If you want to find blogs that cover advertising, marketing and PR, it’s never been easier thanks to the selfless work of members of the online community. The first lists of PR blogs I found were created by Constantin Basturea way back in 2003/04. Today you have lists such as…
The Financial Times is about to re-launch FT.com with a new look and feel, as the screenshot above indicates. My instinctive reaction to the new look: A much more attractive layout, making good use of white (er, pink) space I’d lose the pink background, though, a bit nauseous on the…
Version 2.7 of WordPress, containing a wide range of new features and improvements, is almost upon us. The new version of the popular blogging platform was slated for release on November 10 but has been extended until at least the end of November according to Lorelle VanFossen (although the WordPress…
Content summary: The live call-in episode on BlogTalk Radio. Panel discussion addressed the value public relations professionals bring to startups. The topic was a response to several posts dismissing PR’s worth, suggesting startup CEOs can handle their own public relations (the post by Jason Calacanis served as the focal point…
Not the most flattering photo of me that I’ve seen but quite a good one to illustrate animation in conversation. Either that or the ‘trapped in the headlights’ perspective. :) This is a screengrab by Bernie Goldbach, taken in Dublin, Ireland, on Wednesday during a meeting of the Irish Internet…
Content summary: Panel discussion in FIR Live on November 7; Neville reports from Ireland; Media Monitoring Minute; Dan York reports on the prospects that President-Elect Obama will maintain his use of social media in the White House; News That Fits – New York Times reports that companies are blogging their…
At least, a landslide is what happened in The Economist’s Global Electoral College which closed last week: Barack Obama has won at least one election by a landslide. Voters in The Economist’s Global Electoral College favoured the Democratic candidate over his Republican rival, John McCain, by more than five to…
Content summary: Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; thanks Jeremiah Owyang and welcome new listeners!; panel discussion in FIR Live on November 7; new FIR Interview with Paul Pendergrass aka Jack Flack; Michael Netzley reports from the Singapore Geek Dinner with Eric Schwartzman and CNET Asia’s Nicholas Aaron Khoo; the…
