It's been an interesting couple of days .. I've been trying to follow all the comments on this debate across various blogs, LinkedIn and Twitter and it's fascinating to see the visceral reaction that the debate has provoked. So what happened? Yesterday morning James put the slaves.ie site live. The domain was registered by me back in February of this year, but,like so … [Read more...] about Slaves.ie And The Intern Debacle
Will Google+ (Plus) Finally Be Google’s Social Media Success Story?
Google has been toying with social networks / media for years. Remember Orkut? Or how about Wave? And those are just two of the ones that fizzled out.. Google+, however, seems to be "catching on" and might actually go somewhere. (Some reports are citing figures in excess of 20 million users already!) I'm naturally cynical, so I've been thinking about how Google will gain … [Read more...] about Will Google+ (Plus) Finally Be Google’s Social Media Success Story?
So When Will Google Plus Have An API?
I'm usually not that much of an API fanboy, but in the case of social networks I really feel that they need one. If you're active on several social networks then being able to share content to more than one of them at a time is kind of important and being able to do so without having to login to each and everyone of them is useful. Of course if you cross-post ALL your … [Read more...] about So When Will Google Plus Have An API?
Kantar Media Spamming Social Media Award Nominees
I hate spammers. Anyone who resorts to spamming obviously doesn't have enough skill to market successfully using acceptable methods.It's that simple. Yesterday afternoon I was spammed by Kantar Media - seemingly because I was "nominated for an award" (We were shortlisted for several and won one, but since spammers are incredibly lazy this lack of attention to detail is … [Read more...] about Kantar Media Spamming Social Media Award Nominees
Another Blog Experiment
I used to post here quite regularly, but over the last while the frequency of my posts has dropped. I am posting random stuff to Twitter / Facebook or just bookmarking it, so I decided to shove up a small little blog just for that So if you want random short bursts check out my new b.log (pun intended!) … [Read more...] about Another Blog Experiment