11 May 2009

Posted at 20:23h in sms, university by

Today I received an SMS informing me of my grade on a recent piece of assessment. Maybe the University isn't as far behind as I thought. Although I bet the lecturer and the course coordinator don't know anything about it, let alone encouraged this great piece of initiative by the tutor. Even better, it was a High Distinction. Take that students who actually put in effort and remain sober the night before you hand in your assignments....

27 December 2008

Posted at 12:53h in facebook, sms, twitter by

The boys over at Talking Digital raised a really good question in a comment on a recent post of mine. Why does Twitter have such an elite feel to it? And further, why do people have a need to be ranked and judged on their social media platform depth and performance? Yes Twitter full of innovators and early adopters but it very much seems an exclusive group. People talk as though being on Twitter makes them more social media friendly than those who aren't. Would it even be necessary for a social media consultant to be on Twitter? Would you trust someone giving advice if they didn't blog? This blogger wouldn't. Surely you don't need to be on Twitter? Same with Facebook. In fact, one of my favourite bloggers doesn't even have a blog yet. It could help, but certainly not a necessity. Just like not every brand needs a social media presence, do they? Gotta love those posts with more question marks than full stops....