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This is massive news for the industry, i've not got much to say on it so I thought i’d take the time to make a stupid image instead. Econsultancy have a good story with the details.

Original mouth image: CC FranUlloa

Starting to create a monthly playlists for two reasons; Firstly because I can never think of what to listen to at work, and secondly so I can remember recommendations from mates. Here’s the first one of the ‘Tuneage’ playlists...

Check it out on Spotify here

Image Credit: Flickr user by jmtimages [off]

This is a really nice infographic (found via Fast Company blog) mapping the social networking, free marketing ecosystem. Designed by Chris Watson at Visualization Magazine it shows 30 different web 2.0 services offering free sites, feeds or embeds.

It plays nicely into the networked architecture approach, the idea that your brand lives in many more places than simply the domain that you own. There’s now a whole wealth of free content management systems, social networks, bookmarking tools that you can use to promote a brand, product or service. This is something that i’m lookling at re-producing for the company I work for and something I believe all companies should map as part of their distributed content strategy.

The shows places that you can create content, along with icons as to how you can publish (RSS, Print) and the connecting lines show where you could potentially re-published that content again.

The map also shows which of these services provide stats so that you can measure more than your own sites analytics, here you can potentially get the added ‘network value’ of your content. For instance; Youtube shows how many times your video has been embedded else-where.

People absorb content on the web in more ways than ever, there’s an opportunity for brands/people to produce ultra- shareable content  very cost effectively. The more ways the merrier I think, but keep in mind that its probably better to do fewer well than do lots badly. To simply use many of these platforms as a broadcast medium would not be wise, the true value lies in the engagement and feedback that you can potentially receive from each individual audience around network, really using the web to connect you (your brand) with people.

Loving this site, Graze.com is ‘healthy eating by post’.

A really nice concept of having healthy snacks delivered directly to your desk. I signed up last week, you can choose from an range of different packages, ‘pre workout’, balanced diet etc

Well worth checking it out, it works out at about £3 a box. When I look at the amount I spend on food each week that really isn’t all that much! + this has the added benefits of being healthy!

To top it off the site design and usability is lovely.

He’s only gone and got himself a camio appearance in the new Star Trek film...Pfff!

Posterous is an awesome site. It basically allows you to post content to multiple sites that you choose, including the top social networks and blogging platforms, simply by sending it an email. We were thinking about creating a plugin for Wordpress specifically for this but it would seem that Posterous has already nailed it.

One of the main barriers why I don’t post to certain sites is the load time, logging in and formatting, particularly with Wordpress. Posterous takes these soft obstacles out of the way making it even easier to share your content with your different networks. There is an initial bit of setup but as soon as that’s sorted you’re away!