Year: 2006
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The Iranian president’s blog and devious intent
When Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadenijad started a blog last week, it didn’t get an awful lot of meaningful attention in the English-speaking blogosphere. Perhaps it should have, if only to say that here we have the first blog in the…
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2006 Podcast Awards – Results
The results for the 2006 Podcast Awards contest were announced late yesterday and the list of nearly all winners posted. FIR was a contender for the Best Business Podcast award – but we didn’t win. Winner of this category was…
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10 cool websites to add to Time’s 50
Time magazine just published their latest list of the 50 coolest websites. They say they evaluate hundreds of candidates, some suggested by readers, colleagues and friends, others discovered during countless hours of surfing. Many of this year’s choices are shining…
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Dell’s reputation tipping point
All sorts of opinions are flying around about Dell’s recall of over four million laptop computer batteries announced yesterday. A quick scan of blog posts in Technorati show some people saying it’s the largest product recall in consumer electronics history.…
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Employee engagement and the bottom line
If you need evidence of the relationship between how employees feel about their employer – part of the way of looking at ’employee engagement’ – and the company’s financial performance, the Financial Times has a case study feature that illustrates…