Let’s say you just sent a DVD to one of your friends and would like to be informed about how this is going.
In addition to a classic phonecall or customer service website visit, you can now follow your mail journey on Twitter with La Poste.
The process is as innovative as it is simple. You simply send your reference number mentionning @suivi_avec_lisa and you will then be sent a Direct Message every time your mail’s status is updated.

Brilliant, right?

This is an enlightening presentation for anyone who is involved in social networking by Paul Adams, a UX researcher from Google.

Probably most relevant for someone who’s daily actions can be fairly consistently tracked on Facebook, Foursquare and Twitter and particularly those who want to keep their personal and professional lives separate online.

And while we are on the topic of social profiles, another great post you might like to check out is about knowing and maintaining your own social footprint effectively from Michelle Prak here.

A great and simple way to view some intriguing social media information: http://ht.ly/275gM

Another indiciation of how important social media is becoming for your business: http://ht.ly/27JOM and http://bit.ly/9eqzXo

Fascinating stats about how facebook received more traffic than google over christmas

http://ht.ly/27Z1J

Yet another stat to indicate how important social media is for companies to manage their online reputation.

http://ht.ly/25Nvh

How you can get into contact with the US senators through twitter and actually see the effects: http://carlanderson.blogspot.com/2010/06/social-media-political-engagement.html

Article about the rise and rise of social media in the US:

The love affair between Internet-connected Americans and social networks continues, with two-thirds claiming to visit sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace, up about 230% from the 20% penetration in 2007, and 43% are visiting these sites more than once a day, according to a new report by Experian Simmons.Multiple visits are up 28% compared with last year, the Simmons New Media study determined.

for further information go to: http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/web_services/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225701600&subSection=News

Twitter as a contour map of London! Look at: http://londonist.com/2010/06/londons_twitter_traffic_mapped_as_c.php

A similar product to radian 6 called scout lab which looks also analyses internet traffic data. For further information look at:

http://www.scoutlabs.com/product/#tour