Twitter and the Disruption of Mainstream Media
August 17, 2007 by Des Walsh
Filed under Social Media
Things move fast in the Web 2.0 world and those of us who want to keep up have to be open to changing our opinions quickly as the environment changes. Take Twitter, for instance.
Regarding Twitter, in April I was poised as elegantly as I could manage, on the fence.
Since then I have dallied with Twitter, an on-again, off-again sort of affair.
Then just over a week ago, I was on Twitter and so was Frank Arrigo from Microsoft, who then realized I was just down the road from where TechEd was happening. Which meant I got a very welcome last-minute invitation …read more
Frank Arrigo at AMP Innovation and Thought Leadership Festival
June 23, 2007 by Des Walsh
Filed under Social Media
Good to see Microsoft Aussie blogger Frank Arrigo on the speaker list for the AMP Innovation and Thought Leadership Festival in Sydney next week.
Frank’s topic is “To blog or not to blog; that is the corporate question…”.
Some time ago I had the pleasure of presenting at another event in Sydney where Frank was also a presenter. As well as being very entertaining and informative on blogging in the corporate context, Frank’s presentation was a great demonstration of how to use audio-visual aids so as to add value. Zero snore factor.
And as Frank says of this initiative