David Terrar writes a terrific post on the SOMESSO blog on the gap between corporate culture and what he calls ‘Web 2.0 society.’ What especially resonates for me about David’s words are the simple truths he articulates on some people’s behaviours in organizations, particularly large ones, that erect hurdles and…
Brian Solis writes a thought-provoking post about how he sees the future of the social web, prompted by a Forrester report of the same name published in April. Forrester’s research examined what’s happening in the context of what they describe as the five eras of the social web that began…
If you want some insight into who’s doing what in business-to-business engagement with social media in the UK, the Dell B2B Social Media Huddle on December 7 is an event that you’ll not want to miss. During a full day at Dell’s UK headquarters in Bracknell, we’ll be hearing about…
Market intelligencer Hitwise published new research yesterday about visits to the Twitter website, showing that such visits have been in decline since a peak in July. The figures relate to visits by US users to the Twitter website, which follows a similar report from Hitwise in September. US users account…
Content summary: Dan York suggests FIR Friends of Google Wave and goes retro with an email newsletter, has lots to say about Google and Facebook, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Edelman takes heat for ‘rotnem’ and a Chicago Tribune article and is defended by…
I’m still thinking about what to do concerning a hosting service for my blogs. This thinking period follows the appalling experience I suffered with DreamHost earlier this month in getting no responses from customer support when sites went down. Days went by, not hours, before they responded to emails. I…
What will the future look like in five years’ time? That’s in 2015, the year of the next-but-one Rugby World Cup (a fact) and the end of the fourth estate (a prediction). It’s also the year of some predicted cool technologies as already experienced by Marty McFly. A little more…
Content summary: Shel’s in Nashville; assembling today’s show; Neville’s conference experiences last week: different events but similar issues; Michael Netzley reports on Edelman’s country-by-country Digital Brand Index in Asia; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Twitter is the killer app for customer service, Pepsi withdraws sexist iPhone…
