Tag Archives: Social network service

Sparks, Circles And Hangouts

Posted on June 29, 2011 by thedigitalconsultant

Say one thing about Google; it never gives up. Faced by increasingly daunting competition from Facebook the Google team has had another go at a social platform – the Google+ Project. A small number of people are testing the project, … Continue reading →

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Most Boring Photo Above 30,000 Feet

Posted on May 20, 2011 by thedigitalconsultant

I recall attending a party in the early 1980′s where the theme was “The Most Boring Slide Evening”. Revellers were encouraged to sort through their carousels of kodachrome tranparencies and select slides that fitted certain categories. My favourite was in … Continue reading →

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Network Based Papers

Posted on March 14, 2011 by thedigitalconsultant

The use of social media aggregation to publication has been around for some time. One such example is the Swiss company Small River, whose Paper.Li which takes your daily tweets and creates an online publication from them. I have used … Continue reading →