Tim Bray of Sun Microsystems argues that the only feasible way an organization can get started with blogging is through a top-down approach: It’s going to have to happen much the same way it did here at Sun: your CEO or COO or whatever is going to have to say Make it happen! and then […]
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Blog Wars Episode II
A report yesterday by Microsoft Watch said that Microsoft is about to launch a blogging service, MSN Spaces, this week: MSN is expected to tout MSN Spaces as a direct competitor to blog-creation and hosting tools, such as Blogger, Blog*Spot, LiveJournal and TypePad. Microsoft also will position MSN Spaces as a way to allow users […]
Google AdSense one driver of domain name growth
VeriSign reports 5.1 million new domain name registrations during the third quarter – the largest quarterly growth in new domain names in internet history. A report by Internetnews.com says that this is nearly a half-million more than the previous quarter’s addition of 4.7 million, and puts the total number of domain names around the world […]
Edelman: Our word is our bond
Richard Edelman’s latest post in his Speak Up blog is about ethics in PR. But this is no ordinary post, no yawning homily about what the PR profession should be doing to keep a clean house. This post speaks from the heart, it seems to me: Let me begin by recognizing that those who live […]
One swallow does not make a summer
So IABC chairman David Kistle finally blogged a new post yesterday on the IABC Chair blog, nearly six weeks after his last post. He says, “I’ve heard from more than a few that they thought the Blog was dead or dying, but that’s not the case.” That’s good to hear, David. Does this mean we […]
Print or online? Whatever – it’s all about the audience
How long will it be before traditional print magazines die off because of the internet? Ed Bott poses this question, quoting commentary by Alan Meckler at Jupiter Media, specifically regarding PC Magazine and PC World. It caught my attention primarily because I’ve been a PC World subscriber for a couple of years now. My subscription’s […]
On the MSN Spaces bandwagon
It took just three minutes to get a blog set up and running on the new MSN Spaces blog service launched in beta by Microsoft last night. I thought I’d try it out to see what it’s like. I think this will have huge appeal to anyone who uses Hotmail, MSN and all other such […]
Webinar on blogging for business
If you want to learn what blogging means for your business and how you can “blog for business,” this free one-hour webinar on 16 December could be helpful. Starting at 2pm US Eastern Time (that’s 7pm GMT), the webinar will cover: Marketing Content vs. Editorial Content Blogs vs. CMS (Content Management System) Blogs vs. Chat/Discussion […]
100 million broadband users in Europe
More than half of Europe’s internet surfers now have a high-speed broadband connection at home, which has helped to push the number of web users in Europe through the 100 million mark, according to a Neilsen/NetRatings survey published yesterday. Reuters reported that while millions of consumers decided to swap their slow dial-up internet subscriptions for […]
Easy customer relationship building
Add this one to your list of examples to use in answering the question, "So what can a blog do for enhancing my customer relationships?" Nick Bradbury, the developer of Feed Demon (RSS aggregator and reader) and TopStyle (HTML and CSS editor), has a bit of a problem concerning another software developer who has a […]
More trust and transparency, less command and control
Managers with outdated notions about controlling employees are misusing technology to monitor and micro-manage those employees, according to Microsoft-sponsored research published by the London School of Economics. InfoWorld reports that The Future Role of Trust in Work, released this week by the LSE, collated research from 15 field studies done around the world over the […]
IBM getting out of the PC business
In today’s New York Times: IBM, whose PC in 1981 moved personal computing out of the hobby shop and into the corporate and consumer mainstream, has put the business up for sale, people close to the negotiations said yesterday. […] The sale, likely to be in the $1 billion to $2 billion range, is expected […]
Contribute thinking for a new communication model
As part of preparation for an IAOC blog discussion in January, Elizabeth Albrycht is asking for thought contributions from communicators: I believe a fundamental shift in the entire model of communications (under which I include marketing, PR, advertising, etc.) is now possible. I am talking about moving from the old command/control, uni-directional, war-metaphor driven practices […]
Voting begins for 2004 weblog awards
Voting opened today for the 2004 Weblog Awards, announced last month (see my post). With over 500 blogs represented in 34 categories, there is something here for everyone to navigate through and vote for! I’m a finalist in the Best European (Non-UK) Blog category. I would definitely welcome and appreciate your vote, thank you :)) […]
Changes in the works at Electronic Arts
It’s part of a modern-day sweat-shop industry with it’s high-tech work force toiling like galley slaves chained to their benches. So said the New York Times in an article last month describing Electronic Arts. This is about ea_spouse, the wife of the Electronic Arts employee who wrote in her personal blog last month a from-the-heart […]
On giving up blogging and other wondrous things
Copywriter Bob Bly is planning to give up the ghost, so to speak, on blogging after just a week. Remember, Bob’s the guy who sparked a little blogosphere storm (in a teacup, really) last month with an article in a marketing newsletter that basically said blogs are a complete waste of time. To give him […]
The Red Couch is inspiring!
Such a great idea – write a book about blogging where a blog is the focal point for the two authors – Robert Scoble and Shel Israel – to interact, converse and engage with anyone who has an opinion and some ideas to contribute, and actually create the book’s content. Publishing rights will be auctioned […]
A conversation with Ned Lundquist on IABC accreditation
For business communicators, IABC accreditation is an effective way to benchmark yourself against a set of proven standards. I wrote a commentary in this blog a few weeks ago on my own beliefs in the value of this excellent professional development programme. My blog post is just one particular message, though. What do you really […]
Some evangelism on Forrester’s vision
Not everyone sees the visionary road for internal blogging as Charlene Li of Forrester Research does. It looks like I’m one of the seemingly few who very firmly does share that vision on how blogging might evolve in companies as part of an integrated communication and information-sharing system or process, and as a means unto […]
A bevy of books on blogging
The Red Couch isn’t the only new book in the works on blogging. There are quite a few! Jeremy Wright has compiled a list and some comments about what each title plans to cover, which you can read in Jeremy’s post. Here’s the list: Robert Scoble and Shel Israel are doing one called The Red […]