Showing posts with label Social Media. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social Media. Show all posts
Thursday, October 07, 2010
Social Media for Beginners (2008)
http://http://www.slideshare.net/babrain/social-media-for-beginners-presentation
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Market your skills through hacking! (Don't try this at home)
Hello readers!
So I just read a link through twitter today (thanks to @socialmediamind about this 17 year old who hacked twitter using what he called the "mattster worm"
"He was the brains behind the computer code that caused chaos on Twitter last Tuesday night, devising a script to Tweet that replicated to every follower on the receiver's account."
This script was incredibly annoying, even I got it, and i was wondering what was up with twitter. It went something like this:
And now we all know about him, Oh what a jerk...oh what a young genius... do you see where I'm going with this?
Other recent hacking incidents are when:
So why don't people think about using their hacking skills to market themselves (Im sure someone must have done it by now,,, and im sure other haven't because it's illegal)... but there must be other ways! like installing a widget on peoples desktops that has a count down to a product launch (that they can remove) or something like that..
WHAT? it's just a thought!
So I just read a link through twitter today (thanks to @socialmediamind about this 17 year old who hacked twitter using what he called the "mattster worm"
"He was the brains behind the computer code that caused chaos on Twitter last Tuesday night, devising a script to Tweet that replicated to every follower on the receiver's account."
This script was incredibly annoying, even I got it, and i was wondering what was up with twitter. It went something like this:
sigsdohnsdjbnsd;obnabngo;dg sonnfoggna0ry49[0c04y50htrhm5yvjwvdgb 3b045jbtnf...
or at least that's what it looked like to me.
And now we all know about him, Oh what a jerk...oh what a young genius... do you see where I'm going with this?
Other recent hacking incidents are when:
- Twitter was overrun with posts one morning that used a programming flaw to play pranks, distribute porn and spread worms to unsuspecting users.
- Twitter was overrun with weight-loss product spam @mashable
- BP has admitted that its official Twitter account was compromised temporarily yesterday by hackers who posted a joke about its attempts to stem the devastating oil leak that has polluted the Gulf of Mexico.
- A Twitter security glitch left celebrities and members of the public mourning the temporary loss of their legions of online fans yesterday.
So why don't people think about using their hacking skills to market themselves (Im sure someone must have done it by now,,, and im sure other haven't because it's illegal)... but there must be other ways! like installing a widget on peoples desktops that has a count down to a product launch (that they can remove) or something like that..
WHAT? it's just a thought!
Monday, April 19, 2010
Twitter and Barasti
Twitter: I've just started my very first twitter account! So i'm very excited and TRYING to learn more about it (apparently its more popular than I thought it was) but no worries! In due time i'll be an expert tweeter. hehe
Barasti:Is an outdoor beach pub/dance venue in DXB UAE. Very popular among expats and in the past few months, Barasti has been trying very hard to repromote themselves as a fun outdoorsie beach place that bring in entertainers like HedKandi.
The Link: A link to Arabian Business that talks about a huge online social media mishap on behalf of Barasti (or their reps)
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/584992-barasti-bar-scraps-concert-after-twitter-outrage
What was happening in the UAE: Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan had passed away recently from a very tragic accident, the UAE was in mourning from the Tuesday all the way to Saturday. That's about 4 days.
What Barasti had been planning: They had planned to bring Vanilla Ice to do a little show for everyone (you can't exactly call it a concert in my opinion)
The Issue: Barasti Bar sent an early-afternoon text message saying: “NORMAL OPERATION. WE ARE NOT DRY! NICE, NICE BABY! 5PM-3AM C U ON THE SAND”.
Why this is an Issue:
1: UAE was mourning the Sheikh's Passing (Allah Yerhamoh)
This means that alcohol shouldn't be served as a sign of respect
2: The message shows a certain lack of respect. It also implies that expats also don't seem to care.
3: Prominent Emirati social commentator Mishaal Gergawi said on his twitter account that he was "disgusted by Barasti's SMS that they r not dry tonight!! RT [retweet] & don't stop until someone shuts it down tonight!!”
Dubai-born musician DJ Bliss said: “the question is: what do we want Barasti to do now? Apologise or cancel the show?”
Another user described the text message as “tasteless and disgusting”.
Also look at: http://fakeplasticsouks.blogspot.com/2010/04/inevitable-blog-post.html
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/585079-barasti-apologises-for-insensitive-concert-texts
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/expat/annabelkantaria/10138457/how-twitter-blocked-vanilla-ice/
Barasti:Is an outdoor beach pub/dance venue in DXB UAE. Very popular among expats and in the past few months, Barasti has been trying very hard to repromote themselves as a fun outdoorsie beach place that bring in entertainers like HedKandi.
The Link: A link to Arabian Business that talks about a huge online social media mishap on behalf of Barasti (or their reps)
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/584992-barasti-bar-scraps-concert-after-twitter-outrage
What was happening in the UAE: Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan had passed away recently from a very tragic accident, the UAE was in mourning from the Tuesday all the way to Saturday. That's about 4 days.
What Barasti had been planning: They had planned to bring Vanilla Ice to do a little show for everyone (you can't exactly call it a concert in my opinion)
The Issue: Barasti Bar sent an early-afternoon text message saying: “NORMAL OPERATION. WE ARE NOT DRY! NICE, NICE BABY! 5PM-3AM C U ON THE SAND”.
Why this is an Issue:
1: UAE was mourning the Sheikh's Passing (Allah Yerhamoh)
This means that alcohol shouldn't be served as a sign of respect
2: The message shows a certain lack of respect. It also implies that expats also don't seem to care.
3: Prominent Emirati social commentator Mishaal Gergawi said on his twitter account that he was "disgusted by Barasti's SMS that they r not dry tonight!! RT [retweet] & don't stop until someone shuts it down tonight!!”
Dubai-born musician DJ Bliss said: “the question is: what do we want Barasti to do now? Apologise or cancel the show?”
Another user described the text message as “tasteless and disgusting”.
Also look at: http://fakeplasticsouks.blogspot.com/2010/04/inevitable-blog-post.html
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/585079-barasti-apologises-for-insensitive-concert-texts
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/expat/annabelkantaria/10138457/how-twitter-blocked-vanilla-ice/
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