Peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing has often been associated in many people’s minds with illegal copying and sharing of music. Think Napster and Kazaa: not the shiny respectable Napster and Kazaa we know today, but the original services that were shut down after legal actions by the recording industry and others. P2P is in the spotlight […]
Month: August 2004
Are blogs worth the hype?
CNET News published a comprehensive editorial feature today that discusses the Big Question: Will blogs truly revolutionize the way people consume media? The feature includes discussion and commentary on the US Democratic National Convention and participation by bloggers, a look at what journalists say about the worth of blogs, and the views of some critics […]
BBC journalist blogs the Olympics
I was thinking today about the Olympic Games that start this Friday 13 August and wondering how blogs will fit into the media extravaganza to bring such an event to billions of people worldwide. Then I came across a blog by Stuart Hughes, a news producer with BBC News in London, who is going to […]
New Ad-Aware SE
Lavasoft, the Sweden-based publisher of the award-winning Ad-Aware spyware detection and removal application, announced yesterday a major upgrade to the program with the launch of Ad-Aware Standard Edition (SE). Ad-Aware comprehensively scans your memory, registry, hard, removable and optical drives for known datamining, aggressive advertising, and tracking components which it can remove to protect your […]
A trip down computing memory lane
Wow, nostalgia! A post on John Dvorak’s Dvorak Uncensored blog commented on a 1965 computer listed in an online computer museum. On taking a look at the site, I came across this Kaypro 2x from 1984, which was the first ‘real’ computer I ever used. 4Mhz Z80A processor, CP/M operating system – this is from […]
Webinar on blogging: what every marketer needs to know
If you want to know ‘Blogging 101’ from the business perspective, a free one-hour webinar presented by business intelligence firm Intelliseek may be just what you need. Here’s what Intelliseek say about the webinar: In a short time, a new form of Internet content — the blog, short for “web log” — has become a […]
Ban on blogs at the 2004 Olympics?
A report on champion swimmer and US Olympic team member Scott Goldblatt’s blog on 10 August makes interesting reading, discussing as it does what looks like a ban on blogging at the Athens olympics by any competing athlete. The 2004 Olympic Games start tomorrow, 13 August. Excerpt comment: […] It seemed that blogging was outlawed […]
Firefox is the one
Ok, I’ve bitten the bullet and made the switch to Firefox as my default browser. Version 0.9.3 (it’s still in beta) is good enough to convince me to move away from Maxthon, the successor to MyIE2. Both of these browsers are based on Internet Explorer (but that’s got nothing to do with why I’ve switched). […]
The H-P way: Fire top managers
Carly Fiorina, the chief executive of computer maker Hewlett-Packard, pledged to fire top managers yesterday after announcing poor results that sent the shares tumbling. — report in the Daily Telegraph today. Telegraph | Money | HP heads ‘to roll’ after poor results I wonder how such public news of the CEO’s intentions just two days […]
US bloggers see the future
Paul Chaney of Radiant Marketing in Tupelo, Mississippi, USA, has posted the thoughts and opinions of some high-profile US business bloggers re how they see the future of blogging. Not another self-promotional piece by bloggers about blogging, you may be thinking. Actually, no, far from it. There are some very interesting views expressed in Paul’s […]
Liechtenstein re-branded
The tiny European country of Liechtenstein is just about to relaunch itself on the world having had a makeover session from the brand consultants. — report today from Reuters. View video report (2m 13 secs): Reuters.com | Liechtenstein Rebranded (If the link above doesn’t work, go to tv.reuters.com and navigate from there.)
Olympic organization feats
Watching the spectacular 2004 Olympic Games opening ceremony on TV last night got me thinking about the organization behind it all. The sheer feat of putting together the 2½ hour event deserves admiration and congratulations to everyone involved for its success. 72,000 people in the new olympic stadium, representatives of the teams from 202 countries […]
Corporate blog list: Is there one?
I spent some time today with Google, Yahoo, MSN, Technorati, various wikis, websites and blogs in trying to find a listing of corporate blogs. I looked at WSJ, Fast Company, Business 2.0, the Guardian, Business Week and I can’t remember how many others. Lots of results but not what I’m looking for. Is there a […]
Corporate blog list: Yes, there is one!
Yesterday, I posted a plea for information on a list of corporate blogs. I quickly heard from Constantin Basturea that he’s started such a list in the Resources section of the New PR Wiki. Please visit and add your knowledge! The New PR Wiki – Resources.CEOBlogsList
RSS: Real advantage for marketing and PR
Internetnews.com published a pretty sharp analysis on 13 August of the threat to traditional marketing and PR activity that business blogs present. What’s especially interesting about the article is its commentary on RSS, which gives clear advantages to marketing and PR departments in how they can change their communication models. RSS (concise definition) is a […]
Disclosure – more, please
Canadian journalist David Akin has done something on his blog that I’d like to see on more blogs written by journalists – a detailed disclosure of who pays for his blog. In David’s case, he goes into some detail to say that nobody does; he lists some relationships he has with various organizations to do […]
Flying blog
Lunchtime break, good time to review what’s come in on RSS over the past couple of hours. Reading a news item on the BBC about Global Flyer, the jet plane in which US adventurer Steve Fossett plans to fly non-stop around the world early next year without refuelling. The high-profile backer of Global Flyer is […]
Executive blogs: Keep the lawyers away
I’ve never met John Dvorak, the outspoken US tech columnist, but I’ve been reading his material for a long time in journals like PC Magazine and, recently, his blog precisely for his outspoken-ness. He certainly has opinions and he ain’t afraid to tell you them! I came across his riposte on his blog yesterday of […]
An artful start from ChangeThis
I read through The Art of the Start last night, a manifesto I downloaded from the ChangeThis website. ChangeThis, driven by Seth Godin and launched on 13 August, is an interesting concept: a form of media that uses existing tools (like PDF files, blogs and the web) to challenge the way ideas are created and […]
RSS gets down to business
RSS is moving into the business realm with the release this week of RSSCalendar, a free web-based service for sharing calendar data over the Internet, CNET News reports. Developer John Pacchetti released a trial version of RSSCalendar last month. The service allows a user to convert and publish calendar data as an RSS feed. Friends, […]