Google Satellite
Here’s a pic of LEWIS SF using Google Maps’ new satellite feature. Rumor has it that an April Fool in SF was that the satellite camera was passing over on the first at noon, so…
San Diego Delta Day
Just back from San Diego where we’ve been holding a LEWIS US company awayday. Fantastic to catch up with the folks from Boston, Washington DC and SD. Ian Lipner and I presented about the changing…
Spin Bunny shuts down
Spin Bunny, the UK PR gossip blog, has shut down following a gagging order from an undisclosed UK PR firm. Seems the authors are unwilling to contest the gagging order in court in order to…
In today’s newsreader
CNET: The future of bloggers – Wharton legal studies professor Dan Hunter puts blogging right up there with the printing press when it comes to sharing ideas and disseminating information. "This is not a fad,"…
Blogging from East to West
BBC: Sweeping article about the impact of blogging in China and Iran. Also covers its use in politics and the impact of blogging on the media (Rathergate etc). It’s not all MSM vs the bloggers…
Fake blog – Alastair Campbell
This has gotta be a fake blog supposedly by Tony Blair’s former press secretary, Alastair Campbell.
WaPo reviews Yahoo! 360
Washington Post is unimpressed with Yahoo!’s latest social networking, IM and blogging service – Yahoo! 360. My initial thoughts are below, and my first foray is here. If you want an invite, let me know…
Anniversary
Today is officially my nine year anniversary at my agency, LEWIS. I joined on April Fools’ Day in 1996. Speaking of April Fools’ Day – fancy a Google Gulp?
Theory of Hierarchies of Technology Adoption
I’ve been thinking about technology adoption lately and trying to make a better connection between adoption theory and actual buying behavior. Classic marketing theory suggests that all new technologies go through a bell curve of…
Charles to media: “Bloody people”
BBC: "These bloody people. I can’t bear that man. I mean, he’s so awful, he really is." Prince Charles of BBC Royal Correspondent, Nicholas Witchell.