This is from the esteemed Tim O’Reilly’s blog (wiki him here) called O’Reilly Radar: SF Chronicle in Trouble? I hate to play Valleywag, but I’m hearing rumors that the San Francisco Chronicle is in big trouble. Apparently, Phil Bronstein, the editor-in-chief, told staff in a recent “emergency meeting” that the news business “is broken, and no one knows how to fix it.” (“And if any other paper says they do, they’re lying.”) Reportedly, the paper plans to announce more layoffs before the year is out. It’s clear that the news business as we knew it is in trouble. Bringing it Continue Reading…
Posted by Laurel Papworth at 6:41 pm Tagged with: Editor-in-Chief, John Markoff, mobile, Peter Brantley, Peter Lewis, Phil Bronstein, Phil Elmer Dewitt, San Francisco Chronicle, self-service advertising, Social Media Australia, The San Francisco Chronicle, Time Warner, web 2.0
I know I have been blogging on and on and on about TV lately but it’s such an challenging area. I really want to know definitively – will TV survive the next few years? I mean, better than offline newspapers? And if it does survive, what form will it take? How much a part will online, personalisation, and dialogue with and between the media consumers play? The convergence seems to be accelerating since the beginning of the year. Look at this project – four days old- called justin.tv. – Justin wears the camera 24 hours a day, 7 days a Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 10:40 am Tagged with: cellular telephone, Google, media consumers, Police Department, policeman, social networks, StartUp School
If the mention of Web 2.0 social networks conjures images of tech-crazed teens navigating virtual worlds at breakneck speeds or screenshots of flowery pink blogs, think again.read more | digg story
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 9:32 pm Tagged with: advertising machine, social networks, web 2.0
Mar 232007
Hiya, if you are interested here is Liz Tay of Computerworld take on a presentation I gave the AIIA a few weeks ago: The Web 2.0 advertising machine It’s time to bust the myths that are holding back potential online marketers If the mention of Web 2.0 social networks conjures images of tech-crazed teens navigating virtual worlds at breakneck speeds or screenshots of flowery pink blogs, think again. According to Laurel Papworth, Online Communities Strategist of consultancy World Communities, the Web 2.0 world can offer business opportunities that far surpass that of traditional media. Speaking at the AIIA (Australian Information Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 9:17 pm Tagged with: advertising method, AOL, Australian Information Industry Association, consultant, e - business, e-marketing, Heineken, Internet discussion systems, iPod, Laura Chisholm, laurel papworth, Online Communities, Online Communities Strategist, online community, online discussion, peer to peer, search engine, Social Media Australia, social networks, sound technology, Strategist, web 2.0, Web campaign
When I read this about Tello last year.. Second, they’ve obviously decided that the bloggers don’t matter much. Om Malik and Alec Saunders took the time to write about them. Even though they each command a large and very relevant audience, Tello didn’t bother to list either of them on the news page. Lots of other bloggers wrote about Tello too (including our own MobileCrunch), but were not mentioned. Companies that don’t embrace bloggers tend to become attacked by bloggers. Companies that embrace bloggers, and thank them, get lots and lots of love. I wondered how a tech product expected Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 1:15 pm Tagged with: Alec Saunders, John Sculley, mainstream media, media impressions, mobile, Om Malik, Online Communities, social networks, tech product, tender new product
Mar 232007
Here’s one for you my lovelies: Content Manager/Developer Sydney Location Fantastic Team Environment Challenging Work – Fast Pace Be responsible for the day-to-day delivery of Australia’s number 1 home and garden website with this hands-on role at a leading online media company. The successful candidate will have a combination of online technology skills, a feel for content and a vision for the future of the online medium. homesite.com.au has recently joined forces with the REA Group, which runs an international portfolio of real estate websites – including Austalia’s market leader: realestate.com.au. This is an excellent opportunity join a small team Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 12:50 pm Tagged with: content management, Content Management System, content management systems, HTML, market leader, online media, online medium, online technologies, online technology skills, online video, REA Group, real estate websites, related technologies, related web technologies, Social Media Australia, software packages, Team player, web usability, XML
Mar 232007
No my loves, Kongregate is not just another Flash game site. From Hanford Lemoore blog Taking a closer look at Kongregate, I realized that it has potential to be a very disruptive game publisher, following practices that I had wished other publishers would do for a while now. And when I say “game publisher”, I mean indie publishers like Big Fish, Real Arcade, Popcap, Oberon, and Reflexive. So, you are a game developer – upload to Kongregate and they share the advertising revenue and microtransactions. Plus are bringing in a Stock Market System for predicting which games will be hot. Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 3:04 am Tagged with: advertising partners, advertising revenue, Big Fish, disruptive game publisher, drupal site, game developer, game publisher, indie publishers, Kongregate, Oberon, Online Communities, online hub, Popcap, Real Arcade, Reflexive, social networks, user generated content, web-based games
I had a nice email from Gabrielle Requena about Mytickets.com.au. MyTickets is a site designed to help consumers find tickets faster. We provide ONE destination for all tickets – regardless of who sells them. We are basically a search engine for tickets, and tickets only. We currently have over 9000 listings and goriwng! We are currently in beta mode and are seeking feedback from users so we can improve over the coming weeks. A lot of the functionality you mentioned in your article are things we definitely have on the agenda so please stay tuned and tell us what you Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:19 am Tagged with: Artist, entertainment, Gabrielle Requena, Mytickets.com., Online Communities, online petition, search engine, social media, Social Media Australia, Social media entertainment booking, social networks
