Thoughts from a Bafta nominated Podcaster, Blogger, Writer and Commentator.
This isn’t “process journalism,” it’s bullying. It’s also unethical. That’s why I tell clients to skip TechCrunch and reach the same influential audience with a story on a site like Business Insider, GigaOm, VentureBeat or AllThingsD. If it’s a big story, you can go to the Wall Street Journal. It’s almost like Techcrunch became the de facto Valleywag, post Valleywag.
At least I got a little break from the travelling. With the Eurovision Song Contest now over for another year (you can find a list of all the Eurovision coverage I contributed to here) it’s time to hit the road again and seek out some new challenges and ideas. And the best place for that sort of recharge, frankly, is in the company of lots of creative bloggers, writers, podcasters and entrepreneurs. Thankfully just such an even is happening next week, albeit in New York. Yes, it’s the first BlogWorld to take place on the East Coast, and I’ll be
There was a fair bit of coverage of Microsoft’s move to Windows Live Spaces from their service to WordPress, as part of the rationalisation of the Windows Live suite, but the good news (which has just been pointed out to me) is in a ZDNet update: For those worried about the future of Microsoft’s Windows Live Writer blogging tool/app, Microsoft officials say there is no plan to phase it out and it will remain part of the Windows Live family. Good, because for me it’s the perfect blogging client.
Have we lost the Human factor online (and no I’m not talking about the Evil of the Daleks, but if anyone in Zimbabwe would care to look for the tapes…)? Two discrete data points today and an experience from my time in the US leads me to think that the next big change online could not be in how we relate to data, but how we relate to people. The first point, and one I can link to, is CC Chapman asking where all the personal blog posts have gone: I’ve had to change how I blog a little bit.
During today, and over the next few days, I’m doing some blogging for Intel over on the Mid Moves site. They’ve supplied me with two devices (the Compal MID, and the BenQ S6) straight from the CES floor in Las Vegas, and I’ll be trying them out around Scotland. You can follow what I get up to, and my thoughts on the two Linux powered box, over on the site. Here are the articles from today, the first day… Unboxing the Compal MID device. I’ll be using this slider device (keyboard sliding out from under the screen) for the first
One more thing from Blog World Expo, this time on IT-Pro, and what business and enterprise could learn from the conference attendees… While blogs are still considered to be written by individuals from their own viewpoints, a number of companies have presence online in this space – and it’s proving to be a worthwhile investment. That was among the messages from the many professional and corporate bloggers at the recent Blog World Expo. Indeed, at one time, a corporate website was the exception, not the rule. This has obviously changed, and most people expect businesses to become more involved in
