Dork couple Rebecca Noakes and Wez Knowles have kindly put together an overview of Google+ for us. We've had our invites to Google's new social network, Google+, for around a week now, so we thought we'd go over a few of the new features introduced in Google+ and look at how it stacks up against … [Read more...]
What if social media were a high school?
We've all got our favourite social media networks (Hi, I'm Emma and I'm a Twitteraholic). But what do our chosen sites say about us? The lovely Sarah Drinkwater (check out her lovely vintage-inspired blog The Enchanted Hunters) recently tweeted this infographic from Geekologie depicting how a … [Read more...]
Fail Whale and the Cookie Monster: the best of the craft blogs
Its best craft blogs of the week time again. Here is a round-up of some of the best projects and latest news in the craft blogosphere this week. Craftzine introduced us to the Twitter Fail Whale hat from plush artist Hine Over at Super Cute Kawaii, Monsieur Le Bun gave us a round up of his … [Read more...]
Paper Li: Turn Twitter into a personal newspaper
Eagle eyed Twitter users might have noticed a number of tweeters, including several members of the Dork Adore team, linking to "The Daily [Insert Name]" every afternoon. But what is it? The basic concept is that by logging into Paper.Li with your Twitter username, you'll be able to create a daily … [Read more...]
Top 5 Twitter desktop applications
I know, I know! Katie has already encouraged us to stop writing about Twitter. This doesn't count though, as I'm purely speaking to those of us who have already fallen under the grip of the Twitter addiction. Those of us who need a desktop application to ensure we're getting the most out of it … [Read more...]
Why journalists should stop writing about Twitter
Twitter is never far from a journalist's lips these days. If they're not complaining about the threat of citizen journalism and the death of proper writing, they're extolling Twitter's virtues (or whining that they just don't get what all the fuss is about). It's not hard for me to work out why. … [Read more...]
Twitter fashion: tights, t-shirts and trinkets
Twitter has been popular for a while now, but it's gone mainstream since a ton of celebrities have jumped on board and started tweeting their day to day lives. Suddenly, everyone wants to know how Jonathan Ross spends his Sundays. Understandably this upsurge of interest in Twitter has led to … [Read more...]
How the internet is *totally* changing punctuation
I noticed it a while back when I used to lurk on the Popbitch board in order to see human interaction taking place (it was a bit quiet in our office and Twitter was years away). Punctuation marks I'd not seen used before started appearing in people's conversations, highlighting the moments when … [Read more...]
The best free apps for your BlackBerry
It's time to supe up your BlackBerry with the best free apps and software available. Here's our must-have apps list... I was wittering away on Twitter the other day about my thrilling night of BlackBerry app downloadage and a few people made enquiries about which apps I recommended. Rather … [Read more...]
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