A former colleague of mine messaged me on instant messenger to ask me how things were going, we started talking about Linkedin profiles and he said that he wanted to spend some time on his Linkedin profile after he figured out what he wanted to do – based on some advice he had gotten. [...]
Posts under ‘social network’
Taking back control of technology
There’s an interesting article on the HBR website today from Peter Bregman, the article is a bit sensational in it’s title, “Why I returned my iPad”. Bregman says that he missed being bored and spending time with his 8 year old daughter and so decided to return his iPad. As a result the [...]
Apologize like Joyce not like Zuckerberg
This is Zuckerberg at the D8 conference talking about privacy, he’s pretty defensive, saying things like “we recommend settings… there are misconceptions about the information we’re sharing” and lot’s of other gobbly goop about how Facebook is working on privacy:
Now this is Jim Joyce, an umpire who made a mistake on a baseball play that [...]
Changing my Linkedin philosophy
For a while I held the belief that I should only accept Linkedin requests from people I know well and have actually worked with. This was due to the fact that I didn’t want to be asked for recommendations or introductions from and to people that I didn’t really know. I’ve changed my mind [...]
Brand advertising 2.0 for the music industry
I really like Spotify, so much so that I give them 100 quid a year to be able to listen to the service on my iPod and in Switzerland. I also like thinking about metrics and measurement. Which is why this whole kafuffle about Spotify not paying artists enough or how the creative [...]
Promoted tweets – the tip of the social media iceburg
So Twitter’s announced their monetisation model, “promoted tweets” will be seen from search queries around brands. To a lot of journos this looks a lot like ad sense / search engine monetisation that the likes of Overture / Google introduced years ago. But there’s more to this with Twitter.
People forget that social [...]
Social media as a tool
I’m sorry it’s been a while. Not sure you missed me like I missed you, but being ill, travelling loads and doing my first speaking engagement in years (at Ecole Hotelier Lausanne, which went really well), not to mention continuing to try and be a better dad and husband have meant that you’ve had [...]
Apples and oranges, an EU Zappos?
Okay, this is going to be my last post around cultures in Europe, I promise (fingers crossed behind my back just in case).
Tech Crunch UK Europe (sorry Mike) has a post up about Spartoo.com raising 12M Euros today, calling the company the “Zappos of Europe”, sure Zappos and Spartoo both sell shoes, have an s [...]
Some thoughts for 2010
Had an interesting back and forth this morning with my friend Natasja about best of versus prediction lists. I like being nostalgic, but my preference is for thinking forward. Natasja’s point about lists being based on the “now” and not saying anything new, is a good one. But still which trends are [...]
Best defence, is a good offence
I’m a big fan of using sporting analogies for business strategy. From Yogi Berra (“It ain’t over till it’s over” and “If you come to a fork in the road take it”) to Wayne Gretzky (“Skate where the puck is going”). So it’s no surprise that I use sports philosophies when thinking about [...]