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...
by Minter Dial | Sep 11, 2007 | Social Media
The BBC reports yesterday from the ongoing BA (British Association) Festival of Science at York University conference that Facebook is estimated to cause 130 million pounds PER DAY in lost productivity. Naturally, after one considers the lost productivity of phone...
by Minter Dial | Sep 11, 2007 | Social Media
There are many things that keep amazing me (and perhaps you, too) on the Web. Google and Facebook are paving new and surprising ways, as in embedding little “surprises” that reward curiosity and surely spark viral discussion. The bonus, in the case of...
by Minter Dial | Sep 11, 2007 | Business, Social Media
Stanford University is now offering a course in how to use Facebook… specifically on “application deployment.” Stanford Course. Got to love that spunk (way to snake the fame from Harvard, from whence came the founders)! How quick are business schools...