August 8, 2008 by admin
Now, there has probably been thousands of blog posts about Twitter, with the majority of them concentrating on the frequent downtimes that Twitter suffers. There’s even been the odd blessay on the subject, such as the ones by Elliot Jay Stocks.
Now you’re probably expecting me to launch into a rant and rave about the downtime and other problems about the social network, but you’d be wrong! My problem with Twitter is getting the background image on my twitter page to change. I follow the steps meticulously and conform to the image sizes, but when I press save the background goes to all white!
The image is within the correct file size and type - actually it is a JPG sized at 166 KB which is well within the 800KB limit but it just will not show at all. I think the main reason I’m wanting to change the background is so that it reflects the look and feel of this site in order to provide a consistent web presence for myself. It’s not a huge issue as it is not affecting the functionality of my twitter but is one of those annoying wee quirks that exist on the interweb which bug me from time to time.
If anyone has any suggestions on how to get this working, I will be eternally grateful!
June 21, 2008 by Graeme
So I attended the Nlab Social Networking Conference in Leicester on Thursday, and there was some interesting points made by the various speakers. The opening speaker, Steve Clayton made an interesting observation about social objects after the viral campaign surronding the Gears of War advert, which created a discussion about the game through the mashup of the television advert for the product. This type of viral marketing was seen as a bad thing in the past which was thought to damage the brand, but businesses are beginning to realise that it helps to generate interest in the product or service which is being “mashed”, which will help to gain sales through exposure of the object. This is one area where businesses are changing to adapt to the social network philosophy.
Another interesting speaker was Ken Thompson, who discussed learning teamwork skills and techniques from nature where there is often no leader and every member of the group is treated equally and pitches in with their own thoughts and ideas. This I felt was a good analysis of the social networking phenomenon where each individual is treated equally. This is illustrated on internet messageboards and blogs where comments and advice are shared with a community.
Overall a good and some interesting points which made me think.
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