Weekly roundup from last week
Some great videos and articles- check them out:
New study shows iPhone users to be in a class by themselves
Online PR: Top 40 Ways To Get Noticed Online (apart from Twitter)
Weekly Roundup- Hammer Pants, Roundtables and 5 Big Things
Online Community Management Roundtable
Sharable content and social brand building
Mapping The MR-Sphere: 20 Research Blogs To Follow
The 5 Biggest Things I’ve Learned About Using Social Media
And for a great laugh from the 80′s, it’s Hammer Pants:
Last Week’s Favoutite Links
Online Ad Industry Stats & Forecasts
Social Advertising Best Practices
The Ultimate Lock Picker Hacks Pentagon, Beats Corporate Security for Fun and Profit
The WiiBox- aka Microsoft Project Natal
For those that didn’t catch the latest announcement from Microsoft at the E3 expo about their new Xbox. They have squarely taken aim at the huge success of the Nintendo Wii and it’s motion sensor controlling.
Microsoft is hoping to take things to the next level by incorporating voice and facial recognition and doing away with a controller altogether, thus letting you be the controller.
Check out the video demo below for an overview of the new functionality.
In addition to the game play aspects of the unit, the new Xbox heavily focuses on being a movie player and delivery system, with full HD movie downloads from the device. Time will tell how many of the displayed features make their way out to Australia, but things look promising.
Blogging from the iPhone
Well this is my first post using the wordpress mobile app for the iPhone.
There are some great features that I am testing out, including the very convenient landscape keyboard.
Having the ability to post directly from my phone is going to open up an entirely new type of posting for me which I am very much liking forward to.
Check out some of the screen shots below:
One person can start something brilliant
I was sent the video below this morning. Definitely worth a look to brighten up your day.
It also got me thinking about the power of an individual in starting something from nothing (watch the video and you will see what I mean).
Interested to hear of some great examples you can think of where an individual started something brilliant.
Leave a comment and let me know.
Google Wave
Google today previewed a new product called Google Wave. As Google terms it, it is a “new tool for communication and collaboration on the web”. Little vague, but put simply, they are not only combining the best elements of email, instant messenger and social networks, they are doing it all in a browser environment.
The basic idea is that you can communicate by any means and it is all centralised in one place and different people that might join a conversation at a later date can see the history of a conversation and respond to a particular point in the message not just simply replying to a long email message
To get a better understanding of how this works, check out the sub-site over at http://wave.google.com. You can also sign up to be notified of when it is ready and even help out with bug testing and some user surveys.
The video below is the full developer demonstration of Google Wave. Video is about 1 hour and 20 mins, but the first 30 mins focus on the UI.
UPDATE: Excellent review over at Tech Crunch of Google Wave- “Google Wave Drips With Ambition. A New Communication Platform For A New Web”
Favourite posts for the week
Social Media: From IdeaStorm to DellSwarm
Email’n'Walk iPhone app finally lets us leave the house
Maker Faire 2009: Tech-Savvy Lego Maniacs Assemble a Plastic World
The Conversation Prism
For those that have not seen it yet, the image below is an excellent visual representation of social networks and micro communities.
It is a perfect example of just how many sites, platforms, ecosystems, etc.. are out there, and need to be utilised by organisations in a constantly shifting landscape.
For more info on the Conversation Prism, check out the post on Brian’s blog.
Did Clare the Kings Cross Bogan make you more cynical of social media?
The now famous/ infamous Clare Werbeloff was initially thought to be another social media stunt.
Either way, the very interesting fact is that it has made many people think definitely about social media and traditional media in general. Did this even change your views?
