Media
I can't resist sharing this intriguing version of Miss American Pie (The year the media died) here. I found it via Peter Kirwan and Adam Tinworth, so have a suspicion it's been making the rounds online recently - but I've been rather handicapped this
Blogging
I just realised I've only posted a paltry four posts here this month, mainly because I've been busy elsewhere: writing for print magazines, a bit for the NONA blog and with real life meetings. I'll blog a bit more about those meetings eventually, but
Blogging
Could you sum up your motivation for life, work, blogging in 140 characters? On a whim, Richard Sambrook asked his Twitter followers what motivates them and pulled together a selection of the answers. It makes for fascinating reading, also in terms of whether this is a good snaphot of a
Books
I just learned that an anthology on sharing culture, edited by Heidi Grande Röys, the Norwegian minister of Government and Administration Reform, is out today (via Sermo Consulting). It's called "Shared opinions - about the web's social side" (my adhoc translation, more about the
Journalism
This piece over at journalism.co.uk on rookie freelance mistakes reminded me of my friend Brian's brilliant Law of Negotiated Misery, which asserts that the "self-managed classes" have a way of negotiating themselves into lives of permanent misery. It's conclusion: if you are
Blogging
Here's a golden chance to get two hours of consulting services from social media veterans Adriana Lukas and Chris Heuer for a bargain. Adriana emails to say they are currently auctioning two hours of their time on eBay. I'm a bit late to this story as
Finance
So, Mecom boss David Montgomery has pulled it off again: another covenant extension, his fourth this year, and prospects of raising new equity to the tune of £140 million, despite presenting grim preliminary financial results for 2008 this morning. Yet it seems the company is still treading water, and yesterday
Blogging
Here's something which, despite all the current doom and gloom, makes me both hopeful for the future of the world at large and despondent about my own industry (and if you'd rather focus on the former, feel free to jump past my chronology of frustration:-)
Blogging
Beat this: blogger complains he can't buy his favourite music, music company employee tells him to steal it and calls the blogger a brat while he's at it. Blogger does what bloggers do: he blogs about it, tweets about the blog post, Norway's Twittersphere
Blogging
At least I hope today's news about Press Gazette being saved after a buyout by New Statesman owner Progressive Media (via Journalism.co.uk), implies that I will be able to continue following those blogs. I'm also, of course, happy for the staff who get to
Blogging
One down, two to go, says Iain Dale after Gordon Brown's chief political adviser Damian McBride resigned over what The Guardian dubbed "Labour sex smear scandal" . I must admit I've stopped counting as I only keep half an eye on political blogs these days,
Economy
I'm late to this, but I thought Doc Searls' thoughts on the Intention Economy were so interesting I wanted to record them here for posterity rather than just bookmark (from a Berkman lunch livblogged by Doc's fellow Cluetrain author Weinberger,found via Adriana) "The