There are an awful lot of tweets on Twitter. The 140 character limit encourages lots and lots of short messages flying this way and that all day long. The trouble is it can make reading tweets from your favourite profiles that little bit more tricky. Luckily Twitter allows you create lists, which helps you organise […]
Social Media
Social Media Usage Survey
Social media usage figures are often bandied about in the media, but do they resemble reality? It’s a question I found myself asking, when I thought about some of the social media profiles I have, but do not use. So here is a short survey, to try and get the real usage figures from the […]
The new Google+ First Impressions
If you are on Google+, then the chances are you will have seen the news about the new G+. Wait. What? You can read the official announcement here. What Google have done is build a new version of G+ from the ground up. It has material design oozing out of its pores and is quick […]
Does size matter?
Statista shows a timeline of active users for Facebook which indicates that as of Q2 2015 Facebook has 1.49 billion active users. Anyone who has logged in during the last 30 days is considered an active user. A similar report shows Twitter has 304 million active users. The question I find myself asking is… Do […]
A Facebook User’s Guide to Google+
If you are a Facebook user and have heard about this other place called G+, this is for you. Perhaps you are already using both networks, but you can’t quite get the hang of G+… well, this is for you as well. What to expect when you first sign up for Google+ Before we start, […]
Google+ Collections
What are Google+ Collections? On May 4th 2015 Google+ got a new feature called collections. Before I explain what collections are, I will describe how things used to be. Before May 4th if someone you followed created a post publicly, or shared a post with you via a circle, you would see the post in […]