by Daniele Rossi | May 15, 2009 | blog, social media
I had lunch with Jay Moonah and we got into a conversation where we hypothesized young children using private Twitter and Flickr accounts for keeping in touch with relatives living in different geographical areas (we also joked around with the idea of what Twitter...
by Daniele Rossi | Apr 22, 2009 | blog, social media
I had a conversation with a friend the other day and asked him if he ever thought about at what age he would allow his current 3-year-old to have his own account on a social media site. Parental supervision included, of course. I asked the same question on Twitter...
by Daniele Rossi | Apr 15, 2009 | blog, social media
Twitter is officially mainstream now that all the celebrities (well, their marketing team I’m sure) are using it and something about Ashton Kutcher challenging CNN on who gets the most followers? Um… I’m sure there’s loads of engagement for...
by Daniele Rossi | Sep 22, 2008 | blog, social media
Since the iPhone is a little computer, I wanted to see if it could stand the podcamp test as a replacement for my powerbook going to and fro PodCamp Montreal. Does anyone have directions to the hotel? I really liked the GPS on the phone. It saved us. Though maybe it...
by Daniele Rossi | Jun 7, 2008 | creativity, illustration, news, social media
Plurk, a Twitter clone, has received a lot of buzz. I like how its website has an illustrative design to it :) Speaking of which, I’m inviting you to join me in an experiment with the same ideas as my (long finished) TwitterSpud experiment last year. I created...
by Daniele Rossi | May 18, 2008 | blog, social media
The latest social media darling buzzing around Twitter is BrightKite. Well, among my Twitter friends anyway. First let me explain that a good chunk of the people I follow on Twitter are fellow podcasters who I met at PodCamp Toronto and/or Podcasters Across Borders....
by Daniele Rossi | May 14, 2008 | blog, social media
Now that Facebook has pretty much become MySpace (no thanks to Super Wall), I keep getting friend requests from people I don’t know. While trying to keep the social in “social media”, I always first reply with a message before accepting or denying. Hi there! Thanks...
by Daniele Rossi | Mar 10, 2008 | blog, social media
Describing the benefits of Twitter can be difficult. Lately, however, I’ve been stumbling upon fantastic explanations which live up to Twitter’s inconspicuous usefulness. If you’re still scratching your head on figuring out how twittering what...
by Daniele Rossi | Dec 30, 2007 | blog, social media
Live blogging and live twittering, in my humblest opinion, are unnecessary. I can see why the idea is appealing. After all, you’re providing the first scoop as the event happens. Here are a few reasons why I’m not too keen on the idea. As a member of audience, my...
