This week I've had the pleasure of lecturing on the Master in Digital Marketing course at the IE Business School, which offers the #3 ranked MBA course in the World according to Forbes. It's a daunting task – these people… Continue Reading
This morning I came across a wonderful speech (from the Edinburgh International Television Festival) by Robert Peston, one of the best blogging journalists at the BBC where I headed up the Blogs Network during the trial and immediate post-trial phase.… Continue Reading
I was on BBC Radio Jersey a couple weeks ago discussing citizen journalism and, in particular, whether bloggers should be allowed to cover government reviews and inquiries. Here's the audio of the interview as it was aired: Download and Listen… Continue Reading
I rarely find myself nodding in agreement with advice dished out by newspaper agony aunts, but Jeremy Bullmore, the Guardian's Dear Jeremy, had me doing exactly that on Saturday with a piece of advice that I think is spot on… Continue Reading
Marta Kagan has published a “one year on” update to her hugely popular slide presentation, What the F**K is Social Media. It’s as good an explanation as you’re likely to find anywhere: What the F**K is Social Media: One Year… Continue Reading
On Monday I was interviewed by Al Jazeera about the use of social media, in particular twitter, by protesters in Iran. Here’s the clip: Next time I’ll have to remember that Al Jazeera uses a split screen format rather than… Continue Reading
Steve Bridger has been kind enough to share his presentation about Flickr in the Cultural and Heritage Sectors. It's a really well thought out, beautifully presented set of slides providing many insights, and examples, to those trying to make the… Continue Reading
This morning I discovered that Amazon's Kindle now offers the ability to subscribe to blogs. If you're a blogger, and want your blog to be available through Amazon, the details of how to sign up are here. I don't have… Continue Reading
Last Friday I attended Jeecamp – the Journalism Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Unconference - in Birmingham. The event, organised by Paul Bradshaw from Birmingham City's School of Media, brought together journalists, editors, academics and entrepreneurs for a day of interesting discussion.… Continue Reading
Last week I spoke at the Eurasian Media Forum in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The conference brings together journalists, business leaders, academics and politicians for two days of discussion ranging from news coverage of global events such as the current economic crisis… Continue Reading