The Last Supper, the most famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci, has been posted on the internet as a very high resolution image that enables anyone to zoom in on minute details of the painting for close-up examination. HAL9000 (love the name!), the company behind this project, says: […] The…
Every once in a while, a professional development event comes around that you simply must be part of. When it also gives you a genuine opportunity for personal development, it becomes a compelling must-do event. That’s how I feel about my participation as a speaker in A Brand You World…
It was my birthday last Tuesday. I received the usual cards from family and friends. I also received good wishes from many of my friends on Facebook and Twitter. So I wanted to say “thank you” to all of you. I couldn’t think of a better way than with this…
Content summary: Shel’s on a plane; today’s show a bit longer; 15 reasons why Facebook may be worth $15 billion; why you can’t buy a Heineken beer in Second Life; Dan York reports on a new job and much more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Shel reports from Copenhagen…
If you’ve been writing a blog for any length of time, you’ll know that anything you publish online is discoverable (as in “I’m going to google so-and-so”) as well as connectable to content published by other people (think of automated linking when you reference someone else’s blog post and vice…
Going in to Marks and Spencers‘ store in Sandhurst on Sunday, I couldn’t help but see this large wall poster at the store entrance: It wasn’t so much the statement that caught my attention but more the web address – www.marksandspencer.com/PlanA. I like a company who says they have a…
I received a letter the other day from Virgin Media telling me about a few reasons to be cheerful as a Virgin Media customer. In his introduction, Steve Stewart, managing director of customer care, says we could all do with a bit of cheering up after the ‘summer’ (his quotes)…
Content summary: Neville’s back in the UK sans internet (thanks, Virgin Media), Shel’s in Denmark; Lee Hopkins reports; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; SNCR call for 2008 Fellows; growth of social networks; moving from TypePad to WordPress: what about the hyperlinks?; a study on wellness programmes in the workplace;…
