Category: Blogging

  • Going to Mix07!

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    MIX07 is Microsoft’s conference about its current and future directions on the Web. It is on in Las Vegas from April 30th to May 2nd. Kris Hoet, Marketing Manager with Microsoft EMEA contacted me the other day to say he had four invitations for European bloggers to go to the conference, (almost)* all expenses paid,…

  • They work inside too!

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    Too much of the discussion on social media (blogs/podcasts, wikis, etc.) in the enterprise revolves around outward facing tools and not enough mention is made of the advantages of using these tools internally. I met an Enterprise Ireland rep yesterday and his take on business blogs was that they were for client communications. And that…

  • Monica Leech comes down hard on Gavin!

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    Gavin Sheridan has had Monica Leech come down on him (or to be more precise her legal advisor, one Ms Karyn Harty has). Gavin has published an email he received from her solicitor today, asking him to remove a post from his blog which referenced her (mentioning the Joe Duffy show in which it was…

  • Congrats Hugh

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    Good friend and fellow blogger Hugh MacLeod has announced that he is now working with Microsoft. In a follow-on post, Hugh explains his reasons for doing so very clearly – Hugh, who coined the phrase the Global Microbrand, wants to now take his marketing philosophy and see if it can scale to mega corp size!…

  • Blog training course

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    it@cork are running another Blog Training course commencing on Wednesday May 9th. I will be giving the training and it is open to members of it@cork for a charge of €50 and to non-members for a charge of €100. The course will be run over 5 consecutive weeks on Wednesday mornings at 09:30 for an…

  • Eamon O’Brien – great to meet you again!

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    Eamon O’Brien was a neighbour of mine as a kid. Eamon is a couple of years older than me but we knew each other well. Before yesterday, I hadn’t seen Eamon in around 15 years but his mother and mine were very close so I was always kept up-to-speed on Eamon’s goings on. In the…

  • Kathy Sierra hate campaign

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    I was horrified to read overnight of the online hate campaign and death threats conducted against Kathy Sierra, author of the Creating Passionate Users blog, to which I am subscribed. Kathy is paying a huge price for being generous with her expertise and visible on her blog and at conferences. Now she says she is:…

  • Congrats Twenty

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    One of my favourite bloggers – Twenty Major, has just confirmed a two book deal with Hodder Headline Ireland. I heard it first when Damien pinged me with the news last night. Well done Twenty, mine’s a Murphy‘s, thanks!