Ok, kids, you want to understand Web 2.0? Forget all the corp-speak about "user-generated content" or – even worse – "platforms" and "applications." Just watch this. All you need is here. From Nokia. Nice connection (no pun) with their slogan, "Connecting People." (Via TechCrunch) [Update 20/11] As noted in the…
Charging the provider of a social network an activation fee’ for joining? Requesting payment from the developers for ‘accepted friends requests’? How about an ‘early termination’ fee as compensation if the social network folds within a year? Or an ‘annual renewal’ fee if they don’t, just for the hell of…
This is one of those delightful mashups of software, the web and imagination that doesn’t really have much obvious practical application but is great fun. MSN China is running the MSN China cartoon beta that will take any photo of you and, with your customizations on the website, turn it…
I can’t decide which one is the hilarious one – The Great Internet Crash of 2007 MoD’s PR army of spin is out of control You decide.
Yesterday’s Dilbert strip. Amusing yet eerily reflective of what actually does happen in some companies. Scott Adams is wickedly perceptive about organizations.
An April Fool’s Day joke, but imagine if it were true – “Internal Communicator” is world’s most-desired job, survey finds Internal comms beats rock star and footballer to top spot. According to a new study released today by research company, Rumclem, internal communications has now become the field that most…
I’ve been reading quite a few of the April Fool’s Day jokes doing the rounds today. Some excellent imagination with stories that are so convincing, it’s hard to separate fact from fantasy. Google’s free in-home wireless broadband service, for instance. Highly plausible on a first look but you quickly see…
I had a big chuckle reading “Is your app an ass-kisser,” in which Kathy Sierra asks: If your app was an employee, what kind of employee would it be? When it’s employee performance review time, how would you rate it? These are just a few of the apps I’ve worked…
