Nodding heads are normally a good sign when you’re speaking in public and there were quite a few at the Online Information Show yesterday when I was talking about how Microsoft uses social media to communicate with advertisers and gather feedback. Kicking...
Nice to see The Sunday Life Show at the weekend giving a balanced view on social networking. Too often the dramatic music starts up and shadowy figures can be seen huddled ove computer keyboards giving the illusion that most of us are up to no good on...
.....your article in last weekend’s Mail on Sunday – 400 Facebook Friends, But Who Else Did The Web Let Into Laurent’s Life? – was a little silly! Here are a few comments: - Individuals and companies search for their names online in order to measure their...
So Facebook is bigger than MySpace ! Surely it was only a matter of time? To survive the onslaught the latter goes niche into entertainment and music while FB proves a better connector and communication tool. The fabulous Anne Kennedy of Beyond Ink gave...
Finally got around to reading Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point , and what a fascinating read it is, especially if you apply the theories and models to this "advanced" internet age (it was written in 2000.) One passage really stood out...
Just seen Johnny Chatterton, a student from Leeds University, on BBC Breakfast talking about his Facebook Group - Support the Monks' protest in Burma. Given the internet has been shut down over there, this is an incredible example of how people, 80k...
It seems the post Summer weeks are the favourite time for agency summits, conferences, internal all-hands, agency days and client share-alls! After a quiet spell in the sunshine, I find myself with 6 presentations in two weeks at all-day events. I'm...
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