I posted the following a couple weeks ago over on the Headshift blog and thought I'd re-post it here as the two have slightly different audiences. The post is aimed primarily at people in the PR and Marketing industries but… 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
Most companies still have a mass mentality. The individual knowledge, skill and creativity held by staff is hidden behind processes devised in the image of the assembly line. Products and services are viewed as a source of profit at the… 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 year, I ended up watching the Eurovision Song Contest because I wanted to take part in the conversations my friends were having about it on Twitter. In the resultant blog post, I looked forward to this year: “Broadcasters and… 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
In July 2007, as I announced here, the BBC/AHRC partnership selected eight projects to go forward. I was, along with Liz Howell and Robin Morley, the primary BBC sponsor for the largest of those projects, the most comprehensive study ever… Continue Reading
I couldn’t resist, could I? Following a meeting around the corner(ish), I went for a wander into the City to see if there were any G20 protests taking place. When I found it, I streamed it live – let it… Continue Reading