You have to laugh at the creativity here.
Not that I condone some of the conclusions drawn by my fellow compatriots, but it does present a different view of the social media phenomenon sweeping the globe.
I’ve never actually been to an SMX in the US, just London & Stockholm, but this one looks like a cracker as Danny Sullivan finally gets to meet & quiz Steve Ballmer.
Last summer, I got to meet and interview Steve – CEO of Microsoft in case you didn’t know – for a whole 81 seconds.
Why so short? Well it was for an internal video, I only had to ask a couple of questions, and he’s a jolly busy man.
A great character and incredibly close to the detail of what we do in search and the advertising business, I know that an hour with Danny will be one of THE search chats of 2010.
Check out my interview with Danny on what to look out for at SMX West 2010
Have fun if you’re going!
From an article on the New York Times – “Microsoft really competes with everyone. It is on the desktop, in the cloud, on mobile devices, in your living room, answering search queries and navigating you to your favorite restaurant.”
Lots of debate in the comments section of the post too!
See what the folks from Bing have been up to at the Sundance Film Festival.
Interviews from the delectable Olivia Munn!
The lovely Jackie Ortez, who helps organise the Search Engine Strategies conferences around the world, has sent me this tiny button to stick on my site.
I will indeed be speaking/moderating a couple of panels – mainly social media – both here in London in February, and in NYC in March.
Bing & Microsoft Advertising will be out in force at both events as well, and I’ll be on Twitter, our Facebook Page and blogging on the adCenter Blog to bring you all the news and views.
Nice to see the latest comScore 2009 Search Growth numbers look very good, not just for adCenter and Bing, but for the industry as a whole!
Hope to see you all on either side of the pond!
Just wrote a post on the MSA Blog about the Microsoft Ad Network growing by a third between December 08 and December 09.
Pretty awesome numbers too from comScore.
The UK has a load of info on the offering here – Microsoft Media Network
Now, if you live in the UK you’ll have noticed it’s been a tad parky! Snow and ice everywhere, people getting stranded, airports closing, trains delayed…..a veritable Snowpocolypse!
Well the guys at MSN have been doing sterling work keeping their bazzilion readers informed of what the heck is going on through their regular weather updates and features, one of which caught my eye today.
This looks like a photo of a boat on a chilly lake right? Well it’s a bit more than that!
Using Deep Zoom technology from Microsoft, they’ve taken hundreds of photos submitted by readers and rendered them using Silverlight in a Deep Zoom experience.
If you start scrolling in towards the boat you start to see small squares:
Those tiny squares are the submitted images all rendering with Silverlight Deep Zoom technology across the web:
Pretty cool eh?!
Check it our for yourself: Winter Storms Deep Zoom or you can compose your own here!
All manner of gadgets and gizmos here at CES in Vegas. Specialling liked getting my hands on the HTC Touch Pro 2 which will be delivered to me in the UK shortly.
Windows Mobile 6.5 looks a great improvement on 6.1 although no one was saying what 7 might bring!
I’m about to rush out the door to catch the last few sessions, so am cheekily linking to a couple of posts I’ve done on the discussions around social media and mobile and one my colleague Ginny has written about gaming.
Social Media Discussed at CES 2010 Digital Hollywood
Getting Connected at CES 2010 & Digital Hollywood – Day 2
Game Power – New Year’s Predictions from Digital Hollywood at CES 2010
Steve Ballmer at CES 2010 plus Digital Hollywood
Check out our Facebook Page and some photos too!
Just got time to post this while in Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show – wrote a post last night on Steve Ballmer’s CES 2010 Keynote
Check out the Facebook Page for a load of photos!
Will post back soon!
BTW the guy in the photo is Ryan Asadorian who not only got inducted to Microsoft with me but is also the Seahawks mascot Blitz!
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!
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