some… where. For some reason, the TTC, cars, pedestrians and the pigeons all forget how to navigate and create havoc and traffic.
The only blessing is currently my beloved iPad, while stuck, endlessly on the TTC, hopelessly for work, I can still look at my emails, respond to clients and semi function until the hell that has broken loose is cut loose.
Make sense? Absolutely not!
Alright, another avenue of posting and sharing, I suppose.
Do you think we’re a little too addicted to social networking aspects? I mean, the average human being has at least 4-5 handles, from Facebook, Twitter, Google +, Flickr, Youtube, etc. Then you have the Social Networking Gurus (and PR peeps) who realistically hold about 30-50 handles on average of any position they entertain.
With about ten clients, averaging out a minimum of 5-7 social networking aspects, you better be organized with an excel spreadsheet or a database to keep track.
Usernames, passwords, email accounts - the list is endless.
