Month: September 2009

  • At least embrace the mobile web

    Mobile commerce is ahead of its time, says a report by eMarketer published on September 4. […] mobile commerce is still in its infancy. Web-enabled mobile phone users are much more likely to employ their devices to get weather forecasts,…

  • Writing on The Next Web

    Yesterday, I posted my first post on The Next Web blog. It was a cross-post of one I wrote here on my own blog. Interesting to see the popularity and global reach of The Next Web demonstrated as that first…

  • Why you should upgrade your WordPress blog

    If you use self-hosted WordPress for your blog and you’re not using the latest version, 2.8.4, you’re running a severe risk of your site security being compromised and even hacked. So do these three things right now: 1. Log in…

  • There’s a social media evolution – Part 1

    (See “There’s no social media revolution” by Paul Seaman for direct context.) Over the past few weeks, Paul Seaman and I have engaged in a friendly debate (well, a series of individual blog posts) about social media and whether or…

  • Individualism of leadership

    I’ve been reading a feature in the FT about what it takes to be a leader, which reviews a book called 1000 CEOs published in the UK last month. Very timely as this was a discussion topic with a good…