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17 Feb 2010

Talk Talk? If only I could

Last month I made the catastrophic decision to change my phone & broadband provider. I wouldn’t recommend it if you want to keep your marbles where they are. After several weeks of poor service and poorer communication from my new provider, it was as a result of venting my frustration on social media that I managed to get all the issues resolved, which leads me to one conculsion. If you’re getting poor service, vent on Twitter and someone from their Marketing team, fire-fighting in the name of brand protection, will probably come to your rescue. Continue reading »

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31 Jul 2009

Accessible Twitter: how it should have been done to start with

One day the next big thing on the web that has everyone all worked up will be accessible and built to web standards from day one. Until that day, we have people like Dennis Lembree (the man behind Web Axe [external link]) to thank for making what many take for granted freely available to an even wider audience. With the help of some friends [external link], and the Twitter API, Dennis has created an accessible version of Twitter called, unsurprisingly, Accessible Twitter [external link]. Continue reading »

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07 Jun 2009

First week on Twitter

So I’m on Twitter now (@mr_beeps [external link]) (always the early adopter, me), and already it’s changed how I keep in touch with people, how I find news and how I find all that weird stuff on the web. Here’s a few observations from my first week. Continue reading »

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18 Apr 2009

Twitterplan

Twitterplan logoWho’d have thought it, local government actually using social media for something really useful? Lichfield [external link] and Lincoln City [external link] councils have proved that you can use Web 2.0 for the good of the people by developing a new Twitter application called Twitterplan [external link]. The service Tweets alerts about new planning applications near where you live. Continue reading »

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