Mar 232007
A little while ago I wrote about OODLE.COM – a classifieds aggregator in the States. Oodle makes it easy to use online classifieds. We bring together loads of listings from hundreds of local and national sources and help you find exactly what you’re looking for — the right job or place to volunteer, the perfect home, or a great deal on a used ladder. Now in Australia we have MySpider. How many times have you heard the cry – “Why is there not just one web-site I can go to when searching for a job?” (Australia’s 1.6 million Jobseekers) At Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 1:21 am Tagged with: Ajax, beta site, classifieds, media outlets, online classifieds, online job search engine, search engine, social media, Social Media Australia, social media classifieds, social networks, specialised search engine, web 2.0, web-site
Mar 222007
I shouldn’t have been such a smartypants in the last post- a few minutes ago on TechCrunch: I’ve just joined the “NewTube” media call with NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker and News Corp. COO Peter Chernin. Notes to follow. Chernin is kicking things off. It took him about 2 minutes to say “Web 2.0″ for the first time. Saying this will be the largest premium video network on the web. Extending offer to other distribution partners, wants to work with everyone. Zucker is now on. Talking about importance of “significant IP protection” as a primary goal. Second – this provides Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 4:54 pm Tagged with: Cadbury Schweppes, CEO, Cisco, COO, General Motors, Intel, Jeff Zucker, NBC Universal, news corp, Peter Chernin, user generated content, video network, web 2.0
I’ve spent the last couple of weeks pixel deep in reports on TV- subscription, pay, SMS, IP, download,upload and what not. From Paul Budde to Reeltime to EroticStarSearch to What’s New. Off to the Astra conference and the So You Want your own TV Station panel. Listening to Kim Williams on Foxtel, John Porter on Austar and James Packer on it all. Watching YouTube and Joost and Current.tv and PornoTube. Weeellll, ok, maybe not the last one. And finally someone posts the definitive future of TV: The Viral Video Soup Awards… No Hollywood studio…No budget…No animation experience…No writing experience…No acting Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 3:30 pm Tagged with: Animation, Hollywood studio, James Packer, John Porter, Kim Williams, sms, TV, TV Station, user generated content
Mar 222007
Long Post cos I liked this video: Robert Scoble has a blog called Scobleizer. A book called Naked Conversations:How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers (with Shel Israel) From Amazon Robert Scoble helps run Microsoft’s Channel 9 Web site. He began his blog in 2000 and now has more than 3.5 million readers every year. Scoble’s blog has earned acclaim in Fortune magazine, Fast Company, and The Economist. But seriously, read the book if you must, but watch the video. Yes its an hour long: I watched it all the way through THREE times. He didn’t say Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:38 am Tagged with: Apple iPhone, artificial intelligence, Associated Press, BBC, bloating, corporate site, Economist, Fast Company, Google, king, media impressions, Microsoft, mouth network, Online Communities, relevancy search engine, Robert Scoble, search bar, search engine, search engines, search page, search terms, social media, social networks, the Reader's Digest, time search engine, Twitter, XML, Yahoo!, youtube
Mar 202007
I’ve spoken a number of times that Google’s patent need to create massive backend services is short sighted, and their unwillingness to move heavily into peer2peer solutions is outdated. Maybe it’s just the thought of acres and acres (literally) of hard drives that creeps me out. Usually I am talking in reference to Google Search vs Social Search. But here’s another model: YouTube servers (Google) versus Joost peer2peer (Skype). What makes me laugh is that Viacom has moved from YouTube (leaving behind a 1 billion dollar lawsuit) and gone to Joost. Lovely wikigoodness: Joost (pronounced ‘juiced’) is an interactive software Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 3:13 pm Tagged with: BET Networks, Endemol, interactive software, Janus, MTV Networks, Online Communities, Paramount Pictures, Skype, social networks, tv technology, Viacom Inc., Warner Music, youtube
To make sure that all the things I learnt at ASTRA last Thursday don’t go in one ear and fly out the other – as is their wont – I’m heading off for an evening of schmoozing at The Shelbourne: Want to start up your own TV station? With improvements in bandwidth and a doubling of broadband subscribers over the last year, it’s possible to broadcast video over the internet and capture a share of the market. With clever technology, broadband subscribers can enjoy quality video even when it’s played through a regular television set. Viewers are abandoning traditional free-to-air Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 12:01 am Tagged with: Ian Gardiner, mark pesce, Martin Wells, Online Communities, Phil Morle, Scott Bradley-Pearce, Social Media Australia, social networks, Tom Kendall
Mar 192007
Thanks to everyone who messaged and emailed me – here’ s the link in case you missed the ABC’s Four Corners program on You Only Life Twice. And yes Mum, I’ll be careful in-world. *rolls eyes*. BTW that Julian Dibbell book on Play Money is really really fascinating. I spent some time wandering around Telstra Big Pond’s “The Pond” Sydney Harbour Bridge in Second Life yesterday and today (yesterday being the bridge’s birthday, and me too lazy to walk the real thing). Big bridge, lots of fireworks, massive 75th birthday sign and no one else around. Except a telco buddy Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 3:23 am Tagged with: ABC, Four Corners, Julian Dibbell, Online Communities, online games, social networks, Sydney Harbour Bridge, telstra, user generated content
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