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New Media, Marketing, Advertising & Interactive News & Jobs You know you’re working in UX when … I’m sure you’ve heard the expression 'Never work with children or animals' right? Well, after you’ve read this lot, I reckon you’ll want to add participants, facilitators and even clients to this list. You see, since my last blog I’ve spent a few weeks “playing journalist” sourcing weird, wonderful and downright bizarre stories from the UX (User Experience) Community. The idea came to me while I was telling a friend how I had to sit throughout a whole study earlier this year in Norway, trying not to crack up every time a participant had to fill in his name on a form. Thing is, he was doing it with such a straight face that for a long time I thought it really was his name.

8 Youtube Creative Tools You’ve Probably Not Seen! And Are Gonna Love! 8 Youtube Creative Tools You’ve Probably Not Seen! And Are Gonna Love! YouTube has been building out it’s collection of Add-ons and the results are pretty darn cool! Over at you can find these 8 cool toys, most of which have been designed to work with YouTube but are partnerships with other companies. What’s really fantastic about this is that majority of these are video editors (and a few creators) that really streamline the creation process and make it easier to edit videos “on the go” right in the browser than ever before! The YouTube Video Editor (product of YouTube) is deeply integrated in the site and I wrote about them before.

10 Twitter Tools that Help You Work Smarter by Web Designer, Copywriter and Author Sherice Jacob from iElectrify and Get Niche Quick (follow her at @sherice). Who would’ve thought that a service like Twitter could help you not only reach more potential clients, but also help make your day more organized? Here are 10 “must have” Twitter applications and plugins to add to your marketing arsenal.

Like Button Reveals More Than Friends Realize I'm not sure why but I saw this and it made me nervous. I felt I was peaking into a neighbor's window when I landed upon the Likebutton.me website. When I wear my marketer's hat (as I did for this Adweek interview) everything seems just fine. But maybe it isn't or maybe it just takes getting used to. Does this worry you? Twitter Resources Archives @journtoolboxFollow the Journalist's Toolbox on Twitter. Twitter Twitter for NewsroomsResources from the team at Twitter on how to integrate it into the newsroom. Verifying Social Media ContentA great list of links, case studies and best practices from Josh Stearns. Social-SearcherSocial search engine.

50+ Awesome Twitter Tips to become a Pro 25 Jul 2009 Home » collection • social media • twitter » 50+ Awesome Twitter Tips to become a Pro Twitter has grown a lot and they are millions of users using it. 3 Twitter Tools to Enhance Your Marketing Are you looking for tools to help better manage your Twitter presence? Managing your Twitter presence along with your other online networks can be difficult if you have limited resources. In this article, you’ll discover 3 tools to make your basic Twitter marketing tasks easier. #1: Manage and Analyze Your Community with SocialBro Every business needs at least one management tool to manage its Twitter presence, and there are many excellent Twitter management tools to choose from. SocialBro is one of my favorites, thanks to the excellent features it offers.

The Future of Facebook Project by Venessa Miemis With over 600 million users and a valuation of over $70 billion, Facebook is the world's dominant social networking platform. What are the challenges a social media company of this size will face? What are the strategic moves it should make? How can Facebook users take advantage of the platform and its increasingly rich social graph? These are the questions we are addressing with the Future of Facebook video series.