Category Archives: Social networks

Old media, meet the new

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Nev

I had the unfortunate experience of attending last nights bad-tempered football match between Hearts and Celtic. The match will mainly be remembered for the moronic actions of one person who saw fit to invade the pitch and attack the Celtic … Continue reading →

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Feature requests

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Nev

I’ve talked about emergent development before but the evolving nature of Twitter is self-evident. Many “features” of Twitter are things that are not official concepts designed by Twitter but devices that were adopted by users. The use of the @ … Continue reading →

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Facebook workaround?

Posted on January 23, 2008 by Nev

Facebook is to face questions from the Information Commissioners Office here in the UK. There is some concern about what information about you Facebook keeps on its servers even after you close your account. It seems that simply deactivating your … Continue reading →

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A nice start to the day!

Posted on December 14, 2007 by Nev

Today’s (and probably the last of the year) Edinburgh Coffee Morning was the busiest it has been for a good while. The cryptic promise of some gifts that Ewan McIntosh left in a Facebook message last night turned out to … Continue reading →

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Nev is a fan of

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Nev

Facebooks new advertising features are not only annoying me I’d probably say there are huge privacy implications too. I’m far from being the only one to be peeved by this. Zuckerberg was apparently confused as to why people would be … Continue reading →

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Whisky tasting

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Nev

Last night I went along to a tutored whisky tasting with Alex and Jane from the Spencerfield Spirit Company. The products we sampled were the Pig’s Nose and Sheep Dip whiskies with chocolate, Christmas cake and some hot and cold … Continue reading →

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Hype²

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Nev

Take two of the biggest things around at the moment – at least in terms of column inches. Put them together and what do you get? The Facebook iPhone portal. Clean, uncluttered, funky transitions and as far as I can … Continue reading →

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Blogging, phone calls and Facebook

Posted on July 22, 2007 by Nev

An interesting point was raised at last Fridays weekly Edinburgh Web2.0 coffee morning. As usual of late, Facebook was raised at various points and the question was asked if people are spending more time on their social networks instead of … Continue reading →

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The meaning of “friendship”

Posted on May 3, 2007 by Nev

Someone I have never met or spoken to has just accepted my friend request on Facebook. The fact that it’s gorgeous uber-geek Amber MacArthur is neither here nor there. Currently she is approaching 2,000 other friends. How is the explosion … Continue reading →

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