Your time, your place, your opportunity
In the Wikipedia and Public Relations presentation to Wikimedia UK that Philip Sheldrake and I did last weekend when we participated in the Wikimedia UK annual conference in London, a significant aspect was sharing some content from a draft document prepared by the CIPR that’s designed to help CIPR members understand more about the Wikipedia...
Inside the connected car
Very interesting assessment of in-car technology with some quotable predictions from Intel, eg: By next year the car will be the third most-connected place in which people spend time. By 2016, how connected a car is will be a critical buying decision. In the future, if car ownership declines but increased use is still needed,...
Wikipedia and public relations
The Science Museum in London is a fascinating place. I spent quite a bit of time there yesterday – and have some pics to show for it – in my first visit in twenty years. It never ceases to amaze me that such an astounding place of learning, wonderment and inspiration is free, as in,...
CEO reputation paramount in the see-thru world
What role does the reputation of a company’s chief executive play in the reputation of his or her company and, thus, the likely business success or failure of that company? It’s a crucial question that draws some fascinating answers in the results of new research conducted by PR firm Weber Shandwick. The second installment of...
Virgin Media blocks access to Pirate Bay
Reading the Guardian’s report that Virgin Media started blocking access to Pirate Bay from yesterday in accordance with a court order in the UK requiring that action, I checked access (I’m a Virgin Media customer): it is indeed blocked. More info from Virgin on why they sometimes do block access to certain websites: http://www.virginmedia.com/siteblocking Is...
Re-imagining the mobile value proposition
GigaOm reports on trends in data use on mobile devices, citing research from Akamai and from Chetan Sharma that shows that demand for mobile broadband is continuing to grow unabated. We are using more mobile data in more places, says GigaOm, and this is going to keep changing how we live, work, create and consume....
EU: The internet cuts out the middle man
The EU Observer reports that the European Parliament is looking at how its 736 deputies and 6,000 staff should prepare for novelties such as internet-politics, multi-lateralism and enhanced legal powers. [...] A recent example of the power of the internet for deputies was the mobilising effect it had on opponents of Acta – a controversial...
Universal reputation
I’m hooked watching The Voice UK, the reality talent show with a difference that the BBC started broadcasting in primetime on Saturday nights a few weeks ago. I’m not a fan of talent, reality or any other such TV show. I’ve never seen a complete episode of Britain’s Got Talent, The X Factor, Celebrity Whatever,...
