I just came across a chart showing the importance of social media sites. Shareaholic, looks at traffic arriving on 200,000 sites, and measures who sends it there. Over the last year, Shareaholic, says, Facebook, Pinterest and to a lesser extent Twitter have come to dominate where traffic comes from on the web: These three social media power […]
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I challenged hackers to investigate me and what they found out is chilling | PandoDaily
This post from PandoDaily It’s my first class of the semester at New York University. I’m discussing the evils of plagiarism and falsifying sources with 11 graduate journalism students when, without warning, my computer freezes. I fruitlessly tap on the keyboard as my laptop takes on a life of its own and reboots. Seconds later […]
Why write your own essays, when you can buy them for £14 a page.
I was surfing and stumbled across an essay writing site. For a fixed price per page they will write your essay, even your university personal statement. I knew these things existed, but I’m surprised how blatant this one is. They even have a Twitter account, though following them may be unwise, especially if you are […]
Facebook privacy settings | Avast!
avast! blog » How to use new graph search on Facebook? Facebook has quietly been updating itself. It is now possible to search for status history, images, check-ins, comments - basically anything. By default everything you share can now be searched for and found by any of Facebook one billion users. This article from Avast […]
Twitter Apps (Updated)
I have a love-hate relationship with Twitter. I started to use it some time ago and rapidly got fed up with the simple Twitter.com interface. I found Hootsuite and loved it. It organised my inbox, my direct messages, and mentions in to separate columns. It had a nice clear, friendly interface. Yet, everyday I’d try and read the increasing number of tweets, […]
‘The Economist’ on social media
The Economist writing about LinkedIn, Facebook and the social media in general. Well written as ever. The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, currently in progress, is famous for making connections among the global great and good. But when the delegates go home again, getting even a few of them together in […]
The shape of charts to come
I have just found an extraordinary new interactive chart. I use charts a lot, and some are necessarily complex. I always aim for a balance between giving the whole picture while remaining accessible and intelligible to the intended audience. This can often be tricky, how much information to include, do I include comparison data – […]