2011 December

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-25

Cool idea: @sweden handover control of the nation's official Twitter feed to a different Swede each week http://t.co/bO37qRfY #
An introduction to SOPA in USA which makes the Digital Economy bill look libertarian http://t.co/Ja3pqKiv #
Social Media Hierarchy of Needs by @jowyang How evolved is your company? http://t.co/cN5K8hxq #
Good news for UK web owners: EU cookie directive implementation delayed to May 2012. But how can it be enforced at all? http://t.co/UkARbS0x #

These are my links for December 18th from 14:14 to 15:52:

Smartphone Penetration Approaching Tipping Point As PC Usage Declines | paidContent:UK – Does your business have a mobile strategy yet? Well you better – smarphone use is now outstripping PC, which means your website needs to work effectively in a mobile browser.
ICO warns: Just six months to comply with EC cookie rules • The Register – The saga of the EU Cookies Directive continues: UK will not enforce the directive until May 2012; meanwhile most web owners are hoping the law goes away which would restrict the use of cookies in transactions and web analytics tracking.
UK.gov imposes broadband deadline for councils – UK rural areas should start to see wider access to superfast broadband by 2015, from the new carrot and stick simultaneous approach by DCMS in the UK.
Slides & Video: Climb the Social Business Hierarchy of Needs (LeWeb Keynote, 2011) « Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing – Social Media Strategist Jeremiah Owyang explores a variant on Maslow's 'Hierarchy of Needs' in social media. How evolved is your business's strategy?
JustGiving reveals average donation values of social media shares | UK Fundraising – Stats on social media and charitable giving by JustGiving: Twitter users are the most generous, but Facebook users give more altogether and more frequently.

These are my links for September 24th through December 18th:

VIDEO ROOM 1000 COMPLETE MIX — All 1000 videos seen in sequential order! – YouTube – Interesting art experiment uploading/ripping the same video 1,000 times to show how digital format DO decay with copying, as previous art experiment in audio and copy degradation also played with, include Andy Warhol.
Netimperative | News | Today’s top stories – Infographic on who, how and where people are using QR codes. Interestingly, most people use them at home.
Mobile Commerce report – Taking quite an affiliate led view, this is non the less a useful report summarising the uptake in mobile devices and behaviours, the potential successes to be had from a smoother optimised site for mobile and some tactics for success in mobile commerce.
First Look At The New MySpace: It’s All About Music – Revealing new pitch by MySpace: emphasises the sustaining number of their audience (hard to believe) and commitment to promoting MySpace as the ‘go to’ music portal – though seems to be aimed at selling ad space to majors.

My pleasure! RT @audioprod_lsm: Thanks vey much to @susioneill for today's guest lecture. Certainly gave us lots to think about! #
So why is @econsultancy launching print magazine? I work in digital so why do I want to destroy a tree to read about digital industry? #

91/100 top brands now have a mobile app BUT building an app is not a mobile strategy (HBR) http://t.co/SE33yXZ7 #
Useful report (from an affiliate POV) on mobile usage, m-commerce and the benefits of an optimised mobile site http://t.co/0m6OjyFG #
Nice #infographic use of QR codes http://t.co/EewXpm9Y unexpected: most people scan them at home #