I never thought I’d be excited about Internet World again. The last time I attended was in 2000 in New York City. The bubble was still in the ascendant, buzz was alive and those of us in the tech world were all very, very happy. But then the bubble went pop! Tradshow budgets dried up. [...]
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I noticed on the news page of this week’s UK PR Week is running a story headlined Ex-Infopress head pioneers virtual comms agency. Congratuations and good luck to David Watson, former CEO of Infopress on the launch of his new venture, Campaignteam. As far as David being proclaimed a pioneer? Well so be it. But [...]
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After a month-long absense, this favourite regular feature makes a reappearance. With travel and work commitments, I’ve been a bit lax in getting these weekly lists done. Must do better in future! 1. Susan Getgood takes a look in her crystal ball to predict the future for the newspaper publishing industry. Her take: Newspapers are [...]
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Thirty-two shot dead at Virginia Tech. As the headline rolled across my computer screen my first thought was that my daughters have friends at that college. I imagined the panic their parents must be feeling at that moment, trying to reach their own sons and daughters to make sure they are alright. It takes me [...]
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After four long months of silence, today there is a note from Micheal Arrington on the TechCrunch UK blog. He’s planning on a relaunch in June. He’s looking for an editor, some new ideas and a few story pitches. I, for one, look forward to TechCrunch UK’s return, at long last.
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Scott over at Media Orchard has created the Buzzword Abuse Index to measure the amount of jargon that creeps into bloggers’ writing. He’s done an analysis of ‘W-b 2.0′. The worst offender is Micropersuasion which scored a whopping 13.9. The lowest score is a five-way tie at 0.1. Although I’m pretty sick of hearing this [...]
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There are a couple of distinct differences between the general habits of reading for business or for pleasure. People looking at trade or business media at the office tend to read with an eye to obtaining information directly related to the job. Whether they’re looking for info on general economic trends, finance or industry specific [...]
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Yes? Then Strive Public Relations may be the place for you. We’re looking to build our Isle of Man team to deliver inspired communications programmes to both Manx and UK-based clients. We are looking for at least two Media Mavens and two Mavens In Waiting. We’re virtual and that means flexible. So if you are [...]
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It’s been my pleasure over the past several months to work with a group of young people through the Isle of Man Junior Achievement Young Enterprise Company Programme in which 16 groups of secondary students formed companies to bring products or services to market. I was lucky enough to get assigned as and advisor to [...]
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This week’s Tech Talk comes as a result of an easy to use technology that lets me access my computer from anywhere just as I were in my home office, RealVNC remote computing. From a user perspective, it’s simplicity itself. You click on an icon, type in a password and a picture of your desktop [...]
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If you’re sick of hearing about the much-hyped Web 2.0 and all the social media technologies the term entails, you’ll be happy to hear that the excitement could soon be all over. Web 2.0 is old hat. Web 3.0 is here at last! That’s right, interactive social media has gone mobile and the next generation [...]
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When you’re tucking into your chocolate treats this weekend spare a thought for our poor PR colleague Hayley Booth, a PR-bunny at Brando who announced that this year at client Somerfield, the UK supermarket chain, they will be celebrating The Birth of Christ. Erm…make that the rebirth! Yes, that’s it: The Rebirth of Christ. No! [...]
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Striver Stacey Diffin-Lafleur manages communications for Chipworks Inc., an internationally recognised technical services company that specialises in reverse engineering, patent intelligence and market analysis. Headquartered in Ottawa, Chipworks has offices in Poland, Korea, Taiwan and Japan. Stacey spoke with Jane Thorpe, from the International Association of Business Communicator’s communications team, about Chipworks, her role, and [...]
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Thanks to everyone who stopped by or linked to Strive Notes in March. We received the most monthly traffic of all time and I really appreciate the support. Hobbit Hob, Leo Bottary, Susan Getgood, Metaverse, Rajiv Harjai, Owen Cutajar and the The Bad Pitch Blog, all linked to Strive Notes in March (some more than [...]
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They say investing in property is like putting money in the bank. Does this still hold true when the real estate isn’t land, bricks and mortar but is little more than a few pixels in a virtual world? One of America’s largest estate agents, Coldwell Banker, is setting up in Second Life, an online virutal [...]
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Here’s a look at last month’s most popular Strive Notes: 5. Mentioning Britney Spears always attracts the eyeballs and our 23 March Friday’s Five entry is no exception as the haircut photo pushes it into the top 5. 4. A lively discussion in Manx Forums about a Tech Talk column on social media pushed a [...]
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Yup. It seems I’ve been headhunted. I’m seriously considering an offer I’ve had from the world’s most dynamic marketing, ebusiness, design and consulting agency. It’s focused on Web 2.0, and as we all know, that is the future! I’m particularly impressed with this crowd’s direct approach in business development and the creative, cutting-edge solutions to [...]
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