Category Archives: Social media

My new personal business cards made me reconsider how I promote social media profiles

As a digital designer making business card is not something I do for clients so it is not a familiar process. Adding to that I always find it much more difficult to design something for myself.
Initial design thoughts
I… Read the rest of this article.

Personal Business Card
Published April 15th, 2012 in Personal, Social media | No Comments »
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Could Facebook buying Instagram be Flickr’s biggest opportunity?

Yesterday Facebook bought Instagram!
Being a digital professional, I normally try to remain neutral to industry news like this, but I love my Instagram account so my reaction was… less controlled.
NOOOOOOO! Facebook buys Instagram :( blog.instagram.com/post/207850138… #in
— Robert… Read the rest of this article.

Resistance is Futile
Published April 10th, 2012 in Social media | No Comments »
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Love this: My Twitter activity as an infographic.

I’m a sucker for infographics. Get you Twitter infographic at visual.ly/twitter… Read the rest of this article.

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Published March 19th, 2012 in Social media | 2 Comments »
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6 tips to enhance your social media estate using basic website usability practices

By now both web professionals and their clients know there should be a “Home” button on a website as well as a “Contact us” button etc.
This knowledge of basic website usability can be put to good use on social… Read the rest of this article.

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Published March 6th, 2012 in Social media, User experience | No Comments »
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Impressions from “Social Media Governance: Six Stories” from Social Media Week 2012

You might also be interested in my “Impressions from “Social Media Governance and the Law” from Social Media Week 2012“.
Below are my Tweets and Instagrams from ”Social Media Governance: Six Stories”  in chronological order. The event was structured with… Read the rest of this article.

IMPRESSIONS FROM “SOCIAL MEDIA GOVERNANCE: SIX STORIES” FROM SOCIAL MEDIA WEEK 2012
Published February 20th, 2012 in Presentation, Social enterprise, Social media, User experience | No Comments »
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Impressions from “Social Media Governance and the Law” from Social Media Week 2012

You might also be interested in my “Impressions from “Social Media Governance: Six Stories” from Social Media Week 2012“.
For the first time I finally had a chance to join the Social Media Week. And I plan to participate in… Read the rest of this article.

Impressions from "Social Media Governance and the Law" from Social Media Week 2012
Published February 15th, 2012 in Presentation, Social enterprise, Social media, User experience | No Comments »
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2012 – The return of the adults

For as long as I have worked in digital there’s been an unwritten rule about the digital competencies of certain generations; The younger people are, the better they can do digital.

A tech support person I used to work with… Read the rest of this article.

2012 - The return of the adults
Published February 13th, 2012 in Social media, Thoughts | 2 Comments »
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How I would improve Pinterest

No doubt you have heard about Pinterest by now. Not a day goes by without a new follower or repin hits my inbox and it seems to show up in every other tweet at the moment.
How Pinterest Is Changing… Read the rest of this article.

How I would improve Pinterest
Published February 9th, 2012 in Social media, User experience | 6 Comments »
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Getting the full story: Multi-channel storytelling using social media

I’ve just finished an amazing book called “Hi! My Name Is Loco and I am a Racist” a very honest book about all aspects of racism and about facing and knowing yourself. It is a very good book!
However, this… Read the rest of this article.

Getting the full story: Multi-channel storytelling using social media
Published January 27th, 2012 in Social media, Thoughts | 2 Comments »
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Designing a successful social user experience across channels

The original version of this article can be seen at the Capgemini – Capping IT Off blog.

One of the challenges faced deploying any social strategy is taking it from theory into a live environment. Reality is often different than… Read the rest of this article.

Published October 17th, 2011 in Social media, User experience | No Comments »
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