Entertainment

The 2012 Olympics TV experiences look very good

July 13, 2012

Whatever else is going on about the London 2012 Olympics – border control nightmares at Heathrow, cracks in the M4 motorway, cellular network outages, not enough security staff – it looks like mainstream broadcast media have things well under control to offer amazing experiences throughout the games. The BBC already announced details of its blanket [...]

Filed Under: Business, Communication, Entertainment, Events, Experiences, Mainstream Media, Mobile, Online Media, Radio, Social Networks, Society, Sport, Technology, Television, Web Tagged With: #London2012, [From Google+]

Olympic transformation

July 2, 2012

The London 2012 Olympics are just twenty-five days away. In the UK, the BBC has started building a sense of excitement… Check everything the BBC is planning for this global event. Reshared post from +BBC News The BBC has just released its trail and titles sequence for the Olympic Games. Watch the 60 seconds film [...]

Filed Under: Communication, Entertainment, Events, Experiences, Mainstream Media, Social Media, Society, Sport, Technology, Television, Web Tagged With: #London2012, [From Google+]

Frictionless podcast listening with Player FM

May 18, 2012

If you listen to podcasts, Player.fm might interest you if you want an easy way to both listen to your favourite shows and discover new ones. Player.fm is a podcasting service in the cloud. You use it in your web browser – there are no apps to install, just an easy-to-use method to create a [...]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Experiences, Mobile, Podcasting, Reviews, Social Media, Software, Technology, Web

Universal reputation

April 10, 2012

I’m hooked watching The Voice UK, the reality talent show with a difference that the BBC started broadcasting in primetime on Saturday nights a few weeks ago. I’m not a fan of talent, reality or any other such TV show. I’ve never seen a complete episode of Britain’s Got Talent, The X Factor, Celebrity Whatever, [...]

Filed Under: Business, Entertainment, Ethics, Mainstream Media, Marketing, Public Relations, Reputation, Society, Television

16 business podcasts worth listening to

March 5, 2012

As a podcaster, I listen to quite a few other communication-related business podcasts. Finding good ones (always a rather subjective term) isn’t easy, though. I’ve previously lamented the lack of really compelling business audio other than radio that I can listen to in the car or at my desk or when walking around the supermarket. [...]

Filed Under: Communication, Entertainment, Experiences, Podcasting, Professional Development

YouTube: the global TV channel

January 31, 2012

I caught a few minutes of President Obama’s Google+ Hangout last night as it was streamed on YouTube. If you’ve done a Google+ Hangout video chat before, you’ll be familiar with the format and this was no different. Except, of course, it was the President of the United States plus five lucky citizens chosen by [...]

Filed Under: Communication, Entertainment, Google+, Innovation, Online Media, Politics, Social Media, Social Networks, Society, Technology, Television, Trends, Web Tagged With: SOPA, [From Google+]

My Blackberry is (still) not working

October 13, 2011

I first posted this video satire about the Blackberry (and Apple) smartphone by comedians Harry Enfield and Ronnie Corbett last December. In light of the continuing serious downtime issues with RIM’s Blackberry network, affecting users worldwide, it seems exceptionally apt to take another look. (If you don’t see the video embedded above, watch it at [...]