July 29th, 2007
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
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
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
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
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 20th, 2007
One of the casualties of the imminent closing of the Soflow social networking site is the excellent Blog Buzz forum there, managed by Jim Turner of One by One Media.
The membership includes a high proportion of very successful, well-known bloggers. The quality of discussion has always been high.
It would have been a pity […]
By Des Walsh -- 2 comments
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
May 31st, 2007
I always enjoy visiting David St Lawrence’s Ripples blog.
It’s a great example of how one person in a small community can use this marvellous technology to communicate to a wider world about that community and its way of life and and about the particular challenges of doing business in small communities.
This is hyperlocal blogging at work.
David St […]
By Des Walsh -- 1 comment
May 18th, 2007
In my endeavours to communicate to business owners and executives the potential benefits of blogging, one of the challenges I’ve been facing is how to explain satisfactorily the broader context of social media and social networking.
And when I can hold their attention long enough to communicate something about the social media/social networking revolution, my next […]
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April 30th, 2007
I’m working with some colleagues on a couple of business initiatives and as a keen blogger I am naturally thinking about how to use blogs to help with the marketing.
And precisely because I am a blogger and I read and comment on other blogs, check my RSS readers regularly, listen to podcasts and am generally […]
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