By Ian, on January 25th, 2010
There is a fever of anticipation over the imminent release of a tablet-style computer from Apple – let’s call it the iSlate [Thursday Update — actually, let’s call it the iPad — I stand by everything else in the post, though]. Nobody outside the company knows very much about how it works or its specifications, Continue reading Memesurfing: iSlate and Social Media By Ian, on January 22nd, 2010 Groundswell – the Forrester Research social media blog — has produced an update to its engagement ladder diagram:
The diagram was changed to add in users of Twitter and other ‘status-update’ applications, most notably Facebook. Author Josh Bernoff notes that this group has a different demographic make-up to others: Conversationalists intrigue me. They’re Continue reading Wonky Rungs By Ian, on January 11th, 2010 I’ve just installed the WordPress Mobile Pack, a free set of plug-ins that format, edit and compress your blog so that it works better for mobile users. It switches to the mobile version on-the-fly as it detects the user agent (browser) used. There’s a link to the mobile version in the sidebar, if you want to Continue reading Mobile Internet Users: The Silent Minority By Ian, on December 17th, 2009 The latest storm in a teacup to upset the blogosphere is the spectre of ‘fast-food content’. Raised as a threat by McArrington himself, the worry is that fast and loose content quickly generated to match popular keywords will swamp quality content in search rankings. …what really scares me? It’s the rise of fast food content Continue reading Would You Like Herring With That? By Ian, on December 17th, 2009
I’ve been having a go at the latest chic-geek blogging tool — posterous — recently, as you’ll be able to tell if you look at the posts I’ve made here over the last month or so. But, in the end, I’ve decided not to use it. Why? Read on. Just to be clear, before Continue reading Past Posterous By Ian, on May 27th, 2009 The Foucault post yesterday seemed to go down well, so I thought I’d chance my arm and respond to a couple of criticisms in a new post rather than the comment thread. Sorry, purists. My erstwhile-friend Roger from Content & Motion launched the first counter-offensive. ;-) His main point is about the decentralisation of power in Continue reading Foucault – the lot of you Page 2 of 11«12345»Last » | 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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