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Scotsman David Petherick is a director & co-founder of several companies, and provides social media strategy & visibility services.(show all)ScotsmanDavid Petherickis a director & co-founder of several companies, and providessocial mediastrategy & visibility services. David became known as ‘The Digital Biographer’ after a 2007BBC radio interview, speaksRussian, wears the Kilt, and is a co-author for the books ‘Age of Conversation 2.0, & 3.0’.

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Now it may be a coincidence, but I was amazed by the similarity of this tool available atWired– entitled the ‘Wired Celebrity Meter’, and has some very familiar sounding ideas. Here’s how the service is described: —

Being of 2008 rather than 2005 vintage, The Wired Celebrity Meter is of course an embeddable widget. Try it out for yourself… but be warned – if I am only scoring a few hundred fame points behindKevin Rose, then there’s something odd going on, or perhaps I need a new agent…

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