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Intro for non Twitter people – Many everyday people have heard of Twitter, many WebMan clients have heard about it but some people simply don’t know why we need it or how it works. Twitter is used for individuals to ‘follow’ ‘tweets’ of their idols/important and influential people in the world. However…

Twitter comes to age with #IranElection.

Twitter Comes to Age with #IranElection

After the recent democratic elections in Iran, students and ‘people concerned’ have turned to twitter to ‘post up to the second’ information on the violence and brutality that followed the election results.

Students, typically tech savvy have been able to stay a step a head of an incredibly forceful and brutal regime to broadcast their story. They are using Twitter.

Why is Twitter so Powerful?

Australian Media on Twitter - SMH

People are able to report media stories in an instant, no other multi billion dollar media industry such as CNN / BBC / ABC can venture into Iran.  So Twitter enables the information to come to the rest of the world – in this case it was brought to you by the students of Iran via their computers and mobile phones. This is the future of political media reporting, no rehashed journalistic interpretations, this is reported in an instant, this is a phenomenon in Internet technologies.

People like little WebMan (me) located in the little suburbs of Sydney’s Northern Beaches can follow the students in their fight for democratic change or even perhaps a democratic revolution in the Middle East.

#IranElection Links to Information, Photos and Videos

Various Tweets have have been brought to the rest of the world. For instance, check out this video of how the violence has taken place.

Could Twitter bring down Middle East Dictatorships?

Mob movement is consistent through all societies, people vote, they decide what they want, not the governments, it is the lack of ‘underground movement’ communicates to provide information of policies and factual information. Media control and manipulation in dictatorships has now met its match with Twitter, mob movements will over power the government media by sheer numbers, let the ‘tweets’ continue.

Can Government control Twitter?

bwernsen twitter proxy

Yes but No. The regime tries to block IP addresses, block-this block-that. Perhaps they can turn off other social networks. The students have outsmarted them, the students learn Internet modern communications, they are the future of modern digital media. They surely know how to get around the various technological loop holes. Such in the case with a Dutch Tweet http://twitter.com/bwernsen,  who provided a series of Iran Proxies to use.

What now for Iranian Students?

They will continue to Tweet through Twitter, they will continue to tell the world of what is going on and how they are fighting for justice and democracy. Hopefully Western Governments will take note of their voices on Twitter and go where regular media can’t venture.

Students to Protest Peacefully

In one of the most amazing and tearing jerking photos that WebMan saw on Twitter was this photo of an Iranian student helping and protecting an Iranian Riot Policeman. This is an example where students in Iran are not at war with the enforcers but the regime… it is showing us the most peaceful movements and often the most powerful, perhaps images like this can help turn the police back on the regime?  More Iranian evidence here.

Iranian Student Helping Riot Police

Twitter HAS Come of Age

WebMan can hear your voices through Twitter… all the way from Sydney Australia.  Thank you to all those students in Iran for informing the world of your situation.

Please be Peace soon!

WebMan

Shark Attack at Avalon Beach, Sydney Australia Details

Andrew Lindop Shark Attack Victim

A shark attacked a young 15 year old surfing grommet on 1st March 2009 at Avalon Beach NSW, Australia. Andrew Lindop was surfing with his father at North Avalon Beach early in the morning when the shark attacked him, biting his calf and upper leg. There has been an alarming number of Shark attacks in Sydney this summer, most notably in Bondi Beach and Sydney Harbour.

Avalon Beach on a Regular Day

Avalon is situated in the beautiful Northern Beaches of Sydney and it is believed to be the first shark attack by locals and residents. Although there has been various sightings over the years of schools of hammer head sharks, no one has been attacked. This recent attack will certainly create more awareness for residents of Sharks in the surrounding areas of the Northern Beaches. 

Avalon Beach, NSW. Beach Closed for Shark Attack

The various beaches surrounding Avalon have been closed and helicopters have been circulating the area looking for the shark. To add to the chaos a media circus has arrupted including tourists, TV Networks, Radio Stations and on lookers. 

