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50% off digi.me: Collections are the #5 (of 12) reasons to love us!

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The personal data, gathered, of each of us is powerful but huge. Greater than the sum of its parts, it’s mighty and magnificent – but we know that sometimes you just want to gather some related parts together to be viewed as one small whole. And, as ever, your wish is our command.

And so, on the fifth day of Christmas, my true love brought for me – the ability to create Collections.

Collections are essentially what they say on the tin – a way to group together content you love from across your social media platforms and save it, download it – essentially use and enjoy it how you want.

Creating and adding to them is (as with everything in our well-thought-out app) is simple and straightforward. Either navigate to collections on the left hand sidebar and click the ‘new collection’ button on the bottom right, or meander your way (with meaning or otherwise) through your journal, flashback and accounts.

Anywhere you see a heart in the top right panel means that you can click to select some or all of the content on the page and either add it to one or more existing collections (one at a time), or create a brand new collection ON THE SPOT. Yep, we’re totally down with spontaneity.

Then, when you’re finished full stop, or just done for now, navigate back to the Collections page to view each of your collected works in its full glory.  But we’re not finished – oh no. digi.me is the gift that keeps on giving, remember?

So now you can view your collection of content in one place – maybe it’s an album of your kids, or a significant birthday celebration, or favourite pictures of your family. Whatever it is, and wherever you posted it, it’s now together in one place within your library (which you can continue to add to at any point in the future. But we digress.)

But can you do even more with it? Yes you can! As well as deleting anything you’ve changed your mind about and changing the order of content, the big excitement is that you can export it, either as a beautiful PDF that is ready in seconds, or to Evernote. That’s right, you can download the content that means the most to you, together with the original likes and comments, in a shareable form that means it can be emailed on to anyone else who is also interested. We really do spoil you – and you’re worth it.

So what are you waiting for? Collection those related pictures and statuses from across the web and pull them together with digi.me Collections – download it now so you’re ready for Christmas 2015!

Latest digi.me update includes Flickr support

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Digi.me has just got even better, with the launch of a new version that introduces some exciting updates while keeping all of the other brilliant features you already know and love.

The story of you can now be even more complete, as the new version (7.0.8 for those of you keeping track) now syncs with Flickr as well as all the existing platforms, which include Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Google+.

There is also an option to add personal entries and photos direct to the library, without posting them on any social media platforms first, making digi.me the fullest library of your life and loves to date.

So what new features can you now add to your personal story?

  • Personal entries: add private posts and attach photos from your computer to your digi.me library. These can be organised into collections and are searchable

  • Flickr: Pull your Flickr photos, albums and favs into your digi.me library. As with other sources, you’ll get comments and favs counts on your photos too

  • Instagram: view, search and export your liked Instagram photos

  • Facebook Events: search, view and export events you’ve attended or been invited to

  • Facebook comments now have links attachments included

  • Backups: a simplified view of your backup entries. The journal was getting very busy, so we’ve tidied these summaries up. You’ll see a summary bar at the bottom of every day you synced your sources and can then click on this to see the breakdown.

And, of course, we’ve improved performance where we can, meaning the app now runs smoother than ever.

Any thoughts or questions about the new release? Feel free to get in touch either in the comments or over on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ or LinkedIn – and don’t forget to vote for what you’d like to see added to the app next!

Finally, don’t forget that your data will always belong to you. That’s why it’s downloaded directly to your computer for your enjoyment and use – we never see it.

Beach holiday, don't forget your memories this holiday

Don’t forget your memories this summer

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With the constant rush to always find and post about the next big adventure to keep up with those around us, we risk devaluing and forgetting the past, as well as accidentally archiving our own precious memories.

Are you following the mass exodus overseas or to the coast to make the most of the summer holidays?  Maybe you’re just trying to do something, anything, to fill up some of those six long weeks where the children are off school?

Whatever your plans, I’ll bet you’re expecting to take plenty of pictures to cement those lovely new memories you’ll make, of family time or fun with friends, where everybody is happy, relaxed and smiling, right?

Of course you are – it’s completely natural to document the best times of our lives, and then want to share the results with those who care about what we did and who we did it with.

But think back a year – can you remember what you were doing then? Who you were with, what you did, where you went?

Chances are you were having (another) brilliant time, which you documented by taking loads of pictures and sharing them to your social media platforms, probably to lots of likes and admiring or jealous comments.

But then what did you do? Unlike times past, where pictures would be sent away to be printed, with their return awaited with joyful anticipation and the whole experience relived as they were put in a photo album for posterity, things have moved on.

While online storage and display has many benefits, not least in saving bookcase space for actual books instead of photo albums, it has also made it much easier – arguably too easy – to archive our memories, both virtually and in the real world.

In the rush to find, and document, the next big thing and keep up with those we are connected with online, how often do we go back and relive the memories of good times past?

Those memories are still just as strong and vivid, the experience just as clear – and revisiting those pictures will evoke happy feelings all over again, but only if we remember to look for them and enjoy them once more.

But how to find them easily? If you’re an avid social media user – and that’s most of us these days – you’ll have posted many more pictures, albums and posts in the 52 weeks since last Summer.

While you can search within most platforms, these tools are clunky at best and can take just long enough to find what you are looking for that it takes the shine off the whole experience.

