Not Buzzing The excitement at the arrival of the latest Google social platform soon turned to disappointment when I realised that Buzz was not available for people using the Google Apps (or Gmail on your own domain) service. Google promised that it would be available to Apps users within a couple of months but who wants to wait? After […]
Mar 142010
Oct 142009
Is interest in Wave really so low? I must admit, I’m a little surprised at the low interest in my Google Wave invites. Late last night I posted saying that I had received an invite from Google yesterday but didn’t have anyone to test the new system with. Google have given me the opportunity to invite another eight people but I explained […]
Invitation to the Google Party I was very surprised to receive an email from Google today inviting me to try out Google Wave, their new collaborative communication tool. It looks cool but there really isn’t all that much point if you don’t have anyone to use it with! This got me thinking, because the system isn’t fully […]
May 262009
For a while now I have been posting my blog articles on Twitter. It has been a simple and straightforward process managed by a single Plugin called PingPressFM. Basically, the plugin takes the article from you blog and sends it to Ping.FM. From there it is distributed to all the Social Media platforms you subscribe to. This system has worked well for […]
Mar 152009
I had my first proper look at my Twitter account last night. It got surprisingly addictive after getting word about a campaign being run by Stephen Fry. He had announced that he would follow anyone that sent him a message with #followmestephen in the message. Since I was brand new, I didn’t understand what a ‘Hash Tag’ was. A little research sorted that […]
Integrating WordPress and Facebook
For quite some time now, my posts have been announced on Twitter automatically when I publish. The system works and I’m very happy with it. The thing is, despite all the hype, I don’t (personally) know that many people that spend any length of time on Twitter. On the other hand, I know a HUGE number of people that use Facebook on […]