A number of mirror sites allow one to use FTP transfer to download Firefox, but for the less technical (and for those worried that their download won’t count in the record-breaking attempt) this is not what they want. Help is at hand, as, the European site is definitely live and kicking, so you can grab the Firefox Browser there now. I’ve been using the browser for just over an hour, and find it quick, compatible with my key add-ins, and stable. And it’a also a 100% organic browser!

Dowload Firefox 3 from http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/

Twittercounter lets you show off the number of Twitter followers you have.

You just type in your Twitter username at twittercounter.com and copy and paste the code that appears into your web site or blog, and you have the perfect way to brag about how many people hold on to your every word. Boris explains some of the rationale behind the growing importance of twitter followers at The Next Web Blog - and notes the very important fact that a twitter feed is also a great way for people to follow a blog. So Twitter is more like the new RSS feed, which is itself the new page hit count.

But What’s Twitter good for?

Nikki Pilkington has also been considering the twitter phenomenon, and has added her Ten Tips for Using Twitter for Business Part 1 and Part 2 at 299 Steps to Web Site Heaven - which in itself is a great blog.

Update: Twittercounter is now getting big in Japan!

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Raymond O’Hare, Director, Microsoft Scotland, spoke to David Petherick for http://thenextweb.org/ about how Microsoft are working to enhance Scotland’s future, following the Herald’s ‘Shaping Scotland’s Digital Future’ Debate in Glasgow.

See http://www.sundayherald.com/…talfuture/ for additional information about the discussion held earlier that day. Further coverage will appear in http://theherald.co.uk/ on 30th April 2008.

He touches upon education, politics, common standards, collaborating with competitors, and has a word or two for "those currently in power".

Photograph Caption:
24-April-2008, The Teacher Building, Glasgow
At Lectern: Raymond O’Hare, Regional Director, Microsoft Scotland
Seated, L-R Steven Thurlow, Technical Director, Graham Technology
Gordon Thomson, Operations Director, Cisco Scotland & Ireland

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I had a chat with Tony Purcell of W00tonomy, and though it’d be nice to share it…

Tony has started the first ‘content marketing’ company in Scotland, with the wonderful name of W00tonomy, and found out a little more about where they add value where strategy meets online marketing in the social media sphere.

See http://www.w00tonomy.com/ for more information.

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I spoke to Robert Scoble in Amsterdam at http://2008.thenextweb.org/

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And you know - I’m excited. There’s a buzz already in the hotel yesterday where a lot of delegates are camped, and a few gatherings have already taken place - an ebuddy party and a pownce people meetup to name just two. I of course stayed in with my slippers and pipe, a chocomel and my rss reader. A local free newspaper had an article about QR codes on Wednesday, which made me smile, as I’ve had 400 stickers made up which show a QR code that links to this blog - and have absolutely no other identifying markings.

I am hoping to do a few interviews using sound & the odd little video, and the next web awards are looking very interesting. Watch thsi space, and of course the blog at http://thenextweb.org

The details about this book, along with a full list of authors, and links to their blogs or sites, is here on Drew McLellan’s blog, and at Gavin Heaton’s Servant of Chaos.

I’m really flattered to be on the same page as some of those names - as one commented suggested, why not just call it “Who’s Who in Social Media?”.

By the way, you should buy the Age of Conversation from Amazon on March 29th, as 1) We’re aiming to get it into the Amazon Bestsellers list and 2) Aiming to raise a sh*tload of cash for charity.

Interesting but useless fact: there are Ten David’s on the author list, Eight Pauls, Three Matts, and Five Johns…

The interview is just uner 7 minutes in duration, and was conducted for http://thenextweb.org/
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The tenth in a series of Ten Top Tips to make your online profile work harder than you do…
Tip 10: Call to action

If you don’t ask people to do things - guess what - they don’t do anything. So remember that if you want people to contact you or buy from you or talk to you - you need to ask them to do it.

Your online profile is your first, and often your last chance, to make a positive and credible impression online. It’s a combination of a sales pitch, a personal presentation, a business card, a brochure, a personal statement, a list of recommendations, a mini web-site, and a wave from across the room. It has a lot of work to do.

Is your profile doing you proper justice and working as hard for your business as you do?

This series of tips will help you to get your online profile(s) working hard for you.

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The ninth in a series of Ten Top Tips to make your online profile work harder than you do…
Tip 9: Talk to strangers

Yes. Talk to strangers before you commit your profile to the digital winds. Ask people who perhaps don’t know you all that well to look at what you’ve drafted - and they’ll tell you where it’s good, and bad. Better to find out now, than later…

Your online profile is your first, and often your last chance, to make a positive and credible impression online. It’s a combination of a sales pitch, a personal presentation, a business card, a brochure, a personal statement, a list of recommendations, a mini web-site, and a wave from across the room. It has a lot of work to do.

Is your profile doing you proper justice and working as hard for your business as you do?

This series of tips will help you to get your online profile(s) working hard for you.

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