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I introduced my colleague Alan to the term ‘Abandonware’ today. As a net-savvy individual, I was surprised he’d not come across it before. But, then again, it’s only really current among gamers. Abandonware is software that has been given-up by its original developers and publishers. Normally, it applies to old games which fans still love, I never quote Seth Godin. I find his stuff far too happy-clappy for my comfort zone (ach– another americanism!) Yet here I am: Seth on America choosing Neil Armstrong as their ‘moon landing guy’: NASA did what many organizations do when picking someone to act as company spokesperson. They avoided risk, played it safe and I left a comment on a blog that wouldn’t leave me alone all day. So here’s a fuller response, and I hope it breaks my blogger’s block. Antony Mayfield is delighted with Dell’s approach to social media, as represented in this video interview, in particular. Even without that, it’s clear that the company has embraced many of the We’re running a Portfolio Clinic as part of the i-design conference on September 17. The idea is for budding interactive designers to come along with a laptop and show their wares the the cream of London’s creative agencies. They’ll tell you where you’re going right and where you’re going wrong — or how you might make On Amazon, this book is tagged ‘liar’, ‘alcohol’, ‘sociopath’ and ‘jail’. But also with ‘entrepreneur’, ‘web 2.0′ and ‘dotcom’. It should probably also be tagged ‘genius raconteur’. The book tells the tale of Paul Carr’s successful beginnings — a published author while still at university, a Guardian columnist a couple of years later and a blogs-to-books publisher shortly |             | |||
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