Corporate Twitter Basics

Posted by dr.pixel on January 01, 2010 in Dr.Pixel, Social Media tagged with

1. Let us know you’re on Twitter! Include a Twitter icon or a “Follow us here” or “Hey, we’re on Twitter” type of badge on your site. Don’t make us scroll down to your footer links- give us something at the top of the page. Additionally, make sure it’s CLEAR that you’re on Twitter. Saying community, in my mind, sounds like a forum or entire social network in and of itself. 2. Talk to us! Now, responding to followers doesn’t

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The E-Book Wars of 2010

Posted by dr.pixel on January 01, 2010 in Dr.Pixel, Tools tagged with ,

This year will see a tidal wave of e-readers arrive, and as soon as they arrive they'll be instantly commodified. Here's a look at how the battle lines are now shaping up in the display and hardware corners of the e-book market. The emerging e-book market is in a full-blown melee—a free-for-all where everyone along the chain from content producer to reader is trying to be the first to figure it all out. Over the next few days, we'll talk abo

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Twitter for Grannies

Posted by dr.pixel on December 12, 2009 in Dr.Pixel, Fun, Tools tagged with

Tweeting via Fax Machine Dorothy Miller has hopped on the Twitter bandwagon, but the 80-year-old grandmother doesn’t use a computer or mobile device to update her status. Nope, Dorothy tweets away with the help of a fax machine and a New York-based service called Celery. Celery allows users, many of them computer-phobic senior citizens, to submit tweets, blog entries, Facebook updates or emails via fax machine and then posts the content onl

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Digital Strangelove

Posted by dr.pixel on December 12, 2009 in Dr.Pixel, Inspiration tagged with

I had the absolute pleasure of stumbling upon a tweet from @BuzzEdition today that directed me to a Slideshare slide show entitled “Digital Strangelove (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Love the Internet)”, by David Gillespie. At this time of writing it’s been online for 2 weeks, had around 35,000 views, 350 favs and 240 embeds.

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Great Digital BillBoard

Posted by dr.pixel on December 12, 2009 in Dr.Pixel, Inspiration tagged with ,

Toyota has released a new iPhone app that attempts to educate as well as advertise the features of the Prius car… in particular it’s Draw feature is the funkiest as it allows you and your iPhone to interact with a large screen over in Times Square New York. When you have downloaded the application you load it up and draw on the screen. Your drawings are then thrown up on to the huge screen and mixed with the Prius. Other features of the Pr

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A Day in the Internet

Posted by dr.pixel on December 12, 2009 in Dr.Pixel, Fun tagged with ,

Created by Online Education

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What if Google ruled the World

Posted by dr.pixel on December 12, 2009 in Dr.Pixel, Fun tagged with ,

Google has already monopolized the world wide web, leading in several markets such as search, email (Gmail), mapping (Google Maps/Earth/Street View) and video (YouTube). If Sergey Brin and Larry Page are ’sick and tired’ of the online business, maybe they would consider venturing out to other non-tech-related businesses, and grab a slice of the pie in the the auto, airline, or even the entertainment industry. Below are some pictures of what w

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