Yesterday I gave a lecture on entrepreneurial journalism at City University, where I'm a Visiting Fellow. It's not full of answers, only some background info on how we got to where we are (journalists having to think creatively around the… Continue Reading
There are two new posts, both lengthy, by me this week on the Headshift Blog – Purposely shaping interaction in social spaces Excerpt: "…I've long been fascinated with Celebration, the town created by Disney in Florida, and other examples of… Continue Reading
In a blog post yesterday, the BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones describes how stranded European air passengers have been using twitter and facebook to organise lifts home. Like no fewer than six of my Headshift colleagues, I too have been grounded by… Continue Reading
I'm in Sydney for the Social Business Summit organised by Headshift Australasia. Following an insightful introduction to Social Business by Jeff Dachis, I brought things back to earth with a set of case studies demonstrating some of the opportunities we… Continue Reading
As I mentioned in a previous post, I'm heading to Australia in March to participate in a number of events organised by my colleagues at Headshift Australasia. It would be great to meet some of you there so if you… Continue Reading
NBC News Twitter Monitoring Drives Visual NavigationOriginally uploaded by robinhamman This is pretty clever, although I'm told also simple to achieve. NBC is monitoring twitter for a predefined set of Olympics related keywords. It scans twitter for those terms, tallies… Continue Reading
Bloggers need to know where their blog sits within the “conversation”, which is why monitoring other blogs, social networking services, and regularly checking inbound stats is so important. At Headshift, I’ve been involved in a number of projects involving social… Continue Reading
I'm frequently asked, by our clients as well as the MA Journalism students I occasionally teach as part of my role as a Visiting Journalism Fellow at City University, for tips on how to get started blogging. As someone who… Continue Reading
Just came across this interesting presentation, from October last year, by Neil Perkin, "Director of Marketing & Strategy for the commercial functions of IPC Media, the well known UK publisher of consumer magazines and associated websites": Content And Community View… Continue Reading
If you're wondering why I've gone a bit quiet here and on twitter recently, it's because I've been involved, for the past month or so, in a comprehensive piece of strategic consultancy for a Headshift client. In a new post,… Continue Reading