by Minter Dial | Oct 24, 2007 | Social Media
Facebook, Blackberry, LinkedIn, Viadeo, Hotmail, Twitter, Plaxo, Jaiku, Bloglight.ning, del.icio.us and so on … the options for getting in touch are spreading rampantly. There is, on the one hand, a convergence and agglomeration of sites and, on the other, a...
by Minter Dial | Oct 18, 2007 | Social Media
Information R/evolution. The Age of Information is in revolution or just evolution? That is the question behind this entrancing, 5’28 film by Michael Wesch (Assistant Professor at Kansas State University), posted on YouTube on October 13th. This is bound to be a...
by Minter Dial | Oct 18, 2007 | Marketing, Mobile, Social Media
A new research study from SNCR says that spending on conversational marketing will outstrip traditional marketing by 2012. Commissioned by New Communications Review (SNCR, run by Jen McClure), and Joe Jaffe, the study shows some interesting figures and projections...
by Minter Dial | Oct 5, 2007 | Branding, Social Media
We consume words with our most precious resource: time. As such, we should be extremely watchful in its expenditure. Are you not tired of the deluge of words that gush out of some people’s mouths? Between formalities, small talk and thoughtlessness, a day can be...
by Minter Dial | Sep 20, 2007 | Social Media
Today is the birthday of three women: my marvellous mother Morsan, my wonderful wife Yendi and my fellow blogger, Sarah Hague at St Bloggie de Riviere. And for the mother in you all, many happy returns. May today be a perfect day for you!
by Minter Dial | Sep 17, 2007 | Social Media
The two-second news spot? As if the 24-second spot weren’t condensed enough (thanks CNN), we now seem to be moving into nano-news era. On top of that, via services such as blogs, Twitter, wikipedia and others, the proliferation of news services and sources seems...