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The 2010 Australian Twitter Election

As this post has been receiving a fair amount of traffic from people searching for “how to vote in the Australian 2010 election” I thought I would provide details on how to vote in the UK for Australian Citizens. If you are an Australian Citizen in the UK wanting to lodge a postal vote for [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted July 18, 2010 in social networking | Tagged #ausvotes, ABC news 24, AEC, AEC website, August 21, australia, Australia House, australian election, australian election postal vote, channel 7, channel 9, dfat, election, Electoral Commission, expat Australian, High Commission, how to vote in the Australian 2010 election, Julia Gillard, Liberals, politics, postal vote, postal vote form, Prime Minister, Sky News, social media, social networking, Tony Abbott, twitter, twitter election, UK postal vote, voting from the uk, voting in the australian election, voting overseas | Comments (18)

Are social networks creating a generation of techno addicts?

The short answer is no I do not believe so, otherwise I would not have set up @madeleinegrill’s twitter account for when she is older. Last week I was asked by Sky News to provide comment on the issue of “Techno addiction”, as a result of a report by Northampton University, where a study of 1,200 people carried [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted September 28, 2009 in social media | Tagged addicted to text, Amelia Torode, attention deficit, bbc, blackberry, blackberry flashing light, blackberry light, blackberry orphans, distraction, email light, email overload, facebook, guardian, information overload, Mark Stone, Nada Kakabadse, Northampton University, Outlook, overload, productivity, Professor Nada Kakabadse, Sigel press, Sigel report, sky, Sky News, Sky News TV, social distraction, social media, social media addicts, social media children, social media orphans, social network anxiety, social network research, Susan Bailey, techno addcicts, techno addiction, Techno Addicts: Life Style Through Technology, twitaholic, twitter, twitter addiction, xobni | Comments (4)

How brands can make money from twitter

Over at Sky News, there is an interesting report on how Dell and others are making real money from twitter. Quoting from the story: Dell embraced social media in 2007, and set up their @DellOutlet account to advertise discounts on refurbished products. It also publishes promotions exclusive to 600,000 Twitter followers. Dell now has a [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted June 16, 2009 in twitter | Tagged @delloutlet, Dell, making money from twitter, Sky News, social media, Stephanie Nelson, twitter | Comments (0)