Interesting…
A couple of things that I came across in the last few weeks that are worth mentioning.
- FatFingers – Is an eBay search tool that allows you to find specific items that has been posted to eBay with a typo. If an item has been posted with a typo it is harder for people to find, resulting in a lower sale price = good deal for buyer.
- Street Museum – Created by the Museum Of London, this app gives Londoners/Tourists the ability to time travel… well sort of. Select a destination or use your GPS, and hold up your camera to the present day street scene and then see it change to a historial version… which as they mention ‘Offers you a window through time’.
Nice.
140 Most Influential Twitter Users
A couple of weeks ago Mashable posted an article about the 140 most influential Twitter users, compiled and created by informationarchitects.jp (yep the same people that published the web trends map). You can download the full version, which shows a visual representation of how influential each user is by rank, list volume, average daily Tweets and even their first Tweet. Also there will be 1000 high quality posters printed, but I am sure they must be sold by now?
A couple of interesting things…
Had one of those moments where I said ‘Dam wish I had thought of that!’ when checking out the ‘Google Job Experiment’. A great example of thinking about the audiences behaviour and targeting appropriately. What a great use of PPC!
Also came across this presentation this week about ‘How to sell ideas’, produced by LBi. A good read.
Get a vote
So you have all probably seen the #DeBill chatter that has been going around the past few weeks, all relating to the new laws that have been pushed through parlament tackling issues such as copyright. I won’t go into that, but a recent post I made on Twitter via http://www.votethemout.co.uk/ enabled a local MP of mine to find me. He sent me a message letting me know he was my standing in my local area as an independent.
After checking out his website I found he had an interesting idea. It is all focused around what he calls ‘Direct democracy’. If he gets elected then he will post up bills that will be debated and voted on in parlament. Local citizens will be able to log onto his website and vote for they would like him to vote.
A new model of democracy where the masses are able to influence a decision in parlament directly?
