Cut the B — , let’s embrace the Log.
For a while now, I’ve been trying to find a satisfying way to share and quickly comment on the stories that zip by each day.
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Content: What’s in a name?
Material matters.
Death to content: long live the Editor
If the saying goes that content is King, today’s warring agendas, varying competence and vulgar chaos would put Game of Thrones to shame.
Press releases are the selfies of the marketing world
The press release was a document born of necessity. Nascent public relations professionals realised the best way to get ahead of the story…
Apple
Whatch’s it like?
In dozens of different little ways, it streamlines my life by eliminating my phone, and now most of my wallet too.
writing
We must take more pride in analysing how stories are made
There’s a common founder myth (read “cliche”) that goes something like this: > “From a young age, I found myself fascinated by how things worked. Once I took the TV apart to see how the little people got inside. Just like Steve Jobs, this is why I think the
Apple Watch reveals the paradox of tech innovation
Whenever new tech emerges, there’s a clash between how you: “should” use it, want to use it and how normal people actually will. The Apple…
marketing
Press releases are the selfies of the marketing world
The press release was a document born of necessity. Nascent public relations professionals realised the best way to get ahead of the story and speculation was to distribute a short statement of the facts. And it took off. Over time, the format has become a hyper real pastiche. Many PRs
Apple watch expectations
Having lived with Pebble on and off for a long while, across both Android and iOS, I already have a feel for most of what to expect. 90% of…
It’s time to go post-Elizabethan on our Smartwatch assumptions
Believe it or not, just to find out the time while on the move, one used to have to conjure a device from one’s pocket…
Digital Wake
Digital Wake: a new experiment
Having recently got heavily into podcasts, it seemed a good time to give it a crack with @DannyWhatmough [http://twitter.com/dannywhatmough/]. Thoughts and feedback always welcome.
Public Relations
PR for PR
Post [https://www.facebook.com/stephen.waddington/posts/10153350969636982] by Stephen Waddington [https://www.facebook.com/stephen.waddington].Have been meaning to write up similar thoughts about the Guardian’s “anon PR” feature. Was invited to write one and explained that I think anyone who would contribute is rather missing