Twitter Unveil Native Photo-Sharing Feature
Twitter will soon be adding the ability to add a photo to a tweet without having to use third-party services such as popular options TwitPic and yfrog. They’ve partnered with former Myspace favourite Photobucket to offer the service which will launch in the next few weeks according to Twitter COO Dick Costolo.
I think I’ll still use Flickr and Instagram so I can keep my photos in a nice, hi-res, organised place (Flickr) and take random atmospheric polaroid-style shots which feed into one of my favourite niche social networks (Instagram). What about you?
Change: A World In Flux - My #CogsTalks @ The Hospital
Here’s the presentation I gave this week at The Hospital in London, showing my take on how the digital world is changing and why this constant change shouldn’t scare us but rather is an endless source of opportunity.
Here’s the presentation I gave and below is the full video of my talk:
Video courtesy of VideoJug
Any questions, feel free to comment, tweet or email me :)
Master Yoda Reads SatNav Instructions
I can’t believe I only just saw this year-old viral ad for Tom Tom SatNav. It’s a brilliant and rare example of someone using a LucasFilm licence in a way that doesn’t make me want to rewrite my childhood. Indeed, it’s a great example of brands colliding in a witty way.
P.S. The Darth Vader one isn’t as good.
AV Referendum Results Map
From light green for ‘no’ through orange for ‘no, but only just’ to purple for ‘yes’
That’ll be a no then…
How To Create a ‘Welcome’ Landing Tab for New Facebook Pages
On 10th March 2011 Facebook will upgrade all pages for brands, companies and organisations to a new version of Pages, bringing the design in line with personal profiles which were upgraded in December 2010. For details about the changes read my last blog post here.
‘Static FBML’ tabs, with which you could quickly add extra tabs containing basic HTML to show text, images and videos are being phased out so that you won’t be able to create them after Thursday. This means adding a simple Welcome tab like the ones above which introduce new visitors to your Facebook page (and encourage them to click ‘Like’) is about to get a little complicated. Here’s my step-by-step guide to the easiest and quickest way to create a ‘Welcome’ tab:
Facebook Pages Upgrade - What You Need To Know
The old, and new Facebook pages at a glance
On 10th March all Facebook Pages - i.e. pages which are not for personal accounts but for brands, businesses and organizations - will be upgraded to a new style consistent with personal profiles, with a picture gallery across the top and ‘tabs’ now linked to in the left-hand navigation menu as opposed to across the top. You can manually upgrade now at facebook.com/pages/status
Mobile World Congress: 5 Things We Learnt About The Future
Now that the dust has settled and everyone has returned to Asia and Scandinavia with their red lanyards no doubt still swinging round their necks it’s a good time to look back, take stock and reflect on the big takeaways from Mobile World Congress 2011:
Mobile World Congress 2011 So Far
I’m here at Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona, Spain for the mobile communications industry’s big annual bash. It’s a time for phone manufacturers, app developers, accessories makers and anyone else who gains in any way from people using mobile phones and computers to show off their latest innovations and forthcoming product launches. It’s also a place for the big personalities in technology, like the CEOs of Google, Twitter and Microsoft et al, to take the stage in front of a key group of people (ie people in suits who make lots of money out of our obsession with mobile).
