Buy your tickets to hear Malcolm Gladwell at F5 April 7
I caught the news last week that Malcolm Gladwell will be keynoting at this year’s F5 conference in Vancouver (F5 is the Massive Tech Show reborn). Now today Lindsay has announced that tickets are now on sale—Malcolm Gladwell – Ticket presale starts today! « Tech Linz’ Blog—for the event and keynote. There is a special block of discounted, early-bird tickets available for $220 which you can snag online. So far I’ve only read... [Read More...]
Top 15 ways to use social media for your brand…and succeed
Over the years I’ve worked with innumerable brands and businesses in both Web 1.0 and 2.0 helping them use these “new” technologies in the “old” marketing world. When I say “years” I actually mean “over a decade” and through all these years, one thing is clear, there isn’t a magic formula to make a campaign successful. A tactic that works for one brand or niche, doesn’t always work... [Read More...]
Teach a client to blog…
When I started off in the web world as more of a consultant than a teacher (my Glaxo days if you’re wondering), we worked by the old agency mindset of keeping the clients away from being able to update things themselves. Our premise was simple, we wanted our clients to be completely dependent on us. Learn HTML? Oh no, you don’t need to learn that, and it’s really hard too, Tris is always working on fixing bugs…. I kept this... [Read More...]
Start off the school year right with great tech tools and toys for students and teachers
Bradley was on GlobalTV this morning talking about back to school tech for students and teachers. We’re not just talking about gadgets here, but also great web-based services and tools to help you study, learn, and research for your classes. Bradley talked about some great apps and services here is the list (plus my two cents about them too):Evernote–Remember Everything. | Evernote Corporation. I have been using this app for a long time.... [Read More...]
Blog networks, news networks, media empires: what’s next for us?
With the purchase of NowPublic this week–Examiner.com gets the scoop on NowPublic | M2O Blog–at the office we’ve been discussing the nature of startups, news gathering, and news dissemination. Now today I read about Chad Randall departing from b5media: What Is Next For b5Media? Riddle me this…What is a media company with no sales? Answer…no much! Nothing has been confirmed yet, but my money is on b5Media being put on the selling... [Read More...]
A new era for online education?
We’ve done a good bit of online education here at M2O. We’ve done things for new BlackBerries, new digital camera users, and a host of other tools. That said we also like to say “eLearing sucks!” because the standard practice for eLearing really does suck. However if this Mashable article is right there might be hope: While the study certainly provides a vote of confidence for online learning, it’s important to note that... [Read More...]
Common sense will prevent laptop fires
This week the BC Coroner announced that a fatal fire was caused by a laptop left on a soft surface (a couch)–Laptop fire blamed for Vancouver death & Leaving laptop on couch poses fire danger, B.C. Coroners Service warns | Vancouver, Canada | Straight.com & Laptop blamed for deadly fire. First thing to make clear is that this laptop (an HP) was also one that had been recalled for a potential fire danger so it was already at risk to... [Read More...]
How Canada made Facebook better for everyone
You might remember that Canada’s Privacy Commissioner slammed Facebook about a month ago that it was in violation of Canada’s privacy laws–Facebook breaches Canadian privacy law: commissioner. This was a big deal. There are real teeth to Canada’s privacy law (PIPEDA) which could have posed real legal and financial threats to Facebook’s future. Today we heard from the Privacy Commissioner again about Facebook, this time... [Read More...]
Corporate Blogging isn’t a quick fix or a magic wand it takes work
Business blogs and corporate blogs haven’t been around all that long. The first Blog Business Summit was only four years ago and it took another year before business blogging and the idea of a corporate blog started to gain a foothold outside of tech. The thing is that while blogging isn’t a fad and isn’t going away, many business jumped on the business blog bandwagon when it seemed like the “cool thing to do”. Today... [Read More...]
Connecting Old Media to Social Media-Did the New York Times miss the mark?
This morning the venerable NYT appointed a “Social Media Editor”, who ironically doesn’t seem to have much of a social media presence. While I welcome the NYT embracing social media, this appointment seems to be more PR than real change. As far as I, and ReadWriteWeb as well, are concerned it’s Canada’s Globe & Mail that has the best social media strategy: We would love to see Preston fill a role similar to what... [Read More...]