Did you know you can go to rehab for internet addiction? It’s such a huge part of our lives that it’s easy for casual browsing and casual social media use to turn into a serious compulsion. We’re now a nation of people who have to share everything - from our latest relationship updates to what … [Read more...]
Five great social media apps for your Mac
Got an Apple Mac and want to find the best social media tools? Here are five of my favourites: Lifestream £0.69 If you're most concerned with looking at what others are saying, Lifestream is a great app. It's a multi-network tool, so you can login to all your accounts and see who's saying what … [Read more...]
How to be a famous on Twitter
Back when the internet was all just fields and Twitter was populated entirely by technology journalists and twenty-somethings skiving off work, celebrities were a rare sighting. Nowadays, normal folk can't get a word in edgeways. If you can't beat them, join them! Which is why we've put … [Read more...]
Three new social networks to watch
As the resident social media geek at Dork Adore, I tend to sign up for new social start ups faster than you can say 'bandwagon'. This month, we've seen the launch of three more social networks that are set to take sharing to another level. Have you tried them yet? WIWT WIWT (What I Wore … [Read more...]
Create an infographic! Everyone’s doing it!
We're not entirely sure when it happened, but it seems like the whole internet is busy creating infographics -- those image-heavy stats ensembles that bring together all kinds of facts (or possibly "facts") and place them into more attractive surroundings. Emma wrote this handy guide to creating … [Read more...]
Google+ What is it and is it any good?
Dork couple Rebecca Noakes and Wez Knowles have kindly put together an overview of Google+ for us. We've had our invites to Google's new social network, Google+, for around a week now, so we thought we'd go over a few of the new features introduced in Google+ and look at how it stacks up against … [Read more...]