Category: Communication

  • The granular appeal of Twitter

    Wired magazine has a great feature about Twitter. Writer Clive Thompson explains what Twitter is, why it appeals to so many people and how he thinks a microblogging tool like Twitter may influence future software development. Much of that has…

  • On my recommended reading list

    I’d like to recommend some valuable, thought-provoking and, yes, entertaining business reading that I’m currently enjoying. Two books: Strategies and Tools for Corporate Blogging by John Cass. A great wake-up call for corporations, says one reviewer. John highlights not only…

  • Phone in your TwitterGram

    Last week, I wrote about TwitterGram, a tool/service developed by Dave Winer that lets you record a brief audio message and post it to Twitter. It’s already proving to be quite a popular tool, judging from the flurry of ‘grams…

  • Twitter and Jaiku but not Pownce

    I’m not quite sure what to make of Pownce, the latest entrant into the twittering micro-blogging and stream-of-consciousness field. Since signing up a few days ago (thanks again, pierro, for the invitation), I’ve probably spent 20 minutes with it before…

  • Good lessons from Crowne Plaza launch in Second Life

    Is there a genuine benefit for a global hotel company to set up shop in Second Life? InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) thinks there most definitely is as they have just entered the virtual world with the launch of “The Place…