- squashing web app bugs from home today (got a cold). when my son asked what i was doing he was very concerned they didn't eat me. not yet
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Staff Blogs
Here's a selection of recent blog posts by people at Harvest so you can see what we're thinking, worrying and grumbling about. We're an opinionated bunch - please bear in mind that not all these opinions are shared by Harvest Digital.
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-13March 13, 2010 by Mark
links for 2010-03-10March 11, 2010 by Dhiren
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More tools and more data. Some of these may seem gimmicky but they're inspiring me to utilise the data that I have in more creative ways.
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links for 2010-03-09March 10, 2010 by Dhiren
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An old boss of mine used to say: "Watch! One day we'll be buying TV spots via Google". With announcements like this I'm sure we're not too far away from his prediction becoming true, but what I question is the need for more set top box(es).
The lines betweens TV's and computers are blurring: you can now hop on the web via your TV and watch TV on your laptop. HD capacities are also increasing, and these shifts in both technology and user behavior mean that we will no longer require isolated devices, but we will require more integrated software that helps us to view web content and traditional TV side by side.
Most people criticize me for being a Mac fanboy, but I think server versions of the Mac Mini will become centre pieces in households and they will be the gateways to digital TV and the internet.
Early versions of Windows Media Centre were premature, but I'm hoping to see a revival in more evolved iterations.
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Nice little landscape evaluation hub that ASOS use. I simple idea that helps non-geeks understand the voices.
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-06March 6, 2010 by Mark
- Tkt machine asks 4 booking ref. Email has booking ref & collection ref. Only collection ref works! Nearly missed train #thetrainline #fail #
- #channel4 keeps freezing – can only imagine the panic @ c4 towers. A tad worse than a few website bugs! Wait why am I watching tv anyway?! #
- My son is obsessed with making traffic jams using all his toy cars A sign of the times? http://twitpic.com/16fbqm #
links for 2010-03-04March 5, 2010 by Dhiren
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Excellent round up of tools to analyse infleunce and activity on Twitter. To many people analysing Twitter seems like a tedious activity, that verges on glorifying and over-egging something that is simple and small in scale. In all honesty I shared the same thoughts—and then clients started to ask us questions about the influence and reach of people on Twitter.
I've analysed lots of tools; some of the free tools are great and I'm combining lots of data. I'll keep you posted!
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Data. It's beautiful isn't it? I've been toying with a number social analytics tools recently and they measure everything from conversations through to website traffic and engagement.
I haven't played with huge data sets in ages but I'm starting to again. The difference now is my focus towards visualizing data, in order to produce more compelling insights.
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links for 2010-03-01March 2, 2010 by Dhiren
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Location based, realtime, sentiment analysis.
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I read this after reading the link building article and I think this is where the focus for the press should lie: better integration of their content with social networks and online communities. It makes sense and it delivers value to the right audiences.
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I hope so. It's my favourite.
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Interesting to see Google moving towards providing more cloud based services. This market is key for them as it will ensure that they can extend their text based advertising model to web applications: an area of the technology sector that will continue to grow exponentially as iPads and wireless computing becomes increasingly ubiquitous.
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Oh dear. Please die link building. Just die already. I'm not sure who's trying to prove what here? IMHO both the SEO's and the press are struggling to generate profits, but going black hat is surely not the best way forward. If newspapers are going to sell links, shouldn't they be thinking about their own text ad model? A vibrant media type model—or better still a PPC platform that operates across multiple networks.
Google are getting smarter at detecting authoritative content sources and their algorithm will continue to evolve. Whilst back-links will continue to be algorithm bread and butter for now, other factors such as content syndication and engagement rates will come into play.
Sorry boys, it will never just all be about anchor text.
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I’ve started using this tool to compliment some of the paid for tools that I use to conduct social research and social measurement. There are many tools available that provide more granular analysis, but I like the simplicity of this tool and the way numbers from it can be plugged into some kind of matrix that helps clients to understand the influence and reach of people on Twitter.
As I said I’m using it to compliment more robust data, and most of the free analysis tools should be used in this way.
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links for 2010-02-28March 1, 2010 by Dhiren
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Tony writes a great thought piece on the correct use of Facebook fan pages and how they are potentially the future of CRM. I haven't really got much to add to his piece, but it's got me thinking: Many brands are using Facebook pages as hubs where they can engage fans with "cool stuff". Taking Tony's points account, if the role of Facebook in marketing is more about CRM, are many brands misusing it by treating it as platform to create engagement?
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-27February 27, 2010 by Mark
- the slow death of the website: http://bit.ly/aCShQl (via @steverubel ) #
- Save BBC 6 Music, add a twibbon to show your support! #savebbc6music – http://bit.ly/cFlRBK #
- just walked past "banksy" attempting to do a stencil in soho in broad daylight – mobbed by camera phones. is that his style these days? #
- RT @pibbers: Dear Mr BBC – please see sense and drop Radio 1 – it's only giving the youth of today bad taste in music #save6music #
- BBC signals an end to era of expansion – Times Online http://bit.ly/94HUux #
- Hmmm. @DalaiLama has loads of followers yet only only fave – about himself. Transcend the ego, dude #
- Google moving on from Gears: Hello HTML5 – http://bit.ly/bwdaJA #
- Brunch at http://www.homebrighton.co.uk – good stuff. Nice people too #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-20February 20, 2010 by Mark
- HTML5 video from Vimeo – http://bit.ly/cJAFBI – it's the future, don't you know #
- #decode at v&a followed by drinks in next room to prince philip at arts club? Aren't we quite the lardeedar. Time for some urban toss… #
- Code (from decode @ the v&a)
http://twitpic.com/13s3yz # - South ken tube. Ergh. Half term #
- YouTube registered their domain name only 5 years ago – http://bit.ly/dreS8a #
- Nice intro to multivariate testing (mvt) – http://bit.ly/btozbh #
- Shorter working week soon inevitable, forecasts nef | the new economics foundation http://bit.ly/941RLb #