Testing out lots of social media ideas and enjoying myself 
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I had to work on Saturday afternoon – this is nothing new, but I was recording some training modules for the SEO Training Club, so I had to go into the office for the quiet I needed.
However, this was made all the more bearable by the arrival of a free snack box from Graze.
A friend of mine had slipped me a voucher code to try a snack box and intrigued I wandered over to the website and took a look at what they offered. Graze deliver a selection of fresh/dried fruit, nuts, olives and seeds direct to your desk via the Royal Mail. You can select your likes and dislikes from a wide menu of options so you ensure that you get what you love, like (or are prepared to try!)
My snacks arrived fabulously packaged in an environmentally friendly box proportioned to fit through my letterbox. It’s constructed so that all you need to do is lift the flab, and open the boxes which then stand in the original box for easy snacking.
My free box contained: “apple strudel” (dried apples, cranberries and apricots), “Americas nut mix” (pecans, almonds and brazils), cajun seed mix (not too spicy) and yoghurt coated raisins. Yummy.
I work three miles from my nearest latte so for a regular workplace treat, Graze ticks all the boxes for me (sorry).
Snack boxes cost just £2.99 but you can try one for free and get your second half price if you visit Graze and use this code: ZZ4PZ39N
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Qondio (formerly known as Quassia) is a cool content site that enables members to build free backlinks to their website – and the backlinks are “do-follow” which means that they can help your site’s search engine optimization.
At the moment Qondio is encouraging members to build backlinks for their websites by suggesting weekly themes to add “intel” about. Intel is the Qondio name for content – like articles – must be original though and not published elsewhere until it’s online on the Qondio site.
This week is Parenting Week at Qondio and they’re asking for intel (articles) about parenting. Here are some of their suggestions:
+ How you handle your children
+ How your parents handled you
+ How other people handle their children
+ Child-raising tips and tricks
+ Things that being a parent have taught you
+ The joys and horrors of parenting
All you need to do is head over to Qondio, register (if you’re not already a member) and add your content to the Add Intel page. The cool thing is that each intel you add will display a screenshot of your website with a dofollow link. The more intel you add, the happier your website will be!
photo credit: Kim Yokota
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The first “Twitter Meteorwatch” has just been launched. Budding astronomers are being urged to Tweet their experince of the meteor shower due in the skies today, the Perseids. Astronomers from around the world will also be live-tweeting images of the meteors, as well as pictures of the Moon, Jupiter and other celestial objects.
This “48-hour Twitter marathon” is part of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009).
Over here in the UK, the best times to see the Perseids are likely to be this morning (12 August) before dawn and from late evening on the 12th through to the early hours of the 13 August.
The UK’s National Trust has published online guides to seven top Perseid viewing sites, including coastal spots, nature reserves and national parks.
The Natural Trust’s seven best UK sites to view the meteors are
- Stonehenge Landscape in Wiltshire
- Black Down in Sussex
- Mam Tor in Derbyshire
- Friar’s Crag in Cumbria
- Teign Valley in Devon
- Penbryn Beach in Wales
- Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve in Cambridgeshire
Follow the events here – @astronomy2009uk
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