John Butterill's Virtual Photo Walks

Simply awesome and inspiring.

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Magic 89.9: pushing the envelope in broadcasting

Just thought I'd share this fascination I have with my favourite Philippine radio station, Magic 89.9. The content for one is really great, but in this case I am amazed with how they are using technology to make radio relevant in this internet age. I am talking in particular with the 6-9AM radio show, Good Times with Mo. One of the show hosts Mo Twister, needs to be in the US and so they are now using the current advancements in connectivity, with the DJs in Manila and Mo Twister in LA running the show.

What is the size of the Twitter profile photo?

This question looks deceivingly simple. Actually I had spent a better part of the hour trying to fit in the company logo to the space allocated for. There are two sizes to look out for in Twitter: the bigger profile photo, and the smaller icon displayed beside your Tweet (and this gets even smaller if viewed on small screens i.e. mobile phones). For convenience I Google for an answer and came up with 73x73px for the bigger profile photo. It seems, though, that this is no longer the case. The new size is 128x128px based on my measurement. I tried using 73px square for the logo and on the profile page, it looked small compared with the arrangement of the Twitter name and description beside it. The smaller icon is also something to look out for, as it resizes the photo into 48x48px (too small to recognize the details in the logo). I may be violating all sorts of marketing guidelines on how to display the logo for consistency purposes and so I chose to display a photo instead. And that is when I discovered the change in the Twitter profile photo size. So that's it. Try for 128x128 for the profile photo, and check how it looks like on the smaller version. It's a bit of trial and error, actually. Enjoy.

Link Facebook to Twitter, and other link-ups

This is old news I know, but in case you are still not aware of it, this may be a good thing to have for your social media efforts.

Rapportive

This one looks like a very interesting Gmail add-on! Will definitely install this, once I get some sleep. :-/

Rapportive shows you everything about your contacts right inside your inbox. You can immediately see what people look like, where they're based, and what they do. You can establish rapport by mentioning shared interests. You can grow your network by connecting on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and more. And you can record thoughts for later by leaving notes. Imagine relationship management built into your email. For free.

Get Rapportive here