I can vividly remember where I was and what I was doing when the airliners hit the world trade centre. It was a definite moment. Different generations had the same experience when England won the world cup, when president Kennedy was shot or when the Berlin wall fell. Contrast this when the initial reports of [...]
SFGate.com has had official confirmation that Steve has returned. The official Apple statement: Steve is back to work. He’s currently at Apple a few days a week and working from home the remaining days. We are very glad to have him back.
The Socialisation of Media / we are social The moral of this article is that there is a social network for just about every demographic – Where to Network with White Supremacists The Digital Generation Project | Edutopia Conversationage : Are newspapers dying? Only if they don’t innovate. – David Ko marshals some interesting data [...]
Interesting page over on the expansys site which I grabbed just now. They are selling what they describe as an Apple iPhone 3G S (EU, Black 32GB) which is: supplied network-unlocked, i.e. you can use this device with a SIM card from any UK or European GSM network (e.g. Vodafone, T-Mobile, O2, etc.). It is [...]
I was invited down to the Chartered Institute of Marketing in Cookham to present at their annual tutors conference. I included a discussion on the current challenges that PR agencies face in the digital space and some case studies my current role at Ruder Finn and past work with my former employer. You can find [...]
I got sent this link of Google’s Chrome comic, but in Japanese. Unlike the western version they have a second episode which talks about how the product was localised for Japanese surfing needs. It is annoyingly much cooler than the western version. Enjoy.
The State Of Social Media Measurement (aka Brand Monitoring and Listening Platforms) | AttentionMax Report: Companies Should Organize For Social Media in a “Hub and Spoke” model « Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing A step up for economy class seating | Upgrade: Travel Better Bing and Kayak – looks like [...]
UK Twitters applied a bit of humour to the Habitat Twitter debacle in faux Michael Jackson news tweets. It runs a good chance of trending soon, less brand reputation and more brand retribution. I can see this joke running for a long time…
I have been using the Nokia 5800 Xpress Music since February and have had Nokias since Ericsson became SonyEricsson and things went off the deep-end. In the end, I picked up 32GB iPhone 3GS, this is what I have used in my comparison between the iPhone experience and the Nokia experience. I had been resistant [...]
Nokia President and CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo: The Full D7 Session George F. Colony’s Blog: The Counterintuitive CEO: The Gateway Recession: What CEOs Will Face Next How to Export Google Search Results to Excel – something that I used to love Yahoo! Search Explorer for How Journalists Use Social Media | Blog | Econsultancy 25+ Useful [...]
Knowledge is of two kinds…., originally uploaded by renaissancechambara. I love this quote my Samuel Johnson which seems more appropriate than ever, now we live in the Google age.
David Ko talked about the flaws in Twitter as a source of news. In his post David cites John Dvorak as highlighting seven flaws of Twitter as a news provider: Incompleteness Inaccuracy Vulnerability to hoaxers Lack of analysis Skewed priorities Vulnerability to manipulation Being too close to a story: the difference between a journalist and [...]
formatmag JPEG, originally uploaded by renaissancechambara. Formatmag seems to have taken their site down for maintenance. I usually read their site via a web-based RSS reader Bloglines. Unfortunately the way Formatmag took the site off line instead of just not appearing in my feed my browser is frozen with a log-in request which won’t [...]
From Social Media To Social Business Design Message from Plymouth City Council banning Councillors from u… on Twitpic – Plymouth Council made to look like a bunch of yahoos (by that I mean the Swiftian definition). Youth Marketing Statistics – Home UK Photographers Rights v2 — Sirimo I Don’t Have Time To Be Part of [...]
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