If you run ad blocking software on your computer or mobile device, you're either preventing the appearance of obtrusive, annoying ads that sometimes block content and add code that slows down the loading of the site you're visiting, especially on mobile devices; or you're strangling the revenue lifelines of companies who need to advertise to keep their businesses running, or enable media companies to keep paying for great journalism. That's pretty much what the current situation looks like, … [Read more...] about How to solve the ad blocking question
Archives for 2015
From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker
In a few weeks' time, the next episode in the Star Wars saga will be in the cinema. I already have my tickets and can't wait to see it! It's hard to imagine sometimes that the very first Star Wars film - what's now known as "Episode 4: A New Hope" - in the Star Wars series was released in 1977, nearly 40 years ago. I was at the opening night in London. Before that, though, I'd read the book, the novel written by George Lucas according to the book's title page, that became the movie. In … [Read more...] about From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker
Identity inconvenience to the fore in 2016
The topic of identity ought to be front of mind for most of us at the moment following the horrific Paris attacks last week. The ability of the terrorists to freely move around France and to and from Belgium and elsewhere in the European Union highlights the flip side of the convenience and freedoms we're accustomed to today in a union of countries with largely open borders between the states within the Union. In reality, if you are in a member state, you can pretty much travel around the … [Read more...] about Identity inconvenience to the fore in 2016
HSBC: Crisis management is broken and there are no quick fixes
Credible and candid comments on the state of crisis management today by a man whose company went through its own crisis hell earlier this year. Reporting on a panel discussion in a summary of last month's PR Summit 2015 in The Holmes Report, Arun Sudhaman notes: [...] From creativity to crisis management, via a heavyweight panel that featured communications leaders from HSBC, GM, Danish Crown and Qsoft. And it was HSBC's Pierre Goad that caught the eye, when he candidly admitted to the … [Read more...] about HSBC: Crisis management is broken and there are no quick fixes
10 ideas of what a smart future will look like
This is the time of year when predictions about what we can expect to see in 2016 for a raft of technologies and behaviours, and what they can do in and for business, come thick and fast. There are just over 50 days until New Year's Day 2016! Of the reports, articles and blog posts I've seen so far, one by Gartner especially piqued my interest mostly due to the provocativeness of some of the predictions that cover more than 2016, extending out five years to the end of 2020. Here they … [Read more...] about 10 ideas of what a smart future will look like