Category: Web

  • Instagramming NYFW

    A frequent topic over the past year on the FIR podcast that my co-host Shel Holtz and I have pondered and discussed is the rise of visual communication. A key reference point for us was the interview we did in…

  • Sprinklr acquires Dachis to create a social enterprise powerhouse

    Disruptive change is a hallmark of the social web, and nowhere is disruption more often strongly seen and felt than in large organizations. Everyone is trying to figure out a new business landscape that, for large enterprises in particular, has…

  • The future of blogging is rosy

    Back in the day when blogging was social media, in the decade of the 00s, you were pretty limited in the methods you could use to publish your thinking and ideas. Then, you only had blogs, the websites that enabled…

  • Valentine expression

    Today is Valentine’s Day, the day traditionally when millions of people express a feeling towards another via the mechanism of anonymous greeting cards they send. Well, note the word ‘traditionally.’ The days of buying a printed Hallmark Valentine card and…

  • If you want my data, reward me

    At the moment, we provide our personal details free to data-gathering giants like Facebook and Google. That won’t always be the case, says guest writer Daniel de Bruin. Data security promises to be one of the main issues facing organisations…