social media – Page 23 – Richard's blog

Jan 17, 2011

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in observation, social media, Sweden, travel

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSome images from a recent trip to Sweden [flickr-gallery mode=”photoset” photoset=”72157625500853894″]

Flight to the Monzino Refuge and hike.

Sep 12, 2010

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richard

in Apple, flickr, mobile, observation, Swiss walks, travel

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA short helicopter flight to a mountain refuge in Aosta, on the Italian side of the Mt Blanc. Good fun, walk to the glacier and back. I also tested my Iphone 4 phone. [flickr-gallery mode=”photoset” photoset=”72157624937122156″]

Ridley Scott is exploring an idea discussed by Dziga Vertov several decades ago

Jul 25, 2010

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in lifestream, observation, seesmic, social media, social media living room, travel, Video

Reading Time: 2 minutesDisclaimer: These are thoughts, rather than a well structured post. Ridley Scott wants your user generated videos for a film “A Day on Earth” and whilst people are hyping this idea as something new the concept is an old one. Dziga Vertov had an idea that he would capture Life Unawares. Eventually…

Jul 12, 2010

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in flickr

Reading Time: < 1 minute[flickr-gallery mode=”photoset” photoset=”72157624468965462″] More of the Lake parade. This gallery will grow as I have time to process more of the images.

Enjoying the freedom of portable apps.

Jul 5, 2010

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in mobile, observation, social media, work

Reading Time: 2 minutesPortable Apps is an interesting option for those of us who use work computers rather than our own. It is also a good solution for those of us who change desktop all the time but can’t play with our phones whilst at work. A few days ago I wrote about Chrome as…

Ten reasons to give up on twitter

Jun 23, 2010

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richard

in social media, twitter, Uncategorized

Reading Time: 2 minutesOnce again I have deleted my twitter account. Here are ten reasons to give up on twitter. 1. Europe is neutral about the site. If you want friendships with people an ocean away join. 2. Whenever you want to post some technical problem means you have to post five times 3. If…

About the Ipad, which I will refer to as the Itablet in this post.

Jan 28, 2010

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in Apple, mobile, observation, social media

Reading Time: 3 minutesDesigners must understand that user interface as well as ease of use are the two most important features of any electronics device. The more intuitive the device the more likely people are to keep using it. As a first generation Ipod touch user and an iphone 3gs owner I see the value…

Foursquare and evolving electronic social meetings

Jan 9, 2010

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richard

in observation, Real Time Web, social media, social media living room, social networking

Reading Time: 4 minutesWe’ve all got smartphones. Some of us are using Nokia, Â others are using blackberries and yet more are using Android and Iphones. As a result when we interact with people we are not interacting with them from a desk somewhere in a building. We’re interacting with them from the middle of the…

Here is the Nouvo video where you see me speak about twitter.

Apr 19, 2009

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richard

in twitter, Uncategorized

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAnd there you have it, me speaking about twitter. As promised – update – I’m happy with all the positive reactions this video is having. Thank you.

Happy and slightly nervous – as would be expected.

Apr 18, 2009

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in twitter

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNouvo is a show I have enjoyed watching many times, aired on Swiss television and in podcast form until recently. They are changing format and appearing on the website and news programs from now on. What makes this particularly interesting is that they left a comment on this blog, asking to…

Category: social media