This is part of a series of short blog posts I wrote for beginners in social media for the Australia Council for the Arts. Enjoy, share and if you have any questions, let me know.

I spend a lot of time on Facebook – not just posting funny cat videos and tagging friends in embarrassing photos, but working too – and the one I’ve learnt is Facebook loves to change things, and sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So, what do you need to know?

Groups
Facebook recently redesigned Groups. Rather than being the old precursor to Pages, they now sit on the left side of your navigation bar and are like small, private communities. Perfect for organising and smaller clubs, they can email members when there are new posts and be kept completely private.

They’re harder to use for organisations, as you post as a user rather than as the company, like you do with Pages, but they’re definitely worth checking out. One great feature is each group includes a group chat feature based on Facebook’s built in chat service.

This post originally appeared as part of the Connecting:// arts audiences online series, and you can continue reading the post on the blog here.

This is part of a series of short blog posts I wrote for beginners in social media for the Australia Council for the Arts. Enjoy, share and if you have any questions, let me know.

So you want an iPhone app? Well, there are certainly a lot of options out there, but before you even start working out how to get your app from your mind to the Apple Store, there are some things you should really consider.

The questions you need to ask first:

1) Firstly, and most importantly in my book, why are you creating the app? One of the biggest problems organisations run into is creating an app for apps sake – remember that to be successful your app needs to solve a problem.

2) What kind of budget do you have? There are affordable options, but the fancier the app the more it’s going to cost.

3) Would your goal be better suited by a mobile optimised website? This will open it up to all mobile devices and can be a lot cheaper.

This post originally appeared as part of the Connecting:// arts audiences online series, and you can continue reading the post on the blog here.

So… you may have noticed that I’m a bit of Batman fan, and so naturally I’m super excited about the launch of Batman: Arkham City, and if you’ve been following the news you’ll know there a bunch of custom skins that you can get depending on where you pre-order! Because there’s nothing more manly than dressing up Batman in pretty outfits, right? Right?

So, I thought I’d do a quick guide to let fellow Aussies know where to buy to get the different skins. There is other stuff you get like different DLC maps that I won’t be covering here, mostly because I don’t really care. First, lets recap on what’s available:

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Hi guys,

So our server has gone down so I’m embedding the liveblog below so that you can all follow the event. Will let you know if the main site comes back online!

Hey everybody,

As you may be aware I’ve been asking people on Twitter to take part in some Foursquare research I’m been conducting. Can’t reveal all just not but can promise that none of the sensitive data you submit will be revealed at any stage.

To help increase participation, and as I have way too much stuff in my room anyway, I’ve added prizes to the mix! Complete the below survey by Friday night and go in the running for free DVDs! Which ones? Well, that would be telling, but know this: they will be awesome.*

The below survey is an embedded Google Docs form and completely private, but if you want to take it on Google’s site rather than here on my blog, you can follow this link: http://bit.ly/FoursquareSurvey

So yes, please take the survey, convince your friends to, and wait with baited breath for the results which I can assure you will be very interesting.

*In all likelihood they will be cult classics or great films from the last few years. I have a tendency to buy DVDs of films I’ve already seen but a lessor tendency to unwrap them so you know they’ll at least be good films.