Shark Attack Media Circus

News Reporter arrived in 45 minutes

Sharks certainly make news… within 30 minutes, the shark attack at Avalon was on the radio. Within 45 minutes, TV networks channel 7 and 9 were setting up camp. Yes, Shark Attacks create news.

Media & Residents of Avalon Beach looking for the shark

Why are people so facinated with Sharks? The media are quick to exploit them. No doubt the Shark Attack at Avalon Beach will be headline news on the TV and front pages on the newspaper!

Media Organisations Setting Up - Exploiting Shark Attacks

Perhaps the media should bring to our attention more environmental issues surrounding sharks and their habits? Perhaps they should interview surfers about their opinion instead of appealing to human fear? Why do they do this? $$$$$$$$$ Unless someone else can tell WebMan why?

Don’t Kill them!

WebMan is a very keen surfer himself, interestingly he wanted to go for a surf that morning at Avalon Beach but unfortunately he left his surf board at a friends place in Freshwater the day before. Generally speaking most fellow surfers are very much against the killing of the sharks after they attacks, after all we are in their territory. Humans accidentally kill hundreds of thousand sharks every year in: fishing, shark nets, pollution and not to mention the exporting of Shark Fins to foreign Countries.

It would be interesting to hear shark attack victims give their opinion of whether to kill them? The family of 51 year old Brian Guest was killed by a Shark in Port Kennedy in December 2008. The family did not want the shark that killed Brian to be hunted down. The majority of surfers agree with victims families. Let the sharks live, they are apart of nature and so is the majestic nature of riding earth’s dynamic carpet water. Let surfers live these beautiful naturistic dreams with the surrounding dangers, which include sharks.

Shark Attack Reality

Australian Shark Attack Statistics

Shark Attacks happen not just in Sydney, not just Australia but all over the world. Swimmers and surfers in shark know beaches and rivers know the risk of sharks before they enter the water. The reality is there is an average of one fertility a year in Australia from Shark Attacks.

Few Fertilities v’s Few Attacks…

“According to ASAF, since 1791 there has been 639 attacks and 190 shark attack fertilities”

So why does the shark not kill their victims? Is it fun for them? Well many experts say that they attack for mistaken identity for the Sharks regular food. It would be very easy for a shark to kill after biting a surfer, especially considering the shock the surfer must feel after being bitten. In most cases the shark simply swims away, even though it knows the surfer is helpless. SHARKS ARE NOT HUMAN KILLERS, THEY JUST MAKE ACCIDENTS.

Interestingly, Australian’s are:

• twice as likely to die after being struck by lighting
• 300 times more likely to to drown
• 3,000 times more likely to die in a motor vehicle accident 

We hope you get better soon Andrew and hope to see you surfing soon.
WebMan – Northern Beaches Web Designs

Producing a video for Website

Let’s face it, many websites place such a high importance on google ranking… simple reason, they will get more hits to their website than their competitors. OK this fantastic… except for one point… in most cases these website are heavily worded and saturated with ‘keywords’, it ends up providing little benefit your website visitors and they simply click off or ‘bounce’ your homepage.

OK, so what to do? How do keep visitors on your home page? Well the answer is simple: you must provide them value, something interesting and something other than loads and loads of text!

MediaSpark located in Northern Beaches, Sydney provides some Digital Media solutions for websites. Their focus is to embed various media technologies on small to medium size business websites, enriching the viewing experience, keeping the visitor on the website for longer. What is also impressive is that they track and measure the effectiveness of the embedded media on websites. 

Another interesting company that provides this service is http://www.reelseo.com. They combine video with SEO experiences.

It seem inevitable Australia is heading for a recession. This potentially means less sales, more competition to get sales and clients: you need to enrich your visitor experience to improve your market appeal.

Nano

p.s Happy New Year from WebMan the website geek!