On the Web with Kim Vallee

SOCIAL MEDIA, STATISTICS | October 3, 2009

US Women Are More Present in Social Networking Sites

It is not really a surprising news if you ask me. First of all, I told you about the female Internet in autumn 2008. At the time, I reported that Women’s community was the most visited and fastest growing Internet category, tied with politics according to ComScore Media Metrix’s year-end report. I attributed these statistics to the [...]

BLOGGING, Blog DESIGN | August 17, 2009

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Adding BackType Connect to Your WordPress Blogs

We installed BackType Connect to integrate related Twitter conversations into the post comments. It is not hard to do by yourself. Adding a plugin in WordPress usually works like a charm. Since we are perfectionists, I asked my tech guy to fine-tune a few things that required his programming skills. One thing, Jerome did what to [...]

BLOGGING, Blogging TIPS | July 6, 2009

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Quick Tips to Find Story Ideas for Your Blog

I put that story on hold after the long weekend. Plus, the summer vacations are at our door. I am writing this now because it is always after a vacation or a break that it is the hardest to get back to our blogging schedule. People often ask me if I get the writer’s block. I [...]

HOW to use, SOCIAL MEDIA | June 29, 2009

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IDEO’s Innovative Ideas on the Future of Journalism

Newspapers are endangered species. Like many industries, it must adapt to its time. Although it is easier to read a print media, the hyperlinks, the velocity of the news and the multimedia power of the Internet clearly highlighted the weakness of the print media. Look at how this article I read on the San Francisco [...]

SOCIAL MEDIA, TOOLS | June 2, 2009

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The City of San Francisco fully Embraces Social Media with Twitter

San Francisco is known as a city with a diverse pool of Web 2.0 professionals. So maybe it is not surprising that the City of San Francisco launched a Twitter application where anyone can send direct messages (DM) to report a problem or send a request to the city’s customer service hotline. Twitter became one more [...]

SOCIAL MEDIA | March 16, 2009

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Cute as Hell: the latest Pet Community

If you are a pet owner or an animal lover, you will want to check this new community. Mashable described Cute as Hell as a mix between Cute Overload and MySpace for pets. Each pet has its profile page. It starts with community members assigning a cuteness level to pets in Cute as Hell. If you [...]

SOCIAL MEDIA, STATISTICS | March 3, 2009

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Updated Look at Women and Social Media Presentation: Statistics – part 1 of 3

I talked about the universe of women blogging and social media two weekends ago at PodCamp Toronto 2009. I split my recorded session in four 3 parts (March 10th, 2009 update: the last part was the question period but the sound is not great for the participant questions, so I decided to not publish it). In [...]

SOCIAL MEDIA | January 22, 2009

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Mr. Tweet may be useful after all. We will see

I tried Mr. Tweet twice when they launched. My original feeling was disappointment. Where Mr. Tweet and similar tools felt short is that their suggestions ignore my scope of interests. I am aware this is not an easy thing to do but a girl can dream. Since my goal is follow people who say things that [...]

SOCIAL MEDIA | January 9, 2009

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Join The Barack Obama Wave

The campaign of Barack Obama was an example on how politicians can use the Web to get support. Bloggers and the voters spread the word. The innovation in social media initiatives continue with Join the Wave. This was a somptaneaous idea from a cool Montreal company called Pixman Nomadic Media. Pixman takes advantage of the momentum [...]

SOCIAL MEDIA | December 24, 2008

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A Quick Look at the Twitter Community And Services

A social media site has made it when lots of people create applications and other mainstream community sites are built around it. This is the case for Twitter. A year ago, Twitter was only used by the in the know social media crowd. Since the middle of 2008, new user groups have emerged. New mothers use [...]