URL Shortening services are ubiquitous nowadays, and there are many benefits to having a short link rather than a long and meaningless website address. However, as the final destination of the link is hidden, it is difficult to tell at a glance whether the link is safe or not. URL shortening services hide the target address, […]
Facebook: Profile or Page?
According to Facebook’s ‘Key Facts’ page, there were 1.23 billion monthly active Facebook users as of December 31st 2013. The site is immensely popular with people sharing various aspect of their personal lives, and with businesses aiming to reach that massive user base. Even if a company were able to reach just 0.1 percent of […]
Follow Friday Expanded
The usual Follow Friday thing on Twitter is a good way to learn about new people who are worth following, but 140 characters is usually a bit tight to explain why people are worth following. So here’s my “Follow Friday Expanded” post. This isn’t in any particular order – I’ve just named people as they’ve […]