Background first, then Day One. Oh and thanks to Shel Israel for writing about and understanding the importance of this project. And Stilgherrian (hmmm, I think) 🙂 So Sunday is a working day in Saudi – the weekend is Thursday and Friday. I had concerns about travelling from the Hilton Hotel to the Effat College…
Laurel & Caronne Originally uploaded by laRuth I had no clue this photo was taken. And yet I’m pretty sure that Margarita was my first one of the night. Totally focussed on looking at pr0n errr pictures on Caronne’s phone. You know, I watch what I say and put online, not really wanting the great-grand…
Just bookmarking this: Facebook facelift for music and movie crowd by Asher Moses February 28th, 2008The goal is to allow musicians and filmmakers to bypass traditional channels and inexpensively market their work virally over the Facebook network. But even major record labels and movie studios have begun embracing social networks to build buzz about new…
It might be hard to see, but the first line of when I did the Google search -oh ok, a vanity search – on “laurel papworth” is a sponsored ad (slightly yellowed). In this case, perhaps IIR (an event management agency) have linked their database of past speakers (I chaired an Enterprise 2.0 conference last…
Only four places left in this public, one day workshop that I teach. Its on Friday 4th April: Web 2.0 – Facebook, blogs and marketing Class code: 08AMR1004 Course description: You probably already know a little of YouTube, Facebook, Flickr and del.icio.us. In this one-day course you’ll get a real taste of the marketing power…
Well, I really wanted to showoff to you just a snippet of an article from the Australian Financial Review today (written by Renai LeMay), where I am quoted on the MySpace vs Facebook social networking debate. But when I try to copy and paste, this is what I get: y p c A s r…
From BToBOnline: Seven steps to building a social network1. Consider your target audience. Who and how many people you’re trying to reach will determine the size, type, life span and language of the social network needed. 2. Determine the site’s mission, message or goal. Talent management, project collaboration, new business, mentoring, corporate training support, centralized…
*drum roll* PRREEEEEEsenting *ta da* Laurel Papworth (me), Duncan Riley (TechCrunch), Bronwen Clune (Norg Media) and Cameron Reilly (The Podcast Network or TPN) 2Web Crew #11 – 2007 wrap-up Join Techcrunch’s Duncan Riley, Norg’s Bronwen Clune, World Communities’ Laurel Papworth and TPN’s Cameron Reilly for a round up of the apps and services that rocked…
Twitter is a wierd little network tool. You post up information in 140 characters or less. People can then ‘dine in’ – read the updates on the webpage. Or they can ‘Take Out’ – choose to receive your status updates on their mobile or cell phone, on an RSS reader, or get the update elsewhere…