August 31st, 2007
Today’s guest blogger, Hal Licino, points to some interesting statistics on the languages of blogging and lays claim to a neologism.
At the height of the Roman Empire, the single lingua franca of Latin was used as the official language of commerce and literature from Scotland to the Nile. Latin became an overlay onto the myriad […]
By Des Walsh -- 1 comment
August 22nd, 2007
As I’m moderating a panel on Social Media at the interactive marketing event, ad:tech Beijing in November, I’m starting to be more alert than usual to blog posts that offer insight into social media in that vast country and complex, multi-layered culture.
I’m also taking greater interest in matters of business etiquette. A long time ago, […]
By Des Walsh -- 2 comments
August 19th, 2007
My b5media colleague and franchising expert, Sean Kelly, is a guest blogger here this week and has kindly offered the use of one of my favorites, a piece he wrote nearly a year ago on occasion of the death of the Australian crocodile guy, the improbable, one-off phenomenon, Steve Irwin.
The message is as pertinent […]
By Des Walsh -- 3 comments
July 28th, 2007
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 16th, 2007
This time last year I had the privilege of participating in the Future of Media Summit, organized by Ross Dawson’s Future Exploration Network (FEN) and held simultaneously in Sydney and San Francisco. My recollection of having enjoyed the event was reinforced just now when I re-read the comment I emailed to Ross the following day, […]
By Des Walsh -- 1 comment
June 21st, 2007
This time next week I’ll be mingling with some top thought leaders, futurists, innovative thinkers, and technology experts from around the world and with staff of the AMP finance and investment company. The occasion is AMP’s week-long Innovation and Thought Leadership Festival 2007.
The Festival is for employees and decision-makers of AMP from all departments […]
By Des Walsh -- 3 comments
June 13th, 2007
An interesting contribution to the blogosphere today, or rather to the blogosphere’s reflection upon and discussion about itself, with the publication of the UK Times Online article “The 50 best business blogs“.
It’s certainly an interesting list, with some readily recognisable blog names, such as Freakonomics, GM’s Fastlane Blog, and Boing Boing.
Author Rhys Blakely does not […]
By Des Walsh -- 5 comments
May 26th, 2007
After posting the item Business Blogging in China, I remembered a particular blog which I could appropriately have made reference to.
Jeremy Gordon’s China Business Blog has been going since May 2004, which is a pretty good run in the world of business blogs, and in that time he has racked up just over 500 posts. […]
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May 24th, 2007
Earlier this year I had the pleasure of being on a panel about blogging, at the ad:tech interactive marketing conference in Sydney. The audience was mixed, ranging from the large proportion who indicated they did not have blogs to pro blogger Darren Rowse, who included some comments on the session in his report […]
By Des Walsh -- 3 comments
April 9th, 2007
From time to time, in speaking with business groups about blogging, I ‘ve mentioned a conversation I’d had with a chief executive, about why blogging was in my view something any business owner should know about and possibly incorporate into their business activity. The punchline of the story was that when I explained that there […]
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