I uploaded my video almost two months back, it was a silly home made video expressing how I was addicted to Twitter. Facebook today removed the video:
“We have removed your video entitled “I’m addicted to Twitter” uploaded at 1:39am October 17th, 2008. We did this because we learned that your video might include copyrighted material owned by a third party, such as a video clip or background audio.”
(Read the complete notice below)
Obviously I don’t have (exclusive) rights to use the background audio. I hold my hands up to it, although it clearly shows Facebook is now on to something . Removing homemade videos, is this the Microsoft influence or just advertisers looking for genuine User Generated Content ?
Compare that with YouTube who also actively remove videos infringing copyright, although only when they get too popular or someone actively complains about them. My video only has 137 views (absolutely tiny) and except from being silly and promoting Twitter doesn’t have much to it. Surely Twitter didn’t complain about it. So who did ? If no one complained then why remove the video and annoy users ?
I good friend of mine from university has now started modelling professionally. Hannah Cosham has come a long way from Finger Lady (I nicknamed her that don’t ask me why…) to a gorgeous model. Guys and girls we need to stop drooling and support her by voting on FHM !
I once wrote on my twitter that Yotify ‘Google Alerts on Steroids’ is confusing:
But after a little help from Ron things were solved:
Now it is working really well and I find the notification even better than Google Alerts. With that I mean the quality of results are fantastic for example it found a newsletter which I wrote years back. The inteface is nice as well.
Although it appears the emphasis of the product is to find products sold on ebay, amazon etc. Nothing wrong with that ! Suggestion: I feel the navigation could be improved a tad.
Nice little feature for TripIt addicts. TripIt allows users to manage their travel. Its predominantly for the users to manage their own tasks as oppose to sharing it with friends like Dopplr. Although TripIt has now decided to allow sharing of trips with your blog visitors. Mine:
[Update] the card doesn’t work for me. Although the javascript (code) does show in the source. Anyone ?
I’m guessing the feature is aimed at bloggers who travel to a lot of conferences. I guess it is a nice way for TripIt to market their services and for bloggers to showcase their travel.
For many it would mean little (I guess as a geek you would understand it better), but it has taken a lot of pain and effort to achieve this without using any external organisation. No buying selling links and no malpractice
I’m not sure how long will Kwiqq.com stay there but I’m confident we will be up there for quiet a few keywords in the coming months.
Came across the Future of Social Media event in London very interesting lineup with speakers from companies like LinkedIn, Slide, TripAdvisor, RockYou, Agency.com etc
Leif Kendall a freelance copywriter based in Brighton wrote yesterday about success with blogging. He wrote:
But I confess that I’ve had doubts. I’ve lost faith, and wondered whether blogging is a complete waste of time, if anyone is reading my posts, if anyone cares.
Luckily, before I could get disheartened, I received a flurry of positive feedback and several new clients - all as a result of my blog.
Agreed, blogging has brought work for several businesses including Kwiqq. I remember hearing Tom Hume at £5 App and how he received some clients at Future Platforms as a result of blogging.
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