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Monthly Archives: February 2011

From Scraper to Map to Information

The media work with information. Fact. But what exactly is information? I’m beginning to realise that information is not static. It just doesn’t exist in a concrete form anymore. So how are the media reacting to this? I’m not sure but I think their public, the community formerly known as the audience are reacting quicker … Continue Reading →

February 10, 2011 Google Earth, MapAList, ScraperWiki

Social Searching Part 4 – let social media work for you

By now you have the hard part done. Finding stories and people and organising your social media world can take a bit of  an investment but it is worth it. Once you’ve got the foundation laid there is still a bit of upkeep. Here are soem tools that can take you further and help keep … Continue Reading →

February 7, 2011 Klout, Mentionmap, Quora, social media, Tweetake

Social Searching Part 3 – Cultivating your social sources

The social web is free information but to create useful sources of information you need to filter out the relevant from the noise. My posts so far will help lead you to a story but often times what’s heard through the grapevine can be of really good use. Also, you might want someone in the … Continue Reading →

February 2, 2011 followformation, listorious, Muck Rack, tlists, wefollow

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