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It’s nice to start a Monday morning with a bit of a laugh, and what better way to have a laugh today than with this song.
If you’re a Twitter user, the lyrics will make you smile. Wry humour by songwriter Ben Walker that shows some insight into this social micro-blogging networking online world that [...]

A marketing email from Dell caught my eye amongst all the inbox content because of the subject line: “Was it something we said?”
Curiosity piqued, I clicked on it to open it, and saw the eye-catching image you see above.
The mixture of garish colours and popping eyes of the model really grabbed my attention, almost [...]

If you want to get a sense of what’s possible with Twitter as a communication tool for business, check out 50 great ideas from Chris Brogan.
Even if you already use Twitter in a business setting, you’ll find some useful thinking in the tips offered by Chris.
For instance:

Build an account and immediately start using Twitter [...]

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been the focus of a lot of attention lately.
Last month, the SEC announced new guidance in using traditional websites and social media channels as legitimate means for companies listed on US stock exchanges to communicate with investors and others.
That announcement will have a far-reaching impact on [...]

Dell certainly pushed the envelope yesterday in a press conference to launch a new line of Latitude laptop computers.
The event took place in San Francisco, linked to media events in London and New Delhi, and with people online following the live webcast - and commenting and asking questions in real time via Twitter.
There’s plenty [...]

I really like seeing how organizations experiment with social media, especially those who keep on pushing those envelopes and invite us to get involved and see what happens during such experimentation.
Like Dell.
Today at 9am PDT (5pm UK), Dell is holding a press conference to introduce a new generation of mobility products. The event physically [...]

Much has been written in recent months about the allure of Twitter and why people stick with it through thick and thin.
Twitter has no shortage of rival micro-blogging services - Pownce, Plurk, Identi.ca and Jaiku are the obvious ones that spring to mind - yet Twitter remains a primary place of choice for many [...]

The opening ceremony for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing gets underway at midday GMT today, an event that will be broadcast live on television across the world.
During the next two weeks, you’ll be hard pressed to avoid seeing and hearing about the Olympic Games whenever you turn on the TV or radio or [...]

Twitter suffered an unplanned outage this afternoon.
Not on the scale of the troubles Twitter has suffered during much of this year - things are definitely getting better - but an outage all the same.
What’s a Twitterer to do at times like this?
Quite a few people blog about it. Others head to Pownce or Plurk, even [...]

After a pleasant early-morning drive up the M40 and and not getting lost in central Birmingham (thank you, TomTom!), I arrived at WordCamp UK in good time for the start.
So it’s about 45 minutes into Day 2. About 60 people here, I reckon. Quite a few hangover-looking folk so I guess last night’s festivities worked [...]