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Full story: What’s for lunch today, Twitter?
An imaginative use of Twitter. Somerset County Council in southwest England is set to use Twitter to tell parents what’s on the lunch menu for their children at school. This idea is part of the Council’s My School Lunch initiative, which includes an interactive website for teachers, parents and kids. The site asks parents to let the Council know what they think about the lunch menu. The ‘tweet the menu’ service will be trialled for one term, with the results…
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Full story: How bad can it get for SpinVox?
When I think about SpinVox and the huge public kerfuffle that broke out last month stemming from allegations made in a BBC investigation over SpinVox’s audio-to-text transcription service, Billy Flynn and razzle-dazzle from the musical Chicago is mostly what springs to my mind. (You can read the lyrics, too.) The allegations the BBC and others have made are pretty serious – they’re largely about how much of SpinVox’s transcription work is done by computers, how much by people in call…
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Full story: 6 tips for upgrading WordPress
I upgraded this blog today to WordPress version 2.8.3, the latest version released earlier this week. For the past few years, I’ve followed a 6-step process whenever I upgrade any of my WordPress blogs. This procedure works well for me and results in upgrade success every time, typically in less than 20 minutes. It would work for you, too, so I recorded those steps in this 10-minute audio blog at ipadio. If you don’t want to listen to the audio,…
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Full story: FIR Interview: Matthew Greeley, Founder and CEO, BrightIdea
BrightIdea describes itself as a "the global leader in on-demand innovation management." Its idea collection software is similar to the platform that underlies Dell’s IdeaStorm and My Starbucks Idea, but collecting ideas is only part of BrightIdea’s approach. Managing the ideas through company processes is at the heart of BrightIdea. In this FIR Interview, Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz speak with BrightIdea founder and CEO Matthew Greeley about the notion of crowdsourcing and the philosophy BrightIdea has adopted in bringing…
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Full story: The bikini barista comes to town
Is Bikini Espresso Cafe a clever niche-marketing idea, or just stereotypical exploitation of women, masquerading as a smart business move? Brand Republic reports: A US firm is planning to launch a chain of coffee shops staffed entirely by bikini-clad women in several global locations, including the UK. Bikini Espresso Café launched in Los Angeles last week. It is aimed at attracting male coffee-drinkers and, according to reports, has had a successful first week. ‘Looking good in a bikini’ and not…
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