Ofcom: Why kids are leaving Facebook, etc.

Today the UK national media were reporting that social network sites like Facebook and Twitter are no longer the preserve of the young with middle-aged people (like me!) logging into them in ever-larger numbers based on a report published by Ofcom, the communications regulator. 
I got a call from Manx Radio here in the Isle of [...]

Dec 7: PR top 5

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Here are my picks for the week.  Some really great stuff!
1. Michael Arrington takes author Michael Wolff to task over an interview published in BusinessWeek in which Wolff is quoted as saying, “…if you’re on MySpace now, you’re a [expletive] cretin. And you’re not only a [expletive] cretin, but you’re poor. [...]

Third (Fourth) Thursday October

Just a note to let everyone know there will be a meeting of the Isle of Man Social Media club this Thursday at 18.00 at Paparazzi in Douglas.
The club’s credo is ‘if you get it, share it’. And that’s what these get togethers are all about.  Anyone with an interest in Facebook, blogging, Twitter, LinkedIn [...]

Isle of Man ThirdThursday meet up 21 August

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According to the Social Media Club blog there are nine get togethers organised before the end of the month. All of them are in American cities, plus there is one other taking place right here in the Isle of Man.
The Isle of Man Social Media Club meets the Third Thursday of each [...]

Hypertargeting social networks

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I tend to write quite often about Facebook, but it’s another social network that is actually the global leader in terms of users.
MySpace has more than 200 million registered users worldwide and has claimed to be the driving force behind many cultural phenomena such as Lily Allen, the Arctic Monkeys and Enter Shikari.
Also, [...]

Jo’s PR top five

Exciting week for me so far, a promotion!  And with the new job title comes a slightly new blog. Something a little different with less about what I am doing and more about what I am reading.
Bare in mind this is new to me so I am keeping it fairly simple to start with. It’s [...]

LinkedIn update

I joined LindkedIn, the online social network about a month ago.  Since then, I’ve seen Stuart Bruce and Teresa Valdez Klein both writing about it on their blogs. So I thought I’d write an update on how my Linkedin experience has been so far. 
I joined on 29 July 2006 and have sent invites to about [...]

May 19th: This week’s top 5

There’s been some really funny blog posts along with thoughtful ones this week.  Here’s what I’ve been reading:
1.  Kami is talking about how the IT profession feels it gets no respect.  Just last night I was drafted into the British Computer Society’s Isle of Man Section committee to help out, so her timing is pretty [...]