Stalked by your Mobile
Jeremy writes an excellent post on Jaiku's purchase by Google. Stowe noted it's ramifications for telephony and others being blindsided (I agree with this and Google is being underestimated). Aswath...
View ArticleAndy Abramson - PR & Blogging
Andy writes about his clients many of which I read and says Clients Who Are Blogging-Makes My Heart Go Pitter Patter Blogging has given each company a chance to tell their stories in real time, and...
View ArticleDina is on Wordpress
My blog buddy Dina has used a Radio Blog from the very beginning. Sometime after setting her up I went on to MT and we've run projects there over the years. Still, it is hard to change a blog platform...
View ArticleBrand Conversations - PR Clippings
This is a perfect story for a brand to pick up on or at least tag. If I was a Skype brand manager today I'd want to capture at least a link or a bookmark. I'd also want this capture visible to all (on...
View ArticleSocial Tools - Reinventing the Communications Hub
Lee Bryant writes an excellent post on Social Tools for Internal Communications. Includes adding value by "social filtering", the "social stack" and how social tools are adding value. It's a must read....
View ArticleFacebook Profiles
I hope this isn't true! Structuring profiles eg (business or professional vs personal) is so limiting and isn't representative of the flow that exists between different relationships. If elements of a...
View ArticleWhy VoIP Innovation Died with Skype
This post reflects on eBays stewardship of Skype, the failure of Skype to remain the innovator in VoIP, Skype Marketings failure to maintain momentum, and some challenges for the new CEO. Andy...
View ArticleBrand Champions and the Brand Lifestream
I had a challenging comment from Dan Woodward on my latest search post. He asks whether these Small Business Owners should take the time to learn it themselves: Search - Still the best reason to blog...
View ArticleTourism Missing the Boat on Blogging & Tags
This is another experience post. It reflects on how a small business in a small corner of the world with limited resource could significantly enhance their business by engaging with and using social...
View ArticleSearch - Still the best reason to blog your company
What and how are you managing the conversation points around your business? When I first started blogging I focused on two words strategy + innovation. I got a kick out of having Google return me ahead...
View ArticleWindermere Estate - Hotel Blogs?
Does any hotelier really blog yet? While tripping though the Madupatty Tea Plantation in Munnar I stayed at a very small resort catering to 30 people. Given the season it was almost deserted with a...
View ArticleFlow! Requires Voice Messaging not Voice Mail
Dan York writes a thoughtful piece on how we use telephony today; particularly voice. He looks at the flow and concudes that communications seldom start with a voice call anymore. I've written...
View ArticleIndia Online - in the palm of your hand.
What's your strategy for India? Would you rethink it if you thought that in less than 3 years 250 million could be online, with an email account, networking on Orkut and responding to localized ads?...
View ArticleIndia Photos - Latest Trip
I've just returned from three weeks in India. Two working hard and one week of vacation traveling through the southern state of Kerala; a most beautiful part of India. I have lots of observations and...
View ArticleRedefining Communications
I've been using the Jeff Jarvis - Dell Hell case for years; so I was interested today when I saw Andy Lark had taken a job with Dell as VP Global Marketing & Communications. Let's hope we see more...
View ArticleiWatch – Continuity – Handoff the Possible Hidden Secret in iOS 8 and Yosemite
Testing some scenarios for the future I used iWatch in a thought experiment and now wonder if continuity is the real hidden secret. On the Apple website we can see the pre-release claims for...
View Article“Hey Siri” tell me about HomeKit. #WWDC
“Hey Siri” tell me about HomeKit. I’d like more details and this will make a big difference to using products like Philips Hue – “turn up the lights”. As long as there is no network delay in response....
View Article#WWDC TouchID and Payments – A big hidden step forward.
Second observation from this mornings #WWDC event. Developers are going to get to use TouchID. Yea! Every app can now use TouchID. There was also a developer announcement for connecting Apps and...
View Article#WWDC iMessage and Continuity
I have three observations from the Apple Keynote I saw this morning. Whether they come true or not remains to be seen. 1. iMessage, 2.TouchID, 3. Ok Siri. I’ll make them separate posts. First up...
View ArticleiBeacon for My World – We aren’t there yet…
I’ve been experimenting with Apple iBeacon again. A simple method using “Launch Here” and “Locate iB”. Using these too together will demonstrate how to manage proximity to a single iBeacon and present...
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