social networking

If in doubt, jump off the social media bandwagon

March 3, 2010 Marketing

It’s all to easy to jump on a bandwagon without really understanding what’s going on. Most bandwagons are about trying to sell you something. They masquerade as exercises in claimed thought leadership when often they’re a half baked solution looking for a problem. Bandwagons have a habit of taking on a life of their own [...]

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Scoble: Start-ups need to be more savvy

December 12, 2009 Marketing

It’s not often I agree with Robert Scoble but on this occasion I think he’s knocked one out of the park. While I was running around in Boston, he was at LeWeb, a conference I usually attend every other year. It’s a great showcase for startups, attracting well known speakers and a crowd that has [...]

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Twitter prevails

February 5, 2009 General

It’s not my headline but the one John Stockdyk used on the current front page of AccountingWEB’s IT Zone. There’s a certain significance in this. In the past I’ve tended to be highly critical of AW’s approach to new technology. John comes back saying that he is meeting readership needs. That’s a reasonable position even [...]

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Conversational fluidity: using the FriendFeed river

December 16, 2008 General

Like so many emerging trends of the last few years, perceptions around ‘conversation’ has changed. Once rooted in the idea that blogs would be the foundation upon which we converse with the world, there has been a real shift. Much earlier in the year, several of the blogerati noticed a phenomenon well articulated by Stowe [...]

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The difficult language of Web 2.0/social media

May 13, 2008 General

This is a bit of a psycho-sociological-political semi-rant so if that doesn’t float your boat, click elsewhere. If you enjoy ethical debates, this might give you pause for thought. A few weeks ago I had a Twitter exchange with Euan Semple on the issue of language as it is applied to many of the tools [...]

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