March 2009
News businesses must think about content, not just products, to ensure their survival [feedly] →
ojr.org
Shared by Leona
Separating “product” from “content” is this approach “Because building audience will be part of our journalists’ responsibility, the journalist would also tweet news developments…
“I believe social media is going to disappear.
I know what you’re probably saying “Social media is going to disappear? What’s in his morning coffee?”
By “disappear”, I mean that sooner rather than later, social media as a hyperbole-driven, standalone, new-kid-on-the-block entity is going to evolve into a communications, marketing and sales strategy and distribution vehicle that happens to rely on a variety of valuable and useful online services.
For now, however, social media is being sold as something revolutionary. And there’s no lack of people positioning themselves as strategists and consultants when, in fact, they’re really “enthusiasts” who love using the tools but have little or no experience actually applying them to achieve business objectives” —Social Media is Going to Disappear by Mark Evans (via feedly)
I know what you’re probably saying “Social media is going to disappear? What’s in his morning coffee?”
By “disappear”, I mean that sooner rather than later, social media as a hyperbole-driven, standalone, new-kid-on-the-block entity is going to evolve into a communications, marketing and sales strategy and distribution vehicle that happens to rely on a variety of valuable and useful online services.
For now, however, social media is being sold as something revolutionary. And there’s no lack of people positioning themselves as strategists and consultants when, in fact, they’re really “enthusiasts” who love using the tools but have little or no experience actually applying them to achieve business objectives” —Social Media is Going to Disappear by Mark Evans (via feedly)
“The board minutes reveal an organization with board members that are paid thousands of dollars for their time that has become singularly focused on commercial metrics - domain name growth, market position compared to the dot-com domain, new commercial possibilities - with the public interest side of the domain that sits at the core of the dot-ca now a mere afterthought. A decade after the government set the expectations for CIRA, the time has come to revisit whether the dot-ca steward has veered badly off course”
—When Did CIRA Become the Commercial Internet Registration Authority? (via feedly)
Marc Johns: Serious Drawings →
drawn.ca
Added to the reading list.
Bye Bye Blender Magazine :(
Read about it here
This is sad news. I have been a Blender reader since the beginning.
“Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt (via affremblequotes)
One Degree: Short Attention Span Edition - March 20, 2009 Week In Review →
onedegree.ca
I contributed the Week In Review for One Degree this week.
How software developers work | Ninja Monkeys! →
ninjamonkeys.co.za
This is an excellent description of a developer’s workflow. Perhaps I’ll get inspired to write “How flacks work”?
Microblogging Will Marginalize Corporate Email [feedly] →
techmeme.com
Microblogging Will Marginalize Corporate Email — In case you missed it last week, Google CEO Eric Schmidt had this to say about…
Microblogging Will Marginalize Corporate Email — In case you missed it last week, Google CEO Eric Schmidt had this to say about…
Values worth repeating [feedly] →
feedproxy.google.com
Zappos spends more time focusing on its culture than most companies. That approach isn’t for everyone but then again, very few companies are like the customer evangelist-powered Zappos, which does…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-3-15) →
last.fm
listening to "Just Like Heaven - Katie Melua" →
blip.fm
Love this version.
