If you visit any of the blogs run by people in the communication business, you’ll find increasing numbers of articles and discussion on corporate blogging: blogs by companies and other organizations. Much discussion is taking place on why and how to do it (including this lively topic, A Very Brief look at Blogging for the […]
Month: August 2004
BBC wants top political blogs
BBC News Online is looking for political blogs, preferably with a UK focus. “We are looking for lively, thought-provoking sites that stimulate genuine debate, rather than just pushing a particular narrow viewpoint or agenda, but all suggestions are welcome,” they said. The BBC plans to feature as many as possible over the next few weeks. […]
Stating the benefits of blogs
Research on political blogging from The Hansard Society in the UK published last month includes some conclusions that will be no surprise to anyone who has worked on a plan for a blog that needs to state some of the measurable benefits of embarking on that blog. Hansard’s research concluded thus – – Blogging has […]
Doom 3 leaked over p2p networks
Highly-anticipated first-person blast-’em-up Doom 3 has already been released by piracy groups over the internet, according to a report by The Inquirer today. According to an ISO-piracy news site, theisonews.com, the game is available for download over various p2p networks, and gives details on how to install the cracked game. The Inquirer: Doom 3 leaked […]
Death by PowerPoint for CEO
When the day comes that a board of directors fires a CEO because of a PowerPoint, it will send a very clear signal about what is at stake these days when anyone gives a presentation. According to a report in the Financial Times, via Cliff Atkinson’s beyond bullets blog, that day already arrived for one […]
Microsoft leads corporate blogging
With all the ongoing disussison about corporate blogging – who is, who isn’t and who should be – let’s recognize Microsoft’s lead as the world’s biggest blogging company (probably), meaning the company with the most employees blogging. Various numbers are flying about, but it’s likely that between 600-700 employees are now blogging publicly. That’s really […]
Porn blogs ahead of the curve
When I had my blog on BlogSpot, one thing I noticed each time I posted an article and checked in the listing of updated blogs (yep, I used to do that after every post!) was the amazing numbers of blogs with names like ‘sexy Zeta-Jones pics’ or ‘Britney’s secret honeymoon blog’ and similar. Just loads […]
Business-focused blogs in The Netherlands
In my daily travels through the blogosphere, I’ve not had a great deal of luck in finding good business-focused blogs here in The Netherlands with which I can connect and get some conversations going. In my specific areas of interest – business communication and technology – I was beginning to think that maybe I’m the […]
Making the EU relevant
Now here’s a communication challenge – explain the proposed European constitution to anyone you know. That’s just what the European Commission would like every citizen of the EU to do. The constitution will affect 25 countries comprising 450 million people who speak over 30 different languages and dialects. Given the general lack of interest in […]
Blog Wars Episode 1
A report this morning from Reuters says that Microsoft is launching a blogging service in Japan on a trial basis, and aims to have one million users in the first year. That sets things up for a major clash with blog services leaders like Blogger who offers free blog hosting. Blogger is owned by Google, […]
IABC members call to action!
A call to action to all bloggers who are members of IABC, the International Association of Business Communicators. With so much debate and discussion going on about blogging and organizations in a wide range of business blogs, I’ve been surprised to note that hardly anyone who is an IABC member is joining in any of […]
Skype is a winner
I’ve been trying out Skype, the internet-based phone system I commented on last week (read post). It is very good! The best thing is that if you call another Skype user, that call is 100% free, wherever in the world the other party is located. If you call someone on a normal landline or mobile […]
Firefox gets better, but…
With the latest version 0.9.3 of Firefox, released today, it looks like Mozilla is on the way to winning the contest of best browser. I’ve been using Firefox exclusively during today, and I’m really impressed with the improvements since the previous version I had, 0.9.1. Things like better bookmark management; much easier to import favorites, […]
AMD 1, Intel 0
While the CEO of Intel may be firing off angry memos to employees about recent missteps, it’s a different story at rival chip maker Advanced Micro Devices, according to a report in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal. Hector Ruiz, AMD’s CEO, sent an all-employee e-mail that effusively praises the company’s employees for their recent performance. While […]
Yahoo lawsuit: fear factor for corporate blogs
A California lawyer has filed a potential class action lawsuit against Yahoo, according to a BBC News report today. The report says the lawyer was subject to a “barrage of harassing, defamatory and abusive messages” from anonymous users on a Yahoo message board. The lawyer has accused Yahoo of sheltering users who harass people in […]
Skype meets its promise
If you haven’t yet tried Skype, you really ought to, wherever in the world you are. I’ve written a couple of posts this past week about it. I’ve now been using it, and in my experience it is as good as the makers say. So far, I’ve made calls with Skype to landlines and mobile […]
Windows XP SP2 ready to go
A report on Bink.nu this afternoon – Windows XP Service Pack 2 build 2180 was declared ready for release to manufacturing (RTM) on Wednesday and sent for manufacturing (CD production) on Thursday. Bink.nu / Windows XP Service Pack 2 build 2180 Released To Manufacturing Also this afternoon, a forum posting on Neowin includes comment with […]
Amsterdam canal parade – great spectacle!
Crowds lined the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam this afternoon to watch the annual Amsterdam Canal Parade. Part of the gay pride weekend and now in its 9th year, the parade is one of the bigggest visitor events in Amsterdam. My wife and I were there, too, cameras in hand, joining the estimated 250,000+ visitors who crowded […]
Business Week: Blogs are good for business
Business Week has published a detailed commentary in this week’s edition on the benefits of business blogs for organizations and how company executives are finding blogs useful for promoting their businesses as well as their points of view. The article has clearly captured other business bloggers’ attention as I’ve already seen it highighted on at […]
Windows XP SP2 – get it, even if you use NAV
As widely reported over the past few days, Microsoft has released Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP. I commented on this last week, and today I installed the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) version that’s available now to beta testers. The RTM version is what will be available via Windows Update from 10 August and on a […]