Category Archives: Social Media

Automatic Twitter ‘Tweet This Page’ Button with Bit.ly URL Shortening

By Jim | January 19, 2010

I have been helping out a friend that needed to add a Twitter button to a number of different pages. I could find lots of complex ways of doing this but not much in the way of reliable copy & paste solution that would capture the page title and also shorten the URLs.
I decided the [...]

Also posted in webdev | Tagged api, asp.net, bit.ly, bookmarklet, button, facebook, twitter | 1 Comment

The Poker Tree are launching a brand new concept for Pub Poker in the UK

By Jim | July 14, 2009

The Poker Tree is launching their national pub and bar poker gaming concept throughout the UK in July 2009. With hundreds of pubs already on board and more signing up every day, the poker league will be reaching all corners of the country over the coming months.
By operating a national points driven league system The [...]

Also posted in webdev | Tagged network, poker, social, thepokertree | 2 Comments

Upgrading Wordpress – I want a new theme!

By Jim | June 16, 2009

Previously I have feared Wordpress upgrades but to my surprise the new one button method is a breeze!
Whilst I was fiddling I also decided to install the Disqus comment system (not that I ever really get many comments but thats besides the point!). I have seen it used on a few sites now (MIR, TRMP) and really like the idea [...]

Also posted in blogging | Tagged Design, disqus, wordpress | 2 Comments

Kleenex Twitter Hayfever Mashup

By Jim | June 3, 2009

A great use of social media here from my friends at AD, done in a similar way to the #uksnow map we saw earlier in the year.
When a user on Twitter tweets #atishoo + postcode + score out of 5 it gets aggregated on to a map plotting the level of hay fever agitation in that area.
Good work [...]