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Blogging in the 17th Century
According to Andrew Marr’s new book My Trade, blogging originated in the 17th century when some newsprinters on Fleet street decided to leave some blank space amongst the text and news stories on the broadsheets to allow for readers to write their own comments. This way, when the papers were sent out by the city dwellers in London to their family in the country, they could include comments...
May 2009
11 posts
"The Beatles didn't invent teenagers, they merely... →
Really interesting talk on TED from Seth Godin about his new theory: Tribes, and how they are led. He talks about how mass marketing has changed thanks to the internet. Where before there were factories and people shouting an average message to all, now there is a whole group of tribes with shared ideas and values. This idea can be useful, whether you’re Al Gore starting a climate change...
Radiohead do it again... →
Radiohead are again embracing using online technology to create a customised experience for their fans. This time, you can create your own video online by choosing from 12 colour coded cameras to mix a music video for WowWow, a Japenese TV station.
An app that lets you create viral campaigns →
Wildfire is a new application that lets its users develop branded interactive promotions and post them simultaneously on the social networks. Users who join the service can first create their promotion using Wildfire’s software to develop campaigns such as sweepstakes, competitions and user generated photo contests which can then be fed out to major social network sites all at once. ...
What does social media mean for search? →
How Twitter and other social media sites are changing the way that people search online and converging with traditional methods of online search. Now that Twitter’s front page includes a search, will people be looking to use this even more to find out the most up to the minute, relevant results for them or will Google continue to play a part?
