I am sure I am not the first Public Relations person to trot out the old cliché that talent borrows and genius steals. With this in mind I thought I would share a few PR blogs from which I have learn so much over the past few years. Firstly let’s get the big two out […]
This is one of seven bullet points lifted from post on Boing Boing. It’s about the impact of the internet on TV. Clearly TV isn’t dying, it’s just the business model that is changing. The traditional TV model is dying The broadcast model of networks like ABC and NBC is certainly under a lot of […]
The following is an excerpt from Steve Rubel’s Thoughts on Media Reforestation and Algorithmic Journalism. Forget the word ‘algorithmic’ for a second – I prefer the idea that, thanks to technology, we will all be involved in curating content. Last decade the big story was how technology enabled all of us to become publishers. However, […]
I hate the term ‘social media’ and I think we should kill it off once and for all. It is meaningless, confusing and doesn’t convey the real concept. Here are a few thoughts on the matter: 1. What we are really talking about is how we share information, not social media, whatever that meant. 2. […]
Does anyone think it is ironic that the Colbert Report interview with director of Wikileaks Julian Assange is “not available in the UK”? (see image above) After all, Wikileaks main specialism is leaking content to the world…. Surely their ‘people’ can pull a few strings? Wikileaks is a revelation in investigative journalism and open information. […]
It seems only yesterday since I was writing about news curation tools…. In fact it was yesterday when I wrote this post, but thanks to a helpful comment on the blog I have now found Newscred, a curation tool which allows users to build fairly bespoke news pages to read and share with the world. […]
Wikileaks today went live with a video which appears to show the US military shooting two innocent journalists from Reuters and two chidren, along with many more civilians. The whole case has, according to Wikileaks, been covered up. (in fact it, was reported in 2007, but without – until now – little evidence). Since the […]
I work in public relations and until recently used a Blackberry, however for the PR professional, there is no better device than the iPhone for bringing together Web 2.0 technology. Here is my list of killer apps. I’m hoping by writing this that others will recommend apps that I’ve missed. Please suggest others by way […]
Below is the response to my letter to John Leech MP about the Digital Economy Bill. In my letter I made it clear that he should be looking to protect the creative industries and I didn’t like how the bill was being pushed too quickly through parliament. I am guessing this might be a template […]
This is a brilliant post on social media. There is so much utter crap spouted about what Web 2.0 can do. How it will reinvent the way we work, interact and exist as human beings. The post is below: http://blogs.hbr.org/haque/2010/03/the_social_media_bubble.html Don’t get me wrong, social media is great and really useful, but it isn’t the […]
