Humour
<< Originally a guest post for the Social Collective blog [http://www.social-collective.com/2010/08/24/guest-post-%E2%80%9Cthe-talk%E2%80%9D/#comments] , stumbled upon it while Googling and decided it deserves to be here too >> [https://i0.wp.com/www.social-collective.com/wp-content/uploads/
followfriday
A jolly little cartoon [http://theoatmeal.com/comics/follow_friday] just popped up in my Twitter feed (thanks @lewsisshields [http://twitter.com/lewisshields]) making an entertaining point about the Follow Friday phenomenon- namely that nobody ever follows the people suggested in such tweets. But actually I think this kind of
review
[https://i0.wp.com/www.maxtb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Kindle-front-graphite1.jpg?ssl=1] My brother and I have a kind of gentlemanâs agreement to buy each other the gadgets we want but canât justify as Christmas presents every year. Whatâs more, we cunningly subvert the
journalism
An interesting Tweetversation has been going on between a couple of leading UK tech journos Chris Davies [http://twitter.com/c_davies] (from SlashGear [http://slashgear.com]) and Mic Wright [http://twitter.com/brokenbottleboy] ( freelancer [http://brokenbottleboy.tumblr.com/]for the likes of Wired [http://www.wired.co.uk/] &
Public Relations
As you may have heard, last week my agency Wildfire PR released some social media research which saw some pretty excellent pickup all over the place. As PRs, weâre all pretty used to the value of good coverage- traditionally, Â itâs one of the great magical currencies of what
Posts
Modern Warfare 2, probably the most successful game of all time, sold 7 million copies during its first day on sale. Thatâs 7 million men, women and children out there who are logging hours on the thing as we speak. Â But itâs not the only game raking in
Public Relations
<< Crossposted from my post on the official Wildfire PR [http://blog.wildfirepr.co.uk/] blog. Because I like it. >> If one thing has become clear in the last few weeks, itâs that everyone loves the Old Spice guy. Â He sprung out of nowhere, posted some
Technology
Recent releases of online tools have been plagued by the question: Whatâs it for? In the case of Buzz, it was criticised for trying to be Twitter. Considering the big question from Twitter luddites is âwhatâs it for?â, itâs a surprise this paradox didnât cause a
Ellsberg
This is as close to a âreblogâ as Iâm likely to get- advice from a chap called Daniel Ellsberg to a young Henry Kissinger upon him receiving his first top secret clearances. I think itâs one of the most important things you could ever remember when scrutinising the
Public Relations
A PR career [http://wildfirepr.co.uk] is a funny thing. The account exec role births you into a chaotic world of frenzied media relations and client report deadlines. But no sooner do you get a grip on these fundamentals than the skillset gives way bit by bit to a
consumer
An unidentified non-Streaky Dell tabletDonât get me wrong, Dell donât exactly *need* a tablet PC right now. For a start, they donât have the OS for it and in reality, the iPad is also too pricey for the mainstream Dell audience to shell out. They arenât
marketing
By now, youâll have seen the excellent recent Old Spice ads [http://www.youtube.com/user/OldSpice] as well as the ingenious @oldspice [http://twitter.com/oldspice] followup campaign. But the thing is, as good as they are, its not going to make me buy old spice. And I
