Content summary: Win a free ticket to Somesso London 09 in the FIR Listener Contest; FIR Interview with Jeremiah Owyang of Forrester Research coming; FIR Listener Survey closes tomorrow May 1; welcome to the world, Cassie Sophia York!; Eric Schwartzman interviews CC Chapman on how brands can leverage Facebook; the…
In an Audioboo I recorded last night commenting about developments over the outbreak of swine flu in Mexico, I said that what’s happening – the seemingly-unstoppable spread of the virus and the increasing concern from the World Health Organization as evidenced by its elevated threat level – gives me a…
A real deal, says Somesso. STOP PRESS Because it’s a sunny day, and we’re feeling generous, we’ve decided to have some fun. So some time between now and Friday, we will be offering a 50% DISCOUNT on tickets to Somesso London 2009 – for two hours only. We’re not going…
If you use Outlook 2007 on a Windows computer to manage your email, calendar and more, you’ll definitely want to get hold of the Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2, released yesterday. It’s a major update to the Office suite – which comprises productivity apps like Word, PowerPoint, Excel and…
Ten years ago, in April 1999, The Cluetrain Manifesto was published. This seminal work introduced 95 separate theses based on the concept that “markets are conversations.” Pretty radical stuff for many people in many companies to think about at the time. I remember reading Cluetrain for the first time in…
An organization often in the news here in the UK is Phorm, the US-registered company behind some controversial experiments to measure people’s behaviours when they’re online through behavioural targeting. The latest move by Phorm in an escalating battle to win over opinions is an interesting one – set up a…
Content summary: FIR Live #13 posted; FIR Listener Survey closes May 1; announcing the winner of the FIR Listener Contest to win free entry to Next09 Hamburg: Norbert Mayer-Wittmann; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on Rebecca MacKinnon and her chat with Anti-CNN.com; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; announcing a…
One of the hottest apps for the iPhone is Audioboo, a free services that lets you record up to five minutes of audio on your iPhone and then publish the recording to the web. It’s audio blogging made easy. I’ve been using it since it launched in March and love…
