With over 36,000 tweets being made per minute, there are loads of conversations about you and your brand taking place on Twitter. To keep up with this data, we are now witnessing the emergence of numerous tools, applications and services which enable you to analyze your twitter account and keep an eye on the competition. Here we look at 10 tools which can be utilized by advanced users for conducting focused research about brands and the tweets related to them.
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“Deze non profit site is opgericht om goede doelen te helpen bij fondsenwerving met verkoopvergoedingen die normaal gesproken naar een tussenpersoon gaan.” Kortom een website waar vergoedingen op verkopen worden gedoneerd aan jouw goede doel.
Website: Gratishelpen.nl
Achtergrond: Frankwatching.com – Gratis helpen door te kopen
Climate Change = Culture Change
Art is emotion.
And it is this very emotion which is lacking in the discussion
Dutch sculptor Ap Verheggen places huge sculptures on icebergs, inspired on Arctic culture that is changing because of climate change.
Website: Coolemotion.org
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Als je ‘privacy is belangrijk’ zegt, hoor je nog te vaak: “hoezo, heb je iets te verbergen dan?”. Op vrijdagmiddag een filmpje ter lering ende vermaeck: het “niks te verbergen”-argument is onvolledig, onjuist en gevaarlijk. Maurice Wesseling, oud-directeur van Bits of Freedom, legt uit waarom het zóó 2004 is. [via]
There is increasingly interest in happiness. However articles and books unfortunately make too little correct distinction between happy memories and experiences, which make a big difference. If you want to optimize your happiness, each needs a different approach. Social Economics clearly has much ground to gain here.
A bit overly emotional plead for action, but still rather inspiring. Bottom line, do things you love.
Why being funded by Hollywood and supporting ACTA secretly (Obama), shows that Democrats can learn much from conservatives. (via)
Eduard Khil might want to sing the trololo song again, but with lyrics in all languages of the world..erh.. you could do that.
Why User Competency Matters in Social Design
Take an interest in what your users are good at. Take an interest in how they are good at being social with and through your service or application. Learn how to observe what users are doing and how their social habits vary. Think outside yourself and from the perspectives of other people.
Their behaviors may not give them away entirely, but if you develop a palette of personal and social skills that you can use to relate to people different from you, your design insights will be that much smarter.
Read the full post @ Mashable.com
I was living in Europe in 2000 when the first WAP phones (Wireless Access Protocol) were introduced. These phones were so over hyped. They were going to bring the Internet to your mobile phones ushering in the era of “m-commerce.” Gag.
Fast forward a nearly a decade. I’m now a VC. Everybody and their mothers are coming into my offices proclaiming that their developing the latest iPhone App. Kleiner Perkins launches an iFund. The new manta is “what are you doing about the iPhone.” I have the same gag reflexes. The model is all wrong.
Read the full post @ Both Sides of the Table
Who needs turntables when you have cardboard? GGRP Sound has come up with a brilliant way to play records: with the record sleeve. The needle-embedded carboard package folds up to hold a 45rpm in place, making sound while you spin it with a pencil. Instead of outputting to a speaker, the vibrations go through the needle and into the cardboard, and the sound quality is not bad, from what we’ve heard anyway.
More & very cool site @ Core77
Jane Mayer in conversation about her new, best-selling book, “The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals.” This event took place at Google’s Mountain View, CA headquarters on August 8, 2008 as part of the Authors@Google program.
Sir,
Regarding ‘EU, US re-assess SWIFT data-sharing deal‘:
The statements made by the spokespersons of SWIFT are very worrying. They originally said that servers have been moved to Switzerland and the Netherlands, but now admit that there are still servers in the US which hold EU banking data. Could it be that SWIFT has simply been lying all the time about what is really happening?
An introductionary video for those not familiar. Complete text.
Er wordt veel geschreven over dat Web 3.0. En uiteraard vaak met de nodige scepsis. Want veranderingen vinden we maar eng. Na de crisis gaan we het liefst gewoon weer over tot de orde van de dag… Maar het Wereld Wijde Web evolueert. In dat licht bezien is Web 3.0 geen hype, maar een logische nieuwe stap.
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Another nice short film, which states the obvious developments of social media vs. broadcasted media.
BIL:PIL 2009 – Andrew Hessel from WHITECOAT Strategies on Vimeo.
When the ICT revolution was at its peak, say 5 years back, already predictions were made that Biology is the next Big field of great Leaps. Like Luca Turin, Andrew Hessel seems to present one of those frontman in the field of bioscience with ICT. The talk above is his view on solving particularly Cancer. But as you will note, his vision on the medical possiblities is much wider. Other fascinating talks of him are here and here.
If you enjoy these “bio-tech” talk, google tech talks is also a good spot for more. These talks are a bit more focused on the tech side.
If you enjoy less the tech and more the HOW. You might like this Ted talk about how we could further improve our healthcare by social tech innovation (ted talk)
