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Archive for July 2007

July 31st, 2007

Blog Post Pirates At Large

You could quote the old saying that imitation is the best form of flattery, but I feel neither flattered nor otherwise pleased when, as happened again a few days ago, I come across more of my blog posts reproduced in their entirety, without attribution, in another blog.
Gordon Finlayson at the Download Squad reports today on […]

By Des Walsh -- 2 comments

July 31st, 2007

Managing Identity in a Web 2.0 World - Part 2: ZoomInfo

The first post in this two part series took a brief look at the challenge of managing our digital identities - what people see when they find us or our companies online.
Way back in 1999, Sun Microsystem’s Scott McNealy famously said “You have zero privacy…Get over it.”
But “getting over it” does not mean we have […]

By Des Walsh -- 1 comment

July 29th, 2007

Managing Identity in a Web 2.0 World - Part 1: The Challenge

This is the first of two posts on the subject of managing our identities - and the identities of our companies - in a Web 2.0 world. This post looks at the challenge.
It is said that Charlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin Look-Alike competition in Monte Carlo, Monaco. He came third.
More recently, noted blogger […]

By Des Walsh -- 2 comments

July 28th, 2007

Social Media Platform for China Business

I sat up and took notice yesterday when email from eMarketer arrived. Headed
Chinese Tiger Roars Online, the message included some impressive statistics drawn from a new report, China Online Overview.
A current growth rate of 30% in China’s online population puts the country on course to soon pass the USA in having the most Internet users […]

By Des Walsh -- 1 comment

July 26th, 2007

Future of Media Summit Coverage

Future Exploration Chairman Ross Dawson sums up the extensive media and blog coverage of the San Francisco + Sydney Future of Media Summit this month, which I wrote about here on July 16.
Of the various media and blog items linked from Ross’ post, one in particular caught my eye, an article in the Sydney Morning […]

By Des Walsh -- 1 comment

July 26th, 2007

If Blogging Needs Courage, What Does That Say About Corporate Blogging Strategy?

Brian Clark at Copyblogger has written a great post.
If you are a regular reader of Copyblogger, you will probably think “so what else is new?”
This guy keeps coming up with such amazing content, I never cease to wonder how he does it. Sheer talent plus hard work, no doubt.
Back to the post, which is about […]

By Des Walsh -- 0 comments

July 26th, 2007

Second Life and a Pub With No Beer

It’s just on a month ago that I posted here about the virtual BlogHer conference on Second Life, paralleling the First Life version of BlogHer 2007 about to commence in Chicago.
Since then I’ve dropped into Second Life (SL) on a few occasions and spent some time looking around. I keep thinking there must be more […]

By Des Walsh -- 5 comments

July 24th, 2007

Mashable Shares Social Networking Goodies

You know when you start to see a whole lot of references in quick succession about one topic?
Message time.
I think I’ve been getting a message in the past 24 hours about Mashable - or, as the title actually goes, Mashable! The Social Networking Site.
Yesterday I was looking for some collaboration tools for a group I’ve […]

By Des Walsh -- 0 comments

July 24th, 2007

Blogging is a Transferable Skill

For anyone who is now or likely to be in the job market and therefore will need at some time to front up to an interview, the Interview Chatter blog is required reading and a must-link for a feed reader.
Like this blog, Interview Chatter is part of the b5media business channel. Its author, Darlene McDaniel, […]

By Des Walsh -- 8 comments

July 21st, 2007

Bloggers at WordCamp 2007

For anyone who wants an up-to-the-minute briefing on blogging as seen in a WordPress world, the WordCamp 2007 event in San Francisco is being live-blogged by several bloggers.
Among others, there are posts by Tris Hussey on the BlogWorld & New Media Expo blog and his own A View From the Isle site.
Stephanie Booth has extensive […]

By Des Walsh -- 2 comments

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