Monthly Archives: toommorelMarch 2010
19 MarPlacethings to bring Social Media to Augmented Reality?
Tech startup Placethings is doing what I’d hoped augmented reality would do, putting user-generated media into physical locations using the multimedia and geotagging capabilities of today’s mobile devices. The service will capture any type of multimedia; such as pictures, video, audio and text and will ‘place’ this content in a physical location by linking it [...]
Read More ...18 MarWhat’s missing?
Lying in bed tonight I was thinking about my Twitter stream (yes, I know that’s weird) and asked myself “what’s missing?” I didn’t mean “what’s missing from the service?” I meant “what’s missing from my use of it?” Today I asked a question about car seats and received a reply from three blogger moms that [...]
Read More ...15 Mar“Don’t follow us on Twitter…”
So here’s my thought. Tell me if you think I’m wrong. Or right. “If you follow out of obligation, you’ve not helped anyone.” Here’s my argument for this: Does following someone who tweets primarily about fly fishing in Alaska really create meaningful connections. Does it help you to stay current in your field? Who are [...]
Read More ...12 MarOrganize your Twitter stream with lists
Today I had to move some of the people I follow on Twitter into a list entitled “oversharers“. They post great stuff so I don’t want to unfollow them, but having them in my main Twitter stream kills. Now I can go check out what they are posting about anytime I want without having them [...]
Read More ...08 MarSocial media filters, moving forward from now
Twitter has lists & hashtags. That’s fine. Facebook has lists, groups, pages, fine-grain privacy controls and the ability to hide users from our stream. That’s fine. So what’s the problem??? — Relevance! Is the data relevant for you in this moment? If you work in the tech world or even (and especially) in the social [...]
Read More ...