Over a year ago I coined the term The 5 C’s of Social Media as a way of describing how, at it’s core, social media afforded us 5 base opportunities: the opportunity to contribute – easy sharing of information the opportunity to comment – your chance to have your say the opportunity to collaborate...

The interwebs are abuzz with the news that Facebook is testing a new, streamlined version of its service called “Facebook Lite”. From a first glance at the leaked screenshots it appears to be far more Twitter like having just status updates but with Comments and Likes enabled. Some might say that...

A lot has already been said about Facebook’s acquisition of Friendfeed even though we don’t know the full details of how it will all pan out. The doom mongers are working overtime, almost revelling in the fact that they have an excuse for another pop at Facebook whilst others feel that this could...

I started thinking about how we use certain social media services a couple of months ago and Alexander reinforced the path my thoughts were taking. More recently, Allen Stern stated on FriendFeed “i think sharing on google reader is finished – the value for so many sharers has continued...

So, I took most of August out and distanced myself from social media and blogging – it seemed a good time to do it as I had some other stuff going on (a mini cruise to Amsterdam and a weeks holiday). I had an occasional glance at FriendFeed but only very rarely and Google Reader went begging –...

I’d just like to thank those who left positive comments in response to my post yesterday. The question now for anyone who agrees with any of what I said is: what can we do about it, or is it now beyond our control? Should we even try? You are most likely reading this because you have an interest...

You’ll have noticed that things have been a little quiet around here lately, as they were for a bit not too long ago. It appears that it is not just me. Others have been quieter than usual with Corvida giving an eloquent explanation as to why. I completely agree with her. It’s not just that...

Social media is both a blessing and a curse. We have the ability to communicate with many interesting people from all over the world in the easiest ways we have ever had available to us. The flow of information and responses is incredibly engaging and is making the world ever smaller – even if...

Yesterday, I was privileged to do a guest post for Louis Gray and chose to do something a little bit different and wrote about the issue of whether APIs can be used to generate revenue for services such as Twitter, It was something I had been thinking about for a while but the news that they had throttled...

I wanted to post something a little different today and look at how my use of technology has altered which, in turn, gives an idea as to how my perception of social media has changed. This blog took over from the old Randomelements site which I had self-hosted on one flavour of SharePoint or another...