Category: Communication

  • First report for MyRagan TV

    One thing I like about Mark Ragan, CEO of Ragan Communications, is his willingness to dive in with new or different ways of communicating and see what happens when you experiment. I do that a lot, too, so we were…

  • Online video: Opportunities and challenges

    A number of things struck me as I sat in a briefing room in Microsoft’s main London office yesterday morning. The occasion was a press event by Microsoft to announce their vision for online video in Europe including their strategy…

  • Marmite evangelism

    If there’s one food product guaranteed to provoke strong reactions from people, it’s Marmite. This quintessentially British product first began manufacture in 1902 in Stoke on Trent. Today, it’s sold all over the world. The brand is owned by Unilever.…

  • The complexity of combining Microsoft and Yahoo

    Yesterday’s news about Microsoft’s unsolicited $44.6 billion (£22.6bn) bid to acquire Yahoo has, unsurprisingly, made headlines around the world. Plenty of commentators have been quick to analyse what the combination might mean to the tech business and, in particular, search…

  • A popup with value

    I was reading a story on FT.com about eBay’s new measures to prevent fraud, and encountered a popup as I scrolled down the web page. I actually found this popup both useful and unobtrusive. In this particular case, as my…