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02/02/2011 posted by Jackson
Image posted on twitter by @JustinPinner
Cyclone Yasi is currently raging! Either it’s fear of what our friends further north will find in the morning or I can actually feel a barometric pressure change.
Keeping an eye on how social media is being used in mainstream media we noticed how abc.net.au is displaying Cyclone Yasi real time updates from both private individuals as well as news sources side by side: http://www.abc.net.au/news/infographics/storify.htm?id=preparations-for-cyclone-yasi .
Here are a couple of tools developed for this purpose: Continue Reading »
Tags: emergencies, news distribution, social media
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12/01/2011 posted by Bettina
image by sunranger
The PunkLogic team are safe – some of us escaped to dryer places, some just got a bit damp. Our thoughts are with all flood victims that have been hit hard – here in Australia as well as other parts of the world. In South Africa 53 lifes have been lost since the beginning of the year and in Sao Paolo floods are also currently ravaging leaving 13 dead in mudslides. It is traumatic for all directly involved and shocking for onlookers. We’ll be donating the the QLD flood victim fund and you might consider it too.
Here are some tips that might help clarifying the use of twitter in emergencies. Continue Reading »
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03/11/2010 posted by Matt
Anyone that runs a business knows how hard it is to take time out. The best excuse to do so, is to learn things that will help improve your business performance. On 23rd and 24th November, I’ll be joining a great line up of speakers at the J in Noosa Junction, to talk about the challenges facing business. Continue Reading »
Tags: social media, talks
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09/09/2010 posted by Jackson
PunkLogic is passionate about environmental and social responsibility. We love to work with clients who hold the same values, so we have been investigating website hosting services claiming to harness renewable energy. Here are a couple of the more interesting providers.
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Tags: Climate Change, Solar Hosting, Solar Power, Sustainability
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07/09/2010 posted by Matt
We're not short on style
I’m sometimes surprised at how often photography seems like an after-thought for marketers online. The surge of user-generated-content has created a level of complacency that tempts us to believe the images will take care of themselves. And there’s plenty of other reasons to under-value the visuals and do it all yourself:
- Low-cost cameras
- Low-cost software
- Speed of transfer from camera to screen
- Low-cost web publishing tools
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Tags: Photography
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31/08/2010 posted by Jackson
Foursquare is a location based social networking application and game for smartphones making a lot of noise in the media of late. It may sound useless to some, but the location based technology driving foursquare is here to stay. It is a fun way to understand more about your surroundings and an interesting way to attract and keep more business.
For those who don’t know foursquare, here’s a brief description from their website:
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Tags: location based, mobile, social media
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