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General Election: After the debate 15th April #GE2010

15 April 2010

The figures don’t lie Reviewing the online conversations that took place during that debate, Nick Clegg looks to have won that round! From 7k + plus before the debate there are now 16,997 posts, with LibDems taking 51.6% of those, Labour 29.8% and Conservatives 18.6% But the devils in the detail so…: Labour Sentiment And [...]

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One for your toolbox: Qik

2 April 2010

The mobile phone is becoming less of a phone and more of a ‘all in one place’ communication tool. Developers of mobile applications are pushing the boundaries by producing mobile apps that enable people to engage, communicate and share experiences/moments that we would never before dreamed possible by such a small device. One of these [...]

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In the beginning there was sliced bread, and then came Radian6

18 March 2010

I love my job because I get to find out what people are talking about online, communicate, engage using social media everyday. But what has always been ‘challenging’ was monitoring and measuring. That was until I started using Radian6. So what is Radian6? Well, there is a sentence on the Radian6 website that sums it [...]

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One for your toolbox: discussing DisQus

19 February 2010

At first glance you might be fooled into thinking that Disqus (pronounced ‘Discuss’) was just another commenting system – but… you’d be mistaken. I thought the same, 9 months ago. Actually, if I’m being honest I originally installed it because it looked better, asthetically speaking, than any of the other options. But now I wouldn’t [...]

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