By Ian, on October 31st, 2006 I expect you’re fed up of waiting for my book to appear. I know I am. In the meantime, stay up to speed and save money with ten free e-books about Web 2.0 and Social Media. In no particular order… 1) Social Media or, “How I learned to stop worrying and love communication†by Australian PRs TrevorContinue reading 10 Free eBooks About Web 2.0 By , on October 30th, 2006 Email with a journalist… — The Jason Calacanis Weblog “Blogging is already a business. Our company, Weblogs, Inc., is an eight figure a year business.” (tags: blogs business advertising Blogging) Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0: Part 3 The article covers: educational blogging, photo sharing, educational podcasting, wikis, video Continue reading links for 2006-10-30 By Ian, on October 30th, 2006 One of the frequently touted ingredients of Web 2.0 is the idea of the “web as platform”, and providing software as a service. In some respects, this isn’t a new thing at all. I got pitched the idea of using an ASP (application service provider) for the first time in 2000. Citrix was founded in 1989 — Continue reading The Other Side of Remote Working By Ian, on October 30th, 2006 The Washington Post has a story about youngsters leaving MySpace in droves that recently hit the front page of digg. And the WSJ agrees with a spookily similar story. Hang on. I recall reading another remarkably similar story four months ago [digg link — the newspaper has moved the piece]. I think these stories Continue reading MySpace Doooomed. Allegedly. By Ian, on October 27th, 2006 Some interesting discussion over the last couple of days about the necessity for a new kind of metric for measuring the effectiveness of blogs. Robert Scoble talks about the difference between getting page impressions (bad) and engagement (good): There’s another stat out there called “engagement.†No one is measuring it that I know of. What do Continue reading Rules of Engagement By Ian, on October 26th, 2006 As I make my way down Cannon Street, I feel like death warmed up. I’ve had a bad cold for three or four days, and I’ve used the magical power of cigarettes to develop a simultaneous cough of room-shaking proportions. I’m off to see Julie Meyer at Ariadne Capital. Julie is perhaps best-known as the co-founder of Continue reading Coffee with Julie Meyer | About this BlogSocial tools, devices and web evolution are creating epochal change in media, society and business. The plan is to hide under the floorboards till it’s all over document some of the interesting parts of that change. More…. |
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