SimplyZesty lists spam the Twitter stream

So, last Wednesday a shitstorm regarding Twitter lists hit the Irish Twitterati and as we’re a hot-cold bunch, it blew up in predictable form. SimplyZesty launched their lists and they had taken a similar approach to signup to TwitIreland. It seemed so anyway. But no. They hadn’t. It appears that they only way you can [...]

Things Interesting Taught Me

I attended Interesting last Saturday. It rocked, like I knew it would. This year, like last, I felt inspired by the whole day of talks. Instead of regaling the day, I’m making a list of things I learned. Coffee is meant to be drunk and not splashed on your crotch and about the floor Never, [...]

Climate Campers vs The Met – Hashtag Race

It is interesting to see how Climate Camp activists coordinated and organised their London protest on Twitter at noon yesterday, all while the Met monitored online comms to try to police the situation. Simon notes how the Climate Camper have coordinated their plans over online comms channels: The ‘swoop’ takes place from a number of [...]

Rose of Tralee: A Rose By Any Other Name

Photo owned by Robert Couse-Baker (cc) Tonight the Rose of Tralee Festival comes to a head with the first night of the competition to find 2009′s loveliest girl. The Rose of Tralee Festival is one of the most important jewels in Kerry’s tourist crown. Tourism number crunchers expect over €6 million will be pumped into [...]

Construction Seeding Our R&D Future?

If maths and science Leaving Cert grades are falling, but points for courses centering on them are rising because of the implosion of property prices, does that mean the high-achievers that could have opted to do architecture, law or business will be good technologists? In essence, could the construction bust seed a strong R&D future [...]

Twitter: Meaning Trumps Influence?

Photo owned by seier+seier+seier (cc) Some interesting discussion over at Chez Simply Zesty on the Twitter influencer syndrome. Influence is such a flat and subjective term. Again, it’s the people you follow that realises value not the numbers clocked up in followers. For example, if we’re talking numbers then are Britney or Jordan really influential? [...]

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