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mcwoods

Chris Woods

Mobile developer, program manager, gamer, RSS user... that's a bit dry, but I've also got a sense of humour... honest.

Dublin

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  • mcwoods followed Col Aldred

    18 July 2012

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    Col Aldred

    Version 1.0 video gamer. Nostalgic for Spectrum 48K. Fan of Xbox 360 and PS3. CoD addict. Welsh. Geek. Mostly harmless.

    0 boos / 1 followers

  • mcwoods followed simonw

    18 July 2012

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    simonw

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  • mcwoods followed Jonathan Cullen

    18 July 2012

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    Jonathan Cullen

    Associate Editor, UK - VG247. Silence is fucking golden.

    3 boos / 1 followers

  • mcwoods followed Mediacontact.ie

    18 July 2012

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    Mediacontact.ie

    Ireland's leading media intelligence company

    10 boos / 23 followers

  • mcwoods followed Gareth_Mitchell

    18 July 2012

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    Gareth_Mitchell

    Presenter, BBC Digital Planet. Also, a lecturer in Science Communication at Imperial College London. Optimistic, utterly hilarious, sometimes sarcastic

    16 boos / 19 followers

  • mcwoods followed dan carter

    18 July 2012

    mobilemandan

    dan carter

    14 boos / 7 followers

  • mcwoods followed pigonwheels

    18 July 2012

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    pigonwheels

    8 boos / 2 followers

  • mcwoods followed Ilicco Elia

    18 July 2012

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    Ilicco Elia

    Head of Mobile at LBi. ex head of mobile, Reuters. Intrigued & amazed by mobile technology. Fancies photography, likes cartoons, loves chocolate.

    17 boos / 50 followers

  • mcwoods followed Mike Atherton

    18 July 2012

    sizemore

    Mike Atherton

    Writer

    25 boos / 114 followers

  • mcwoods followed Micky Aldridge

    18 July 2012

    Mickyfin

    Micky Aldridge

    I'm an Englishman living the dream in Suomi.

    20 boos / 15 followers

  • mcwoods commented on a boo

    17 July 2012

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    Do social widgets suck?

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    11 months ago1341319972 Test Valley District, Hampshire, England

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    “Hey Paul, You raise a great point I directly address your question in my own AudioBoo here: http://audioboo.fm/boos/887836-social-widgets-and-the-voczie-experiment In short - yes I think they do. I think there is a better way. Social networks and Social media are all about sharing opinions and views and getting feedback, it is at once personal as everyone has different views and will receive different responses and also herd like - we tend to agree with others and identify with view points. But all in all its a lot of fun, we as humans enjoy this type of thing and we do it every day - it is what makes social networks so compelling. When was the last time you were in work and had a conversation about a TV show you watched the night before? - "Did you see that Top Gear last night, wow, what car.. and they put a caravan on the roof … nuts!". This 'water cooler' conversation is what social media is all about and should be captured and displayed next to the web page or content it relates to. Placing the two together provides context and depth. Separating the two means that others that discover your conversation see it without any context. - Ever stumbled across a conversation in Twitter and thought "what the heck are they talking about"?. Additionally placing the conversation on the same web page as your content means that visitors can directly see the conversation and participate without leaving your page. They may also see other peoples comments and existing conversations and wish to join in - I think it will help drive social network engagement and ultimately provide more traffic for any given site. It also aids brands, as they can see on their own pages, exactly what people on the social networks are saying and provides the brand with an opportunity to also join the conversation. But most widgets don't do any of this - they don't capture or keep a conversation on your website with your content. Instead they are one way posts where we shout "I like this!" - but don't actually add any gravity to the conversation. It is a lost conversation and a lost opportunity where the link disappears into the Social Network, but we never see any of the conversations which it might provoke. But it is something I hope we can change. Your question rang bells with me as it is something I've been thinking about too - and I've a side project, an experiment where I try to address it. It's called Voczie (http://www.voczie.com) and it combines RSS feeds with Twitter, so you can read a news story and at the same time see the Twitter conversations which are happing about it. You can even participate. It is free to try, you just need to log in with your Twitter account and your all set. This is my first website, and it was a lot of fun to create - there is still more todo (at the moment it doesn't work on mobile devices… I know.. I know.. think mobile first.. as the guy who released an open source mobile device detection service for ASP.NET while employeed at Microsoft, I know it… but I was just so excited to see the experiment come to life that I skipped it :-) ) BTW: You can see this page in VocZie here : http://bit.ly/NDnViy Thanks and I hope you get the chance to check out VocZie and let me know what you think. Chris PS: Bugs and pending features for VocZie - http://t.co/mqcwoP7m”
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    17 July 2012

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    Social widgets and the Voczie experiment

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    10 months ago1342552658 Collinstown, County Kildare, Ireland

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    “You can even view this AudioBoo on VocZie : http://voczie.com/stry?f=5005ef585e77fbfd7500002e&s=5005ef585e77fbfd7500002f”
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    17 July 2012

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    Social widgets and the Voczie experiment

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    A brief reply to an audio boo about social networking widgets and how I think a fresh approach might work better. You can try out a versi...
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    • mcwoods You can even view this AudioBoo on VocZie : http://voczie.com/stry?f=5005ef585e77fbfd7500002e&s=5005ef585e77fbfd7500002f
  • mcwoods commented on a boo

    12 July 2012

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    Contemplating the digital beyond.

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    10 months ago1341918749

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    “There is a European project which is trying to do digital archaeology, it's called Timbus, it might be of interest?”
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    29 June 2012

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    @EmmaWoods on 2FM

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    11 months ago1340973420

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    “You can hear me and Ben in the background ;-)”
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    29 June 2012

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    @EmmaWoods on 2FM

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    Emma talking about how scared she (and I) was in the haunted house in Japan. Recorded this on my phone
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    • mcwoods You can hear me and Ben in the background ;-)
  • mcwoods created a boo

    08 April 2012

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    Easter morning walk

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    27 March 2012

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    Improvising on the piano at home

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    Improvising on the piano at home

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    about 1 year ago1332808368

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    “Brilliant ;-)”
  • mcwoods created a boo

    16 February 2012

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    Retro game Battle Chess, trying to take my mind of things that go bump in the night

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  • mcwoods created a boo

    24 January 2012

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    Canned Mash @ breakfast. You've got to love hotel music

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  • mcwoods commented on a boo

    15 May 2011

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    Reflecting on Ireland

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    over 2 years ago1289985017 Shutlanger, Towcester, United Kingdom

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    “Re King of Shaves and Communication - it is a really interesting position, it would be great to hear more about the differing communication styles and the impact on social media and how it is consumed.”
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    15 January 2011

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    doodeling discoveries late on a Sat night!

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