Tag: media
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A couple of days ago, Hugh quit Twitter to work on writing his book. Now I’m considering quitting Twitter, but nobody’s signed me up for a book. The reason? Spam, spam, eggs, bacon and spam. Well, without the eggs or…
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I’m disgusted to find out that Ofcom is about to allow more advertising on commercial television channels in the UK. Somehow, in response to people using more personal video recorders like Sky Plus, Ofcom’s been fooled in believing that the…
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For this panel, I ditched the laptop and only used pen and paper so my notes are less than clear. In fact, I’m lucky if I can read my own handwriting, but the highlights for me were finally meeting the…
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In the past few days, I’ve read some genuinely interesting articles which I’ve been meaning to blog, but to avoid stale blog entries in my drafts, I’ll just share the links and let you read on. Fair use in the…
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As first entry for my infamous Blog Topic Challenge, I thought I’d begin with an elementary and logical first step. James Whatley, SpinVox blogger and great friend of mine, suggested that I should “write about your job and everyone you…
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Being the end of the year, everyone jumps in on Top lists, both retrospectively and looking to the new year. Fortune created its list of 101 Dumbest Moments in Business in 2007. From the peanut gallery, I can’t help but…
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[Crossposted from the Taptu blog] Sitting in my parents’ living room in Canada, I’ve seen just how much unrequested mail they receive, flyers from supermarkets and furniture shops to clothing and hardware stores. Each one is filled with “50% off”…
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Last week, Chris Anderson, author of The Long Tail and Wired Magazine blogger, lashed out at lazy PR people. The crux of the story is that Chris gets torrents of press releases, some more or less relevant, from public relations…
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We’ve all had situations where we’ve needed to call the customer service number for a product or service where either something’s gone wrong, or we’re dissatisfied with what’s happening. It’s normal for that to happen considering the amount of goods…
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