Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has been posting an impressive range of photos – taken while in Earth orbit – to his Twitpic page, via his Twitter account at @Astro_Soichi.
Twitpics of distant Earth from the International Space Station
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 18 February, 2010 to the photography subset
Now we need an Avatar inspired Twitter avatar
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 3 February, 2010 to the design and art subset
A nice collection of movie and TV show characters inspired avatars for use on Twitter.
Rewriting political history in NSW by deleting Twitter history?
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 9 December, 2009 to the comment subset
Even Twitter has been caught up in the fallout of the ongoing political turmoil in New South Wales (NSW), with the erasure of over 330 tweets from the @premierofnsw’s Twitter page, coinciding with the NSW Labor government’s leadership change last week.
Prior to the leadership tussle, former Premier Nathan Rees, or his staffers, had notched up [...]
Launch of Yiying Lu Exhibition, Sydney, October 2009
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 10 September, 2009 to the events subset
As part of the inaugural Australian Web Week Sydney illustrator and designer Yiying Lu, creater of the iconic Fail Whale image, will be exhibiting her work from Friday 2 October until Tuesday 6 October in the upstairs area of the Pyrmont Bridge Hotel.
Also check out the “AR (augmented reality) enabled” t-shirt which has been [...]
Using usability to extract more value from Twitter
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 8 September, 2009 to the web subset
Usability guru Jakob Nielsen demonstrates how to hone a tweet in five simple steps.
We made a timeline message more punchy, credible, and viral through 5 rounds of redesign.
Fantastic.
I wanted to be with you alone and talk about the weather
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 14 August, 2009 to the comment subset
10 Levels of Intimacy in Communication by Ji Lee. If ten is the best “score” on the scale then talking face to face ranks as the most intimate communication form.
Twitter, and the other social networks, aka “the death of our ability to be alone” are at the other end of the scale.
Our solitude has been tweeted to near death
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 13 July, 2009 to the comment subset
Seems kind of pertinent after a week or so away, and with large chunks of time spent off-line, but it occurs to me I didn’t miss being away from Twitter in the slightest. Sure I don’t exactly rate as a power user, but time out from it for a small while does put some of [...]
Coming down as quickly as they went up: one hit wonders & fads
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 8 June, 2009 to the trends subset
It seems new trends or fads that become popular very quickly generally lose their appeal almost just as quickly.
Besides baby names, the symmetry between popularity rise and fall can carry over to other cultural items. For example, the scientists noted that similar outcomes have been observed in the music industry, where new artists who shoot [...]
Who said anything about expounding vision on Twitter, Jakob?
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 20 May, 2009 to the comment subset
Usability guru Jakob Nielsen doesn’t think CEOs and Twitter make for a good mix.
Posting on the Web is the modern PR, and the CEO’s job is to articulate the company’s vision and direction, which requires more than 140 characters. Being perceived as a wise guy or a shallow thinker is not going to do your [...]
And on the eighth day Twitter was created
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 18 May, 2009 to the comment subset
Ok so I’m going to a wedding in a couple of weeks and fully intend to Twitter/Twitpic the ceremony (er, sorry in advance to those concerned), which while taking place in a church won’t actually be a religious service (the church in question is also a for hire venue).
Aside from that, I’m not so [...]