Not digi.me though, there all of your posted pictures (and statuses for that matter) are archived in an easily searchable way. And if you posted different ones on different platforms? No problem, they are all in one place, safely stored on your computer for you to enjoy in the way that best suits you.

Scroll through the dedicated photos section, with everything organised chronologically. Hit the flashback button and see what you were doing one, two and more years ago.

Maybe you want to make a collection of all of your holiday pictures from years past? See everything posted about your holiday across all social networks, complete with likes and comments, in one place – and export the data you want to a place of your choosing.

Whatever you want to do with your data, the story of your life, digi.me lets you. Download a copy for free now and release your memories as you let your data soar free.

Friday Fun: A Likeable One

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When we share updates on Facebook we hope that our friends will like them.  But which update has had the highest number of likes since you started your Facebook account?

We have a simple way for you to find out what your most liked content is. Just follow these simple steps:

Step 1.

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Step 2.

Sync your Facebook account with digi.me.

Step 3.

Go to the “Insights” tab and select “Most Popular”

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Step 4.

Next to the search box select Facebook only from the list and check that the time span is set to lifetime.

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This will bring up just the most popular pictures, interactions and posts that you have ever made. It will also show all the comments and who liked your most popular post.

What surprised you when you tried this?  Remember to share this article with your friends!

Curate or Create? Which do you do?

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When we talk about our Twitter and Facebook updates we often see patterns to our behavior and the behavior of those we follow and friend. How often do you see the same news from different people on your timelines?  Are you one of those people who shares content from websites or are you someone who takes pictures and shares the more personal aspects of your life on social media?

Content Creators

Statistically there are less people who create content to share on social media than those who consume the content. However with the rise of mobile phones and ease of access to the web whilst on the go we are seeing more and more content being created.  The social networks such as Facebook and Twitter want us to share more as well. You may have heard about Facebook embedding video into your timeline when it is uploaded there and Twitter have also just announced that you can now comment on re-tweets as well. This trend is only going to grow on these social networks. The more you share the more valuable your insights are to others.

Content Curators

Some people don’t like to share their personal thoughts, experiences and feelings online and these people tend to be more interested in sharing things that they find elsewhere on the internet.  They share interesting things that they have read or seen online.  These are the content curators. Everyone should follow a few of these types of people as they bring some interesting insights and news direct to your social media timelines. There is a bit of a content curator in all of us.

Curating content isn’t as hard as you might think, just use the sharing buttons on your favourite websites and add your comments when you share them. The only word of warning here is that you should only share content that you find interesting and that you think your friends and followers will find interesting. There is no point sending things that will offend others as that just damages your own reputation.

What type of social media user are you? A creator or a curator?

How to Capture Your Facebook Page Content Using Digi Me

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One of our lovely Twitter followers yesterday asked about whether our tool enabled you to capture your Facebook Page content.  The quick and easy answer to the question is yes of course and yes this does include the comments on each post as well as images.

How do I do that?

The answer here is simple.  In much the same way as you add your Facebook Profile to your account you can add any Facebook Page that you manage.  Each Page that is added counts as an additional account.

Step 1.

Go to Settings and select “Add an Account”. You will then see the following account view showing your current accounts that you already have connected and the option to add your Facebook Page Account.

 

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Select “Add your Facebook Page Account”.

Step 2.

You will then be asked to authorize SocialSafe to access your data. Click “Authorise Now” and you will then be asked to log into Facebook if you aren’t already logged in.

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Step 3.

You will then be presented with a list of Facebook Pages that you manage. Click on the page that you wish to add.

That’s it.  Now your page data will show up and you can review your page insights with our software in the same way as you would your Facebook Profile content.

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Changes To Facebook News Feed – Out With The Old, In With The New

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Facebook has once again made changes to its News Feed algorithm, this time in an attempt to show content based upon its relevancy events that might be happening in real-time.

As a result of the feedback Facebook has received from users about the presence of days old posts in their News Feeds, the social network has said it will look at the events trending on Facebook and try to tailor the content shown depending on what might be happening right now. A blog post published yesterday shed some more light on the latest changes to the Facebook News Feed algorithm:

“Our goal with News Feed is to show everyone the right content at the right time so they don’t miss the stories that are important to them. We’ve heard feedback that there are some instances where a post from a friend or a Page you are connected to is only interesting at a specific moment, for example when you are both watching the same sports game, or talking about the season premiere of a popular TV show. There are also times when a post that is a day or two old may not be relevant to you anymore.”

There will also be a link between what appears in your News Feed and what topics are trending on Facebook:

“This means that when a friend or Page you are connected to posts about something that is currently a hot topic of conversation on Facebook, that post is more likely to appear higher up in News Feed, so you can see it sooner.”

The ‘timeliness’ of posts will also be decided by how soon engagement occurs in relation to when the content was first posted. If it occurs a significant period of time after the post was made, then its less likely that the post will be given prominence in the news feed later on.

Once again, it’s a case of trial and error, as Facebook continually tries to enhance user engagement, and time spent on the site. After all, time spend on the site is time spent in an environment where users are exposed to Facebook ads, which is the name of game for Facebook and its shareholders.

Will latest tweaks improve the user experience? Only time will tell, but this will by no means be the last we hear of changes to the Facebook News Feed algorithm.