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How did the social media world react to the #RoyalWedding?

Did you get involved with the Royal Wedding? I saw a lot of people who had avowed that they weren’t going to get involved, vigorously tweeting & Facebooking about the event, and I watched much more of it than I anticipated, and went to a garden party in the afternoon! The social media available was credited with allowing much attention, and the Royal couple themselves appeared to have embraced it, announcing their engagement on Twitter!

Facebook tends to be touted as the most influential place (all those friendship links), but the buzz was all coming from Twitter (but then it is designed for that kind of story – you’ll annoy all your Facebook friends if you constantly update your status every 5 seconds…), which of course is an open platform (whereas Facebook should be behind a privacy wall)… although blogs also are open, but not so immediate:

Image courtesy of webtrends

Traditional Media was having their fair share of the fun, both here in the UK, and in the States:

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Checking out a talk from a couple of years ago by Gordon Brown (via @sarahbrownuk)

I missed this TED talk a couple of years ago, but came across it again by checking out Gordon & Sarah Brown’s website, inspiring stuff!

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Can you stop for 2 minutes?

In a world in which there seems to be no time to stop, and in which computers are often blamed for this, the following app has been created by Alex Tew (the man behind the Million Dollar homepage), which I picked up from Psychologies Magazine:

The Intro Screen

The screen which counts down the 2 minutes

Oops, obviously touched the keyboard and the mouse, so it starts again...

Well Done, Tell the world about it..

Try it for yourself here.

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ARE you in need of "BlackBerry" Botox?

The latest finding from beauty experts is that squinting for hours at a smartphone causes premature frown lines. It seems e-addiction is now damaging our bodies as well as our minds.

We live in an “always-on” culture and that means relying on iPhones and BlackBerries to enable us to communicate and compete. But the Stress Management Society warns that our brains are not wired to cope with the demands of a digital age; people are buckling under the pressure.

The society’s director, Neil Shah, says Londoners must get “smart” with technology so that it works for us, not against. Shah, whose clients include the NHS and Home Office, says: “Technology has changed how we live in such a short period of time. But our bodies were never designed to live in a sprint state.” To help us survive, the society has launched a one-day stress bootcamp. It includes tips from Andrea Sangster, a communications expert, on handling 21st-century stress. So what can we expect from a technology detox?

NOMOPHOBIA OR ‘NO MOBILE PHONE’ PHOBIA Research by the Post Office reveals more than half of mobile phone users in Britain fear being out of mobile contact, losing their phone or running out of battery life. I’m one of them. My stress levels soar when I’m in a signal blackspot. My phone is even with me when I’m in the bathroom in case I miss a call. Solution: Try switching off your phone at least at mealtimes (and in the loo). Or go analogue. Andrea suggests an alarm clock instead of a mobile for your morning wakeup call. Being digital-free also means no electromagnetic waves, so sleep quality is improved. It also stops late-night texting.

Read full article in the Evening Standard. See also.

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Facebook Obsession? #Infographic

Find the original infographic at Online Schools, which demonstrates just how much time people are spending on Facebook, and therefore (as if we didn’t already know), makes us realise how seriously we need to take it as a platform for conversations and messages we might be working with!