Content summary: The Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; why managers need to engage with grumpy employees; study: consumers trust social media more than corporate sites; BASF starts public podcasting in English and German; PR News survey says video is underutilized; Terry Fallis finishes ‘The Best Laid Plans’; Pew study: closing…
Those who think blogs are dangerous and bloggers are people who only set out to destroy reputations will love this story. Just before midday NY time yesterday, gadget blog Engadget posted that Apple’s iPhone would be delayed until October and the new Leopard operating system for Macintosh computers delayed until…
Climate change is a hot topic much in the news these days with increasing messages from our governments telling us we need to act now to save the planet. We’re hearing new phrases like ‘carbon neutrality,’ ‘carbon footprint,’ ‘personal CO2 emissions’ and ‘climate forcings’ along with old favourites like ‘greenhouse…
A few weeks late but it’s now available – version 2.2 of the WordPress blog platform. This version includes many new features and over two hundred bug fixes. If you’re running any previous version, the time is now to upgrade. I’m still running version 2.0.10 which will continue to be…
Is Twitter creaking under the strain? I’ve not been able to tweet anything all morning (shock! horror!). Can usually log in ok, although it’s terribly slow, but not add anything. Is it just me? Looking at Twitter just now, I see loads of recent tweets from my friends. But I…
What a blast! A great party last night at the Coca-Cola Virtual Thirst pavilion in Second Life. Organized by my crayon colleague CC Chapman (aka Cleon Goff), the event featured MoShang Zhao live from Taiwan playing his unique Chinese Chill music, streamed into the venue. That got everyone dancing almost…
Content summary: Sallie’s FIR guest slot appreciated; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Helvetica celebrates 50; the employee role in brand innovation; low employee understanding of benefits; employers identify wellness and employee education initiatives; a manifesto for the 21st century PR firm; from CommonCraft: ways to build communities and online…
Social media and blogging is soaring with Asia a key growth market, according to research conducted by Universal McCann as reported by Brand Republic on May 11. While I have some concerns about this story (see below), some of the reported stats are quite interesting: According to the report, China…
