social media 2/2

Love the new Spotify

A really smart move by Spotify this morning. The service allowed its users, even those using the free, ad-supported version, to create...

1pound40 unconference – a couple of after-thoughts

Some great minds – from journalists to social media specialists – spent the afternoon discussing the impact of social media on politics...

Do we control the tools?

If you’ve ever used your mobile camera to photograph an event – be it a gig, somebody’s birthday party or a fellow passenger on the bus –...

People in photos – Flickr’s new function

Do you remember what you felt every time you realised your friend had tagged a picture of you on Facebook? And do you remember how you...

Posterous, here I come

I’ve been using Tumblr for several months now as an alternative to a proper blog. Tumblr is a micro-blogging platform which allows you to...

Don’t forget about the content

In all our conversations about how to use Twitter, we seem to forget about one crucial thing – the content. What you say says a lot...