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Yammer – Twitter Behind the Firewall… and Turbocharged

September 17, 2008 – 11:13 pm

If you follow the bright new shiny object brigade, you probably already know about Yammer, the company that takes Twitter’s concept and applying it to corporate communications. Yammer won the top award at the recent TechCruch50 conference, and has already accomplished what Twitter has so far failed to do: it has a business model.
We’ve [...]

By Dave Fleet | Also posted in Twitter, tools | Tagged , , | Comments (3)

WebAnywhere Brings Convenient Internet Access To Blind People

September 7, 2008 – 5:34 pm

WebAnywhere is a web-based screen reader. It takes the content on a web page, translates it to text and reads it aloud for the user. By putting the screen reader in a browser window, WebAnywhere makes web surfing by blind people possible from any computer.

By Dave Fleet | Also posted in tools | Tagged , | Comments (1)

How To Set Up A Simple Online Monitoring System

June 25, 2008 – 3:46 pm

Before your organization launches a blog, before you start playing with Facebook, before you even think about Twitter, you should be listening to what people are saying about you.

By Dave Fleet | Also posted in how to, social media, tools | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (13)

Deliciously Revealing Bookmarks

April 16, 2008 – 8:45 pm

Del.icio.us is an awesome tool, plain and simple. It lets you easily access your bookmarks from any computer, take advantage of other peoples’ reading and even track topics over time. I’ve written before about six great ways to make your life easier with del.icio.us.
Today, though, I’m warning you to be careful what you bookmark. Your [...]

By Dave Fleet | Also posted in social bookmarking | Comments (5)

6 Ways To Make Life Easier With Del.icio.us

April 7, 2008 – 11:58 pm

Here are six more ways you can use del.icio.us to make life easier for you and the people around you.

By Dave Fleet | Also posted in how to, social bookmarking, tagging | Comments (27)

Scoble’s Dead Wrong About Twitter

March 27, 2008 – 11:05 pm

Robert Scoble wrote a post a few days ago saying that the secret to Twitter is following a lot of people:
I’ve gone through stages with Twitter. At some point I thought it was important to get lots of followers. But lately I’ve been telling people that the secret to Twitter isn’t how many followers you [...]

By Dave Fleet | Also posted in Twitter | Tagged | Comments (19)

Beyond The Bubble – Real-World Uses For LifeStreams?

March 24, 2008 – 12:16 pm

FriendFeed, Profilactic and SocialThing! target people with a heavy online presence. For now, that means people inside ‘the bubble.’

By Dave Fleet | Also posted in social media, tools | Tagged , , , | Comments (4)

How To Post To Multiple Utterz Accounts From One Phone

March 18, 2008 – 8:04 am

I asked the folks at Utterz if there was a way to post to two accounts from one phone. Here’s how you can do it

By Dave Fleet | Also posted in utterz | Comments (4)

8 Questions To Ask Before Using YouTube As A Communications Tool

March 16, 2008 – 10:50 pm

Your management may want to rush out, jump into the deep end and start using YouTube to communicate directly with people. If you can, you should get them to pause and consider several questions first.

By Dave Fleet | Also posted in how to, social media, youtube | Comments (5)