Tag: social sustainability
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TEPCO using realtime information to help reduce energy consumption in Japan
TEPCO, the Japanese power company who own the Fukushima nuclear power plant, are in an unenviable position. Their Fukushima nuclear power plant is the site of one of the world’s worst industrial accidents, they have been accused of not just incompetence but of falsifying safety records and yet they have to continue to supply power…
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The secret to following lots of people on Twitter
Twitter is a fantastic tool for disseminating information, and the obvious corollary of that is that Twitter is a superb app for consuming information as well – depending on how you use it. What is the best way to make sure you get the most information out of Twitter? Follow lots of relevant, interesting people!…
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15 Twitter tips for beginners – updated
I wrote a post a couple of years back called 15 Twitter tips for beginners which, though two years old, still has useful information for Twitter users – especially if you make sure to read all the comments as well. Needless to say, things have moved on considerably in the intervening period – bear in…
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Blogging for social sustainability – the why’s and how’s
In my first post on Social Sustainability, where I talked about the importance of sharing, I mentioned that I had been thinking of writing a post about blogging – well, here it is! I know this will be the proverbial “teaching granny to suck eggs” posting but seeing as blogs are such a fundamental tool…
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Tom Raftery’s Social Sustainability – site re-brand
I started this blog back in July 2004 – back then a lot of my posts were centered around Open Source and web technologies in general. Back then the blog was branded Tom Raftery’s IT views. Then in April 2007 I (belatedly) re-branded the blog Tom Raftery’s Social Media because I had been blogging almost…