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Twitterific Ollie Now Available – Twitter Tweety Bird Mascot

by Jay Garrett on January 14, 2010

Iconfactory, the people behind Twitterific, has now made two types of Ollie, the cute blue bird, available to own.

So you can tweet with Ollie sat with you.

Iconfactory obviously thinks that this will be a winner:

“We’re pleased to announce that our vinyl collectible figure of Ollie, the Twitterrific mascot, is now shipping worldwide”

The online store says:

“Ollie is an adorable little bluebird that loves to chat about what’s going on”

You can get the limited edition Ollie as a vinyl figure (with a “soft yet sturdy” feel) and as a flocked vinyl figure (with a “soft velvet” feel).

Both Ollies measure around 10cm, or 4 inches tall.

Prices are $19.95 for the vinyl and $26.95 for the velvety version. Click here to see the store :)

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Facebook Updates – Even Boring When You’re on the Run

by Jay Garrett on December 23, 2009

This just shows how ingrained updating your social networking pages has become.

The last thing on my mind would be to send tweets or update my Facebook status – but not so Craig Lynch.

Lynch is actually an escaped prisoner and he’s been updating his friends about life on the run via his Facebook page – much to the annoyance of the old Bill.

Craig Lynch, 28, was serving the final portion of a seven-year jail term for aggravated burglary when he escaped during day release.

Police are now trying to catch Lynch using clues left in his Facebook updates as well as appealing to his 248 friends for information regarding his whereabouts.

A photograph on the page shows Lynch looking at the camera and holding up a finger in an apparent defiant gesture.

While on-the-run Lynch posted details of him nearly crashing his car in the icy weather, and of the meals he had.

Hmmm……… you’d think that an escaped con would be able to have more exciting updates than “just ate some toast” or whatever wouldn’t you?

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Twitter Tops English Word of the Year List

November 30, 2009 Click to read more →
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Ah, Twitter.
There’s definitely those for and those against the micro-blogging phenomenon but no matter which side you’re on chances are that you’ve uttered the ‘T’ word.
So much so that you’re responsible for making Twitter the most used English word of 2009!
Out of the 1.58 billion English speakers in the world, it looks like, plenty many [...]

The Dead to get Special Memorialised Facebook Pages

October 27, 2009 Click to read more →
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Facebook has just announced that it’s bringing in a new feature that will allow friends and family to ‘memorialise’ the profiles of their loved ones who have sadly shuffled loose this mortal coil.
As well as being able to memorialise the deceased Facebook will also ensure that the friends and family are not needlessly reminded of [...]

ViconReview – Auto Life Blogging 30 Seconds at a Time.

October 19, 2009 Click to read more →
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You update your Twitter and Facebook regularly and your Twitpic and Flickr pages are awash with little glimpses into your life.
Wouldn’t it be great if you could get a specially designed camera for lifeblogging updates?
Say, a snap every 30 seconds?
The ViconRevue was developed to help stir the memories of Alzheimer’s sufferers, but now the Oxford-based [...]