Web Strategy Micksup

Mapping our communities: the local offer

Originally uploaded by Tim G Davies

So what do you use?
To be honest, nothing really works well for me. I’ve tried them all…
Yellow Pages
True Local
Dlook
Google maps search.
There is even a company trying to build a solution out of it [...]

Popularity: 17% [?]

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More of the iTunes Walled Garden

Originally uploaded by bigmick

Tried to use Whrrl and got a ‘not in your backyard’ error.
So I think this suggests that Apple is going to be an extension of the existing distribution model, not an innovative new approach to it. [...]

Popularity: 13% [?]

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Seconds after birth

Originally uploaded by dhgoodman

I just started working with Xumii and as a part of it, we launched their blog this morning. Very exciting.
Why is it exciting?
Well, it’s certainly not my first. I’m estimating that I’ve started more than 50 blogs [...]

Popularity: 35% [?]

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My Cat Sat On My Mac And Opened 847 Tabs

Originally uploaded by bigmick

I came back to my laptop last night to find my cat perched upon it.
I started closing tabs, and then decided to close Firefox instead.
847 tabs.
And it didn’t even crash! [...]

Popularity: 15% [?]

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A building site under water…

Originally uploaded by Matt Seppings

Hey everyone, quick update on what’s going on.
We have been looking at two sites, one in the city and one in Riley St Darlinghurst. The city one is turning out to be too expensive and too [...]

Popularity: 16% [?]

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Barista Trouble

Originally uploaded by psd

(or consultant
or biz dev, sales
or Pollenizer)
…you have 5 cafe loyalty cards.
Any more?

Popularity: 14% [?]

Popularity: 14% [?]

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Skype and 21 Discussions In A Week

Originally uploaded by bigmick

This pic is a sign of my fragmented week…..
My comms for the week is starting to sound like a Christmas Carol…

124 Emails
111 Tweets
102 Real chats
99 Blog posts
82 Podcasts
76 Forums
61 Confluence pages
53 Jira issues
48 Briefs
32 Mock ups
21 [...]

Popularity: 13% [?]

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My New Love - 16gb Apple iPhone

Originally uploaded by bigmick

Dear Karen my wonderful wife,
It is with much regret that I must say that I have another love in my life.
She’s very young and slim, although that’s not why I love her.
She’s size [...]

Popularity: 13% [?]

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5 Seconds Till iPhone 3G Launch Optus Sydney

Originally uploaded by bigmick

Some photos from me if you click this one.
There were 500 people at midnight.
Crazy.

Popularity: 12% [?]

Popularity: 12% [?]

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Gmail - Get Ready. IPhone 3G is coming 11 July.

Originally uploaded by bigmick

This is the email I just got from Optus.
I can turn up at Midnight and get my phone!
I’m there!
Click the image to see the full email.

Popularity: 12% [?]

Popularity: 12% [?]

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Gmail - iPhone 3G at the Apple Store. 8:00 a.m. Friday. - bigmick@gmail.com

Originally uploaded by bigmick

Confusion will reign!
I can see this getting so messy.
—
Later the same day…
I went into the Apple store and asked a wandering Apple Genius;
“So will I be able to buy [...]

Popularity: 11% [?]

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Sydney Coworking Space

Originally uploaded by bigmick

I just got invited to a Skitch room by Atari Boy and thought it was a good idea.
So here tis;
Sydney IT Friendfeed Room
Feel free to join and start dumping and sharing. Keep it Sydney, keep it IT, web, Internet, [...]

Popularity: 11% [?]

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twhirl near breakthrough with Loic Le Meur Leo Laporte Duncan Riley and Robert Scoble

Originally uploaded by bigmick

This screenshot that I Skitched up made me laugh.
I was going to write a post in Friend Feed on Twhirl instead of Twitter in Twhirl.
But Friendfeed or Twhirl [...]

Popularity: 10% [?]

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trib’s Friends – Users at Last.fm

Originally uploaded by bigmick

I got some good value out of last.fm today, which I’ve been passively using, but not really getting into.
Then Delicate Genius added me as a friend.
So I said, let’s roll, let’s get into it.
So I [...]

Popularity: 10% [?]

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Google FAIL

Originally uploaded by bigmick

I just got around to using Google Gears.
Went to Google Calendar - worked perfectly.
Went to Remember the Milk - worked perfectly.
Went to Gmail (the biggest benefiting app in my mind - nothing……..
Went to Google Gears help.
“Where can I use Google [...]

Popularity: 11% [?]

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