SuperNova Awards
Many of you probably know Ray Wang, esteemed industry analyst, from his days at Forrester or more recently his own firm Constellation Research. Ray asked me to be a judge for the inaugural Constellation SuperNova Awards the other week, and without hesitation I said yes. The challenge now is I need t...
Continue reading...How do you solve a PR-oblem like the Murdochs?
Over the past few weeks the media has, of course, been dominated by the News Corp. hacking story. While this is obviously about much more than PR, it’s interesting how much of it has hinged on public relations.
Despite the money no doubt being poured into PR by News Corp. there have been a lot of...
Continue reading...Technology enables seats of learning, not a tower of Babel
A recent study from Columbia University claims that the ability to find almost any information at the click of a few buttons on Google could make us less likely to remember things. Apparently, researchers believe that we tend to forget information if we are confident that we can find it again.
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What to make of Google+
Like many people I was a bit sceptical when I heard that Google was making yet another attempt to get into the social networking space – Google Buzz anyone? That of course didn’t stop me signing up for it once an invite came my way and admittedly liking it much more than I thought I would.
So is...
Continue reading...Norf / Sarf
I was on the southbound Northern line coming into Goodge Street the other day. At exactly the same time, a northbound train pulled into the opposite platform. There we were herds of ‘Norf’ and ‘Sarf’ Londoners walking up the stairs together and getting cosy in the lifts before heading off on our dai...
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