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Fflick: Movie Advice From Twitter

by Darice de Cuba
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Fflick: Movie Advice From Twitter

I never follow movie critics, in my experience they always give movie I end up liking bad reviews. Thanks to just trusting other movie goers and of course my own taste I almost never end up watching a bad movie at the theater. Some movies create such buzz and do live up to the expectation like Inception that chances are good that you will enjoy it. Avatar also created a lot of hype, I liked it but did not think it was that great either. If you are like me and are picky on which movies you are going to spend money watching at the theater instead of on DVD Read more »

Easy Unfollow with ManageFlitter

by Darice de Cuba
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Easy Unfollow with ManageFlitter

I think it is safe to say that 98% of us have a Twitter account, active or inactive. Like with all social media applications people are driven by the amount of “friends” or “followers” they have. I also started with that drive, following people who’s time line seemed interesting and hoping the would follow back. But after almost four years with a Twitter account I can’t really care anymore, and that notion was confirmed with the clear overview of my account given to me by ManageFlitter. ManageFlitter is a web application that helps you to easily unfollow people based on criteria such as are they following you back? How active Read more »

Keep track of Facebooks "Like Button"

by Darice de Cuba
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Keep track of Facebooks "Like Button"

Since Facebook announced their new feature, the “Like” button a week ago it has already taken over the web. Even here at Forever Geek we are sporting a “Like” button. In my daily website browsing I see more “Like” button then not. And while Facebook introduced about a billion “Like” button according to their own sayings the Facebook Wall is still one big stream of data. There is no way to organize all incoming feeds on your Wall into categories to keep a clear summary of everything. This is where the “Like Button” website comes in handy. Developed by Facebook but under another domain. You get an overview of all Read more »

Privacy give away?

by Darice de Cuba
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Privacy give away?

Recently I noticed more and more people using Gowalla or Foursquare to “check-in” at locations they currently are at. Especially Foursquare is being used a lot here in the Netherlands. A couple of nights ago while playing with the iPhone I decided to download both and give them a try out. First Gowalla and then Foursquare. Well the first check-in with Gowalla while having lunch at a cafe crashed the app. And truthfully I rather enjoy lunch that restarting the app and trying to check in again. So basically it was an immediately deal breaker for that app. On Monday I decided to try Foursquare, while waiting for the train Read more »

If social media websites were books: cool art

by andy
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If social media websites were books: cool art

Turning tweets into a book is one thing, but what would happen if, by some bizarre magical experience, social media websites became books? Stéphane Massa-Bidal has some ideas. Check out the virtual book covers for Flickr, LinkedIn, Facebook, Wikipedia, YouTube, Tumblr, Twitter, MySpace, Last.fm and FFFFOUND. Each book cover has a cool illustration and subtitle, and all ten books have been designed to look as if they’re part of a series. If they were real books I could imagine them turning up on Book Worship. With traditional media increasingly winding up online, it’s an interesting concept putting Web 2.0 services into the context of print. Via Read more »

Social Media Tip in Photos: Placement, People!

by Jayvee Fernandez
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Social Media Tip in Photos: Placement, People!

Dear friends, next time you involve your brand in a social media campaign, you can do well by heeding a simple guideline — make your social media easily apparent on your site. Example: The campaign below relies heavily on social media and thus the prominent listing of grandma’s Twitter and social profiles: On the other hand we have the Samsung Jet site below. OMG! Animation heavy site! And you have Flickr and Twitter located in a not so happy position down bottom. And you;ll come to realize too that the Flickr page is the press area for hi resolution photo downloads. Isn’t that important? And .. it’s going to be Read more »

PHWEET: The Fake Twitter Chronicles

by Noemi Twigg
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PHWEET: The Fake Twitter Chronicles

It was bound to happen. I am sure that everyone saw this coming. With social media being as prevalent as it is, there will definitely be some fakers round here. Just a couple of weeks ago, I was watching Jimmy Kimmel interview Lily Allen; you know that British singer chick who is the rave these days? Anyhow, she was narrating how she is using Twitter to promote concerts and shows. She would tweet about hiding tickets in some public place and her fans would go and rush to get them. Read more »