From weblog consulting firm Business Logs comes Writing for the Web, a free six-page PDF guide that provides a basic introduction to writing a business blog. With topics that include writing style, content and style, length of posts and how to use humour, the concise guide is a good primer for anyone who is contemplating […]
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TypePad makes it even easier
If you run a blog hosted by TypePad, you’ll be pleased to know that a number of major upgrades to the service were announced yesterday: True WYSIWYG rich text editing interface so you can see common text formatting options like bold, italic, underline and strikethrough, as you edit. You still have the choice to use […]
Those Florida voting machines…
With the US elections over and done with, what interest will there be now in anything to do with the electronic voting systems used in many states, eg, Florida? Well, maybe if it’s funny. Humour is always subjective but I bet many of my American friends (especially Democrats, which is most of them, actually) will […]
IAOC hosts online PR blogging event
Constantin Basturea reports that the recently-formed International Association of Online Communicators (IAOC) has started a blog. What’s more, starting on Monday 8 November, IAOC will be facilitating an online blogging event throughout the coming week – the Thrilla’ in Mozilla blog fest – that will feature a different contributor each day: A-list US marketing and […]
BloggerCon III takes place today
BloggerCon III gets underway today in California. The focus of BloggerCon is weblogs in journalism, education, science, business and politics. BloggerCon is an unusual conference. There are no formal speakers, panels or an audience, but discussions and sessions, and each session has a discussion leader. It’s an un-conference and there is no cost to participate. […]
Bloggers blogging BloggerCon
In the coming days, no doubt we’ll be seeing lots of commentary, discussion and analysis on many blogs about BloggerCon III which took place in the US on 6 November (see my post). To help find blogs commenting about the event, try this Technorati link: http://technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&url=bloggercon See these reports by O’Reilly Network correspondent John Adams, […]
Those voting machines… again
So maybe my little joke on Friday about the Florida electronic voting machines needs thinking about again. From the Wall Street Journal: COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – 5 November 2004 – An error with an electronic voting system gave President George W. Bush 3,893 extra votes in suburban Columbus, elections officials said. Franklin County’s unofficial results […]
Unconventional thinking comes to traditional ad agency
News that the bastion of traditional advertising, J. Walter Thompson – part of the WPP Group communication services conglomerate – has hired someone in a key senior role who represents the new face of creativity with an interesting track record of original, unconventional and non-traditional thinking. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that JWT […]
Corporate blogging: Start slowly but start now
A report just out by IT industry analysts Forrester Research recommends that corporate use of blogs should vary based on business goals, and companies should start slowly with blogs but start with them now. The research was conducted by Forrester analyst Charlene Li, who started a blog in September. The 18-page research report is available […]
A lot of history about Microsoft Windows
A news item today on Bink reported about the history of Microsoft Windows as an entry in Wikipedia. It makes good reading if this is a subject that interests you. Covers Windows from 1.0 right up to today. My first thought was that this is a new presentation of the information. But it’s not – […]
Konfabulator comes to Windows
More tools for customizing your Windows with the launch today of Konfabulator for Windows, a port of the rather neat Mac OS X app that lets you run widgets on your desktop. Konfabulator for Windows download page. 8Mb installation file. Free to try, $25 to buy. Good article in eWeek about Konfabulator’s history. eWeek | […]
Protect your bananas
Hold the front page! Here’s crucial news about how to protect your bananas: Are you fed up with taking bananas to work or school only to find them bruised and squashed? Our unique, patented device allows for the safe transport and storage of individual bananas letting you enjoy perfect bananas anytime, anywhere […] The Banana […]
Communicators’ views on BloggerCon
Good commentaries about BloggerCon III from Australian PR practitioner Trevor Cook who was there, with some focused thinking on what it all means from the business, PR and general communication perspectives. (What’s BloggerCon?) Blogging, journalism and public relations Bloggercon: the vendor problem Blogging and money The Bloggercon ‘politics’ session Some Bloggercon reflections – the podcasting […]
Developing a conversation with Bob Bly
Last week, copywriter Bob Bly became the target for highly critical comment all over the blogosphere following an article he wrote in DM News that said blogging is a complete waste of time. As other bloggers did I posted commentary about Bly’s article, under the title The story of the copywriter who didn’t get it. […]
Firefox arrives
It’s here – release 1.0 of Firefox is now available for download. Mozilla will be holding a launch extravaganza today from 22:00 GMT, running through until 03:00 GMT tomorrow morning: We will be hosting AIR MOZILLA live from the Mozilla Foundation HQ, a 5 hour web event, including a live webcast and text chat. The […]
Engadget interviews Skype
Engadget has a lengthy interview with Skype co-founder and CEO Niklas Zennström about the future of voice communication, using Skype through wi-fi handhelds, and the coming death of the telecom dinosaurs. (A reminder of what Skype is – free software that lets you make free phone calls from your computer to other Skype users anywhere […]
New Communications Forum 2005 launches website and blog
Planning for New Communications Forum 2005 is rapidly moving ahead with the launch yesterday of the new website and blog. The concept of PR bloggers Elizabeth Albrycht and Guillaume du Gardier, the New Communications Forum 2005 will provide you with an in-depth, hands-on exploration of the future of communications with two events taking place: in […]
Codes and policies to blog by
A welcome contribution to a clear code of practice for bloggers comes from Charlene Li at Forrester Research. As part of a report into corporate blogging that Charlene prepared, and which Forrester published last week, come 13 suggestions for a blogger ‘code of ethics’ (I prefer the expression ‘code of practice’): I will tell the […]
Today’s rich miscellany
Business, communication and technology news snipped from my RSS feeds today: Microsoft to Launch Fresh Challenge to Google, Yahoo (Wall Street Journal) – Microsoft Corp. tomorrow will start its long-awaited Internet search service, adding fresh competition to Google Inc. Firefox and Beyond: Mozilla President Browses the Future (eWeek) – As Mozilla launches Firefox for the […]
Using Gmail with Outlook
Coming soon – the ability to access your Gmail account via desktop applications like Outlook. The Industry Standard reports that Google will roll out POP3 support gradually over the coming weeks to Gmail users, who will be able to use the feature to download email from Gmail servers to email applications on PCs and wireless […]