YouTube Masthead creativity using HTML5
Posted: July 30, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized 1 CommentThis is a great example of what we will be able to get out of ‘hero’ impactful formats such as the masthead on YouTube
Nice visualisation…
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Image by EpicGraphic
Nice work EpicGraphic
Create an infographic of your Twitter activity with visual.ly
Posted: July 13, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentThis is less than flattering for me, but this is a cool tool to make infographic from your Twitter activity
Great visual – How Facebook is steamrolling local competition across the globe
Posted: July 7, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentAs Facebook reaches a reported 750 million active users worldwide the below .GIF is a pretty cool visual of how it has increased its foothold to be come number one in an increasing number of markets globally.
Thank you Vincent Cosenza
12 digital trends from Cannes 2011
Posted: July 5, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentWordPress.com #fail but here are 12 trends from Cannes Lions worth knowing about.
The Filter Bubble – a warning against algorithmic recommendation in the web!
Posted: May 28, 2011 Filed under: Facebook, Futures, Social Media, Social trends | Tags: algorithms, Facebook, filter bubble, Google, personalisation Leave a commentThe TED talk below isn’t particularly new but I have only just found the time to watch this and it is something that I feel pretty passionately about so thought I would pop down a few thoughts.
In the 9 minute video, Eric Pariser takes us through his eloquent argument against the ‘personalisation’ of the web by algorithms set-up to increase the content you are exposed to that is of a similar kind to that you have previously engaged with.
The ‘Filter Bubble’ refers to your web, and the content inside it that is similar to that which you liked before. The perils of this mean that our interestes become ‘dumbed down’ increasing the sugar factor’ of entertainment vs challenging material.
The strange thing for me as a social media professional how few people actually know this outside media and advertising. Speaking to people about their Facebook news feed is perhaps the best demonstration, and people are astounded to know it’s probably only about 5% of the conversations that are going on that pop up in it. Notice your peripheral friends becoming more marginalised anyone?
Here is a link to the talk…
http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf
And this fantastic book cover links to the website to find out more…
YouTube project for good – It Gets better
Posted: May 4, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentThere is a brilliantly simple idea behind this project, to provide inspiration and hope to young people suffering bullying for being gay. Using YouTube to host a plethora of different personal stories, all with the message that ‘it gets better’, allows teens to go in and find clips that resonate with them.
When we so often hear about the ‘dog on skateboard’, ‘viral’ nature of online video, which seems to consign it to being a disposable/temporary medium, this seems a perfect example to highlight the potential of a more social and long term use of online video.
Reputation management and social media’s impact – Thoughts from the top
Posted: April 21, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentAn interesting article from those ultimately responsible for reputation management and the challenge/opportunities that social media provides for their businesses.
Do ad execs dream of electric sheep? 