May 2006 - Posts

• Off the Web 2.0 Radar

  There's a storm brewing over a Cease & Desist letter sent to IT@Cork regarding their use of the term "Web 2.0" in the title of a conference. Apparently CMP Media have a pending claim for this "service mark" in relation to conferences. As I prepare Read More... Posted 27 May 2006 10:37 by Niall Cook | 1 Comments

• Capture. Deliver. Excel.

  I received an email last night from Ilja van Roon pointing me to a "gorgeously designed" downloadable e-book on business writing called Capture. Deliver. Excel. According to Ilja, the book shows readers how to apply the 7 principles of business writing Read More... Posted 27 May 2006 10:26 by Niall Cook | 2 Comments Filed under: Miscellaneous

• The language of blogging

  Updated 24 May 2006: Reading the comments on Steve's post , it's become clearer exactly what this deal is about. What they're doing is getting exclusive access to non-English language interfaces for Technorati - as John Dowdell points out, you can already Read More... Posted 23 May 2006 13:06 by Niall Cook | 2 Comments

• An update on LG's blogging programme

  A while back I mentioned a blogging assignment we have been undertaking for Korean mobile phone giant LG . The campaign (and supporting blog ) is running well, and I thought it would be worth sharing some of our observations so far, for those thinking Read More... Posted 19 May 2006 10:38 by Niall Cook | 5 Comments Filed under: Marketing Technology, Social Media

• Why blog?

  In the self-assessment questionnaire that Hill & Knowlton consultants have to complete before they can get a blog, the first question asks "why do you want to blog?". One of the options is to "get promoted". Well Adnews Online today reports that two Read More... Posted 12 May 2006 09:26 by Niall Cook | 5 Comments

• Celebloggers

  Yesterday's post about Paul Daniels got me thinking about whether there aren't a whole load of other celebloggers that we're missing out on. I know about Jamie ("Hi guys") Oliver's diary , but maybe I'll use this post to try and get a list together. If Read More... Posted 11 May 2006 14:23 by Niall Cook | 1 Comments

• You'll like this... not a lot, but you'll like it

  I cannot believe I missed this. Paul Daniels has a blog! (soon to be joined by a podcast ). For the benefit of any non-UK, under-30 readers, Paul Daniels is God (or in his words, "magician and entertainer extraordinaire"). He was possibly the first magician Read More... Posted 10 May 2006 16:14 by Niall Cook | 5 Comments Filed under: Miscellaneous

• Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  I'm pretty fed up with surveys about blogging (mainly because the methodologies are usually very flaky, which makes the findings worthless) and have so far resisted the temptation to do our own. That hasn't stopped me from reading others' analysis though, Read More... Posted 05 May 2006 09:41 by Niall Cook | 2 Comments

• BBC closes e-commerce index

  As if to prove their commitment to BBC 2.0 , 'Auntie' has announced the closure of its e-commerce index : "Once the most popular sub-section of our business pages, these days the e-commerce index regularly comes bottom of the rankings." They quite rightly Read More... Posted 04 May 2006 09:49 by Niall Cook | 0 Comments