It’s not so long ago that if you wanted to see what was going on at a conference or other event, and gain some insight into issues and topics being discussed in real time, your only feasible option was actually to be there. That was before the Age of Twitter.…
A significant event happened yesterday that embraces freedom of speech, blogging and notions of responsibility for one’s actions. It concerns a blog post written by Rod Liddle (a journalist), published on a blog run by The Spectator (a weekly political magazine owned by the Telegraph Media Group), and ruled by…
Content summary: Michael Netzley in Singapore interviews Steve Rubel; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Ryanair embraces social media, Rachel Maddow/Scott Brown controversy a Facebook/Twitter fabrication; special report on Coultermania from Bob LeDrew in Ottawa; listener comments discussion and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; music from Gabriel Kain…
It’s less than a week to go before the iPad is released in the United States, on April 3. It comes to the UK and other countries later in April. Even if hardly anyone outside of some mainstream media, app developers and Apple fan blogs has seen the new device…
PRWeek has published the PRWeek PowerBook 2010, a 106-page A5-size book sub-titled “The definitive guide to the most influential people in PR†in the UK. The publication was launched at a shindig in central London last week, which I went along to. A good time was undoubtedly had by everyone…
As I write this post, Earth Hour 2010 gets underway off the coast of New Zealand, when the diesel generators on the Chatham Islands are turned off, as the first of 125 countries and territories sets in motion a 24-hour wave of hope and positive action on climate change that…
Content summary: Just Shel today; thanks to Tony Molloy for time stamps for episode #536; a pitch to attend the NewComm Forum; a brief look at Prezi.com, a new approach to presentations; Dan York’s report; the Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop; News That Fits: Teneros launches Social Sentry monitoring software…
Blocking employee access in the workplace to social networks and other content (and people) on the web is a tactic employed by many organizations. The most common reasons I hear are that it’s to address organizations’ concerns surrounding security (prevention of viruses, malware, etc, being introduced into the organization) and…
