GWS Media: a Year in Round-Ups

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GWS Team

31st December 2010 Company News 0 comments

Here at GWS, we’re always on the look-out for an interesting story – whether it’s a news event, an exciting new design release or a useful tip from an expert in social networking.

Our weekly round-ups have featured top news from the worlds of social media, current affairs and art and design, and as 2010 draws to a close we’ve been reflecting on our favourite stories of the year. Here are our highlights:

Social media

Twitter news has been a regular feature of our weekly round-ups – one of our favourite stories was a New York Times article on the psychology of Twitter.
We also found these tips useful – situations when you shouldn’t Tweet, and the danger of over-responding on Twitter.
Social media scientist Dan Zarrella has provided us with some great marketing advice – a highlight was his post on using novelty to create contagious marketing strategies.
We loved this Guardian article by 23 year old Tom Meltzer on the curse of growing up in the social networking generation.
The insights of Drew Hawkins have been a regular feature of our weekly round-ups - we loved this piece showing that PR doesn’t have to choose between traditional and digital.
One of our favourite resources for using social media channels was Adam Vincenzini’s YouTube Treasure Chest for Marketers.

World news

We first blogged about Wikileaks back in August – while we’ve enjoyed the Guardian’s coverage of the saga, this alternative presentation of events from Rap News has been our highlight so far.
The impact of Google Instant has been hotly debated since its launch in September – we enjoyed this article by @TechCrunch which showed that finding God is not as easy as it used to be...
The Social Network has been one of 2010’s most successful releases – we enjoyed this review by a Harvard Professor. We also liked what Zadie Smith had to say about the phenomenon that is Facebook.

The Social Network (via The Guardian)

Art & design

Hidden faces of the UK coastline - possibly the coolest use of Google we’ve come across.
Being Bristollians, we’ve had a lot to say about Banksy – a highlight for us was this opening to The Simpsons directed by the elusive artist himself.
@mashable have featured regularly in our weekly round-ups – we loved this article about the website designs that blew their minds...
One of our 2010 design favourites was It’s Our Water – a site seeking to raise awareness about the ‘(ab)use’ of Lake Michigan. Click here for the blog.