Year: 2009

  • Tweeting the adventure of a lifetime

    Back in 2005, blogs and podcasts were the envelopes being pushed, so to speak, by many in organizations large and small. One push that captured imaginations – certainly it captured mine – was NASA’s podcast experiment from space. In August…

  • FIR Interview: Mathys van Abbe, Mobypicture

    At the Somesso London 09 corporate social media conference in London on May 15, one of the features will be a Twitter-based backchannel, a medium through which conference participants can share commentary and opinion with fellow participants and with others…

  • It’s all about the apps, Part 3

    I wrote last month that iPhone is all about the apps. It’s not really about the device itself, cool though it is – it’s much more about what you can do with it. I discovered a new one yesterday –…

  • FIR Cut: County official takes heat for offering social media job

    Overflow from FIR #447 on May 11, 2009. KATU.com: County to pay $70K for a Twitter/Facebook guru Job posting: Chair’s Office Communication Director/Multnomah County Social Media Coordinator Download this podcast (2.72Mb, 6:40) If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts…

  • FIR Cut: IABC magazine offers three views of communication measurement

    Overflow from FIR #447 on May 11, 2009. Insights in communication measurement Communication World at IABC.com Download this podcast (3.06Mb, 7:32) If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts as they’re published, subscribe to the RSS feed. (What are FIR…