Richard, a lovely man who I met at a Dell Social Media Huddle organised by the equally lovely Kerry Bridge, on how Dell use Social Media to listen,learn and engage with their customers.
He also talks about how they have managed to generate $6m from Twitter!
Been meaning to post this video – “sizzle reel” – as I posted an interview with Cindy Chiu about Microsoft LookingGlass up on the Microsoft Advertising Blog recently.
Reception to my previous post on the British Airways Strike has been enormous. Over 1000 people have visited and and at the time of writing 70+ have left their stories.
Here’s hoping this afternoons legal judgement falls in the consumers favour.
One good thing to come from this is the Social Media story that I’ve written about on my Media Week Blog about the BA Strike.
Bet this one gets called out in presentations all through 2010!
My wife and I are planning to spend our first Christmas as a married couple with family in the SW of England before flying to Seattle to visit her family on Boxing Day.
Now all that looks doomed unless Willie and the BA managers can sort out this “12 days of Christmas strike” with those lovely chaps at the union Unite – ironic name don’t you think seeing as over 1M people look as if they’ll not get united with their families this festive season!
If you’ve been affected, leave a message below for all parties involved and explain your situation. Maybe that’ll pull a few heart strings and avert disaster for everyone!!!
A very Greg Jarboe looking Santa, quizzes the searcherati at Search Engine Strategies in Chicago about what they want for Christmas.
Jim Sterne, Matt McGowan, Motoko Hunt, David Szetela, Dave Naylor, Anne Kennedy, Bryan Eisenberg and Li Evans all feature.
Bill Hunt gets the festive link lovage though – watch till the end to see why!
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Wish I’d gone now!!!
I couldn’t make it to PubCon this year, but with so many bloggers and video folks there, you are never very far from the action online.
One of my fave Social Media folks is Lee Odden who writes for TopRankBlog and in this 4 min interview with Mike McDonald from WebProNews, Lee talks about whether social media should be a direct marketing tactic, building relationships, branding.
“It’s not a silver bullet, it’s a method of communicating a message.”
Some nice facts and figures on this 5 min video which takes you on a whirlwind trip around technology!
I love the comment from someone on YouTube:
“I don’t want to die because I want to? see the technology in 2100!”
Update: Not sure I made it clear below but this is a US release with some content available from some countries thrown in, including the UK. Check out this video for more on Reuters. I think you’ll agree it’s a great showcase for what’s in store but for now outside the US http://www.bing.com/maps is still the de facto experience.
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Not content with sitting back and delivering a simple mapping solution, the guys from Bing have created what is simply an awesome and groundbreaking experience which takes some of the best Microsoft technologies and melds them together.
Check out http://www.bing.com/maps/explore
A simple search for “Trafalgar Square” renders what you’d expect right? – A map!
Just to the left of it though, is some info on the landmark from Wikipedia and some useful weather information but wait….there’s more….
Click on the icon at the bottom of the page and you get four types of view – Automatic, Road, Aerial and the fabulous Birds Eye!
But wait…….there’s even more….
Click on the little guy icon for a choice of views made up of Photosynths made by our community of UK photographic enthusiasts.
But….ok….you guessed it…..there’s a little bit more….
If you go back to the regular results and click under Explore – What’s Nearby – Bing throws up restaurants, bars, hotels and cafes!
Check out and have a play at Kew Gardens – Stonehenge – London Eye
The US takes it a step further with Streetside – take a look around the streets around the Empire State Building!
I was lucky enough to meet Blaise a couple of years ago, and he said this was the vision, but never in my wildest dreams did I think the experience would be this damn good!
Loved this ad from Windows Mobile team – not that I ever play on my phone or update my Facebook status in meetings!
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Not everyday you get to meet and chat to a Rugby legend, so watch his face as I describe him as one!
Suffice to say Will is a gentleman, extremely articulate but at the same time very self-effacing for someone who knows and has achieved so much.
More on the interview on the Microsoft Advertising Blog
Just gone 4pm and the night is already young!
To be honest I’m not much of a Winter person. I much prefer the Summer months of warm sunshine, cricket and pints outside the pub.
Just browsing through my photo albums I found a few photos to keep me going through the week!
Jess & Daryl from Cherry UK, the London Corporate Video Company that were with us in Cannes
Me and Max on a historic day at The Oval Cricket Ground in 2007
Our Safari Lodge in South Africa last year
Ashley & Me at Vignamaggio in Tuscany in 2007
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