There’s been a lot of talk about whether or not Twitter will collapse under the weight of the expected conversation tsunami that is likely later today during Apple’s developer conference. The big speculation about Apple’s event surrounds expectations on the next-generation iPhone that may or may not be announced today,…
It’s a novel ideal – provide an easy way for people who want to pitch you to do so via Twitter. Imagine – a pitch in 140 characters or less and that comes not via email! And so we have TwitterPitch, a plugin for WordPress blogs running version 2.5 or…
Later this week, I’m travelling to Dublin to speak at the annual conference of the Public Relations Institute of Ireland on May 9. As I’ll be in Dublin over the weekend as well, it’s a great opportunity to meet up on Saturday with the Irish community of bloggers and users…
Last year it was Facebook. Today’s shiny new object unquestionably is Twitter. If you haven’t heard of Twitter (it’s now just about in the mainstream), it’s simple to describe: Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers…
One of the more interesting entrants to the Twitter community is DowningStreet, the moniker of a person or persons unknown in the digital communications team at 10 Downing Street. Daily tweets inform the worldwide Twitter community of events, Prime Minister’s speeches, official announcements, what’s happening, etc. Of most interest is…
Lots of people have opinions about Twitter, ranging from a complete waste of time to the indispensable connector with your community. (If you don’t know what Twitter is, this video by Lee Lefever will explain it all.) I’m firmly in the latter camp. Since I signed up on Twitter…
The EuroBlog 2008 conference in Brussels, which ended on Saturday, brought together about 100 people from the worlds of PR academia and PR practice from across Europe and from the USA. The event was billed as "Social media and the future of PR: New ideas, new research, new business" and…
I’m heading to Brussels tomorrow to participate in EuroBlog 2008, a two-day conference that mashes up academia and PR to produce an event that I’m sure will be worth the time of everyone attending, speakers and guests alike. This is the third such annual event organized by The European Public…
