[16 Feb 2010 | Comments | 136 views]
High Speed Surfing – Using Bookmarks and Keywords in Firefox

This is just a quick video on using the Bookmarks functions in firefox to very rapidly jump to a bookmarked webpage.

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[6 Dec 2009 | Comments | 756 views]

JonoH on twitter recently found that Tweetie 2.1 is not correctly using the Bit.ly API, so some instructions below:
You’ll need your bit.ly username and API key and then need to grab the URL for the bit.ly API endpoint for link shortenning (below), and then merge it all together…
The bit.ly API url (adapted for tweetie) is
http://api.bit.ly/shorten?version=2.0.1&longUrl=%@&login=aaa&apiKey=bbb
Replace the aaa with your bit.ly username and the bbb with your bit.ly API key.  Then copy the whole thing and paste it into the “Custom…” part of the tweetie settings screen under Link Shortening.  I …

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[24 Nov 2009 | Comments | 290 views]

Please find below the presentation a gave at the FIA Lunch on 24th November 2009 on Social Networking.
Social Networking
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[11 Nov 2009 | Comments | 327 views]

Presentation conducted at Fundraising Institute of Australia’s Professional Development Lunch in Adelaide on 12 Nov 2009.

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[17 Oct 2009 | Comments | 502 views]

A few example tweets I found recently that show good use of twitter by non-profit organisations.

Starlight shares kids jokes
Plan Australia shares news
Red Cross become the expert
Red Cross getting to the point
Plan Australia sharing opinion
Cancer research

Some example of different styles of tweets:

Zappos CEO – Standard Tweet – Quotes that no doubt have helped him achieve his success
Dell Home Offer – Standard Tweet with a Link – Special Offer
Zappos Service – @Reply – Personal response
Zappos Service – @Reply – Problem Solving
Comcast Cares – @Reply – Problem Solving
Ford – Retweet – Sharing success …

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[2 Oct 2009 | Comments | 762 views]
Definition: Success

Someone asked me today about building a website, and part of the conversation revolved around why the site needed to exist.  The answer was a few things but part of the answer was “it looks good on a resume”.
This made me think… what is it about building a website that would look good on a resume, which led me to think about what it means to have a successful website.
Success is measured in many ways, but for a website i think it’s critical that you establish what success means, even …