By Ian, on February 17th, 2007 A mostly frustrating day for me struggling with CSS and PHP for the site for our summer conference day at work (to be revealed). I guess I learned a lot about both of those things in the struggle, though, so it will undoubtedly pay off eventually. In the meantime, I want to sing the praises of Upcoming. It’s Continue reading Up and Coming By Ian, on February 16th, 2007 … are not normally to be mixed, of course. But a night out with my friend Dave Cruickshank has proven too strong a lure. Having set much of the Web 2.0 world to rights, the theme of ‘crossing the chasm’ versus ‘the tipping point’ became the main topic. For the uninitiated, these two books, both Continue reading Blogging and Drinking By Ian, on February 14th, 2007 Kent Newsome — happily returning to blogging this month after an extended period AWOL — asks me to “Name five reasons why you do (or do not) respond to memes” and tagged me in the process. The answer is that I do and this is why: 1. He did it so very nicely that I would feel Continue reading On Being Memed By Ian, on February 12th, 2007 * Perhaps. Just finished a post due to fire up at NMK tomorrow when I’m away at the Search Engines Strategies (London) conference. Is anyone else going? It’s my Valentines’ tie-in feature, which isn’t really necessary on NMK, but what the hell. Great timing from instrata to produce a press release about dating sites today. Continue reading Sheer Idleness By Ian, on February 9th, 2007 Subscribe to the Sense Worldwide newsletter for genuinely interesting internet news that you haven’t already read a million times on blogs that think reading Techmeme is the same thing as finding inspiration. I used to think, in this age of RSS and at-your-convenience distribution, that the email newsletter was dead. It isn’t. There are a couple Continue reading Two Tips By Ian, on February 7th, 2007 I’ve just wobbled home from Wobble 2.0, the first of the new Chinwag Live event series. The big question on every one’s lips was, of course, whether we’re in a new economic bubble. Mike Butcher has seen more booms than Basil Brush thanks to his time spent at NMA and the Industry Standard. Continue reading Boom or Bloom? | About this BlogSocial tools, devices and web evolution are creating epochal change in media, society and business. The plan is to hide under the floorboards till it’s all over document some of the interesting parts of that change. More…. |
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