Content summary: One Minute News: Getting up-to-date Google data, San Jose State University could shut off Skype on campus, Lincoln Groups wins a $13-million contract, Vocus and Business Wire enter a joint venture, WOMMA explores social media disclosure, Jupiter supports Google News, Pew issues a report on the future of…
The day is looming for temporary online shutdown as I finalize preparations for our move back to the UK. The movers come tomorrow to take our stuff away. Things have been topsy-turvy for much of the past week as we sort and pack everything to be ready for them. If…
Content summary: Dates announced for New Communications Forum 2007; Bitacle blog content theft scam; a brewing kerfuffle surrounds the director-general of the CIPR; Text 100 video on Second Life; Cingular deal with YouTube; iPod FM transmitters in the UK; Lee Hopkins reports on Apple’s cluelessness, interviews with communicators, Heidi Miller…
I was in the UK at the weekend to organize a couple of things re my move there next week. As I mentioned in FIR #173 last week, I’m returning to the UK after seven years in Amsterdam. New thinking, new ideas, new ventures. More about that later. Things here…
Today is OneWebDay – a day which, according to its Wikipedia entry, is “a day when users of the World Wide Web are encouraged to show how the Internet affects their lives. The purpose of the event is to globally celebrate online life.” Today is the first OneWebDay and is…
If you’ve been trying to understand social media and what it can do for your communication, a new e-book by Fard Johnmar will enlighten you and help you understand the role of social media as part of an effective communication strategy. Fard, who writes the excellent HealthCareVox blog on healthcare…
Content summary: A short show – Neville couldn’t make it at the last minute; One-Minute News: marketers aren’t prepared to address security breaches even though it’s a top consumer concern, PR Week is launching free blogs, former Rocketboom anchor Amanda Congdon is back, NewAssignment.net gets $100K from Reuters; a brief…
This will surely catch on enormously, both for business and personal use – Flickr MiniCards. A simple idea and very well executed by UK company MOO – you select photos from your Flickr photo collection and have them printed as highly-personal and visual mini presentation cards. MOO’s ordering system is…
