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Author: Alasdair Munn I have been thinking about the latest trends for using social media. Through participating in twitter chats like #smchat and #innochat I have been spotting some trends. Another huge area of learning for me has been looking at how people in situations where resources are limited, are approaching social media tools, technology [...]

I would first like to thank Max Gladwell for his blog entitled, Ten Ways that Social Media and Sustainability Align, which sparked the idea for this blog post. At face value, social media and sustainability are at opposite ends of the spectrum. Social media is inherently intangible and lives online, while sustainability is concerned with the [...]

In relation to the timeline of communication tools, websites are only a millisecond old. Even if we disregard paintings on cave walls and the formation of the alphabet and just start from the first printed word, websites are mere saplings against the giant redwood. Yet it is hard to imagine a life without websites; they [...]

I had intended to talk about social media in a business setting from the point of view of technology, tools and applications. After mulling this over in my head for a few days I realised that I was falling into the trap that so many people fall into. Social media cannot be defined by its [...]

Social Media has everybody talking, but are they all talking about the same thing? Social Media is such a vast subject, with many different nuances, disciplines, approaches and reference points. What do we use social media for? I asked a sample of people, male and female between the ages of 16 and 40. Here are [...]