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Websites reviewed by Maeve Kneafsey on IrelandAM on 16th February included:
Nicely written very simple website called the happiness project. It is about what it says on the tin, happiness and how to be happy. From tips to make you feel better in an economic down turn to 20 easy tips to lowering your daily stress levels. I think we all need a little cheering up and this site will do it for me, it really does put things in perspective and we all need a bit of perspective at the moment.
The London based French style furniture, now have an Irish website. Up to 70% sale, so you can find some great bargains.
If you think you can be a mega star or indeed can spot the next big music success, then this website might be something you will enjoy.
www.wekastar was designed for amateur musicians to showcase their talents, gather votes and win a record deal. American Idol and X-Factor comes together online. Essentially they are running a competition between all those musicians who upload their demo video. All auditions must be entered by the June 30th 2009 deadline,any entries received after this will not be entered into the competition, but dont worry you can always enter again next year! Prize is a record deal, details to be announced!
Spread the word, as at the moment it needs more contributors.
There is always a new shiny tool on the Web that gets all the attention and now it's Twitter. However, Twitter looks like it might last. Twitter is a free service that lets you keep in touch with people through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?
Twitter is designed to work on a mobile phone as well as on a computer. All Twitter messages are limited to 140 characters, so each message can be sent as a single SMS alert. You can't say much in 140 characters. That's part of Twitter's charm.
It is a very powerful communications tool, so you have to think before you twitter, it is very hard to pull something back once its out there. SO avoid using when you might "not be yourself" e.g. angry, over emotional or no concentrating on what you have posted! There was a lot of controversy last month for Twitter when it transpired that Twitters of prominent users had been taken over. Including twitters Barack Obama, Britney Spears, CNN’s Rick Sanchez, Fox News, and Facebook’s had been targeted, with each sending out an obviously fake message ranging from explicit comments to ads for online scams.
Other Twitter uses include Jonathan Ross, Stephen Jobs, Russell Brand, John Cleese to name a few.
They say there are five stages in the twitter relationship:
1) Denial - it sounds stupid, why would anyone want to do it
2) I should create an account and try it
3) I am using it to promote my other content e.g. blog, website
4) I'm using it to have useful dialogue and one to one
5) I am using it to publish useful info and people are responding one to one
Final view? Not the be all and end all of online comms, but useful, free and can support marketing and your day to day communications.
National blog awards, Irish Blog Awards winners announced in Cork on 21 February. Some of these blogs are really wonderful - entertaining, funny, intimate and just well written. Pick your own fav
Vote for what you feel is the best government online service from doing your motor tax online, to applying for college or getting your results online, booking in to give blood or paying your tv licence
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May 20th 2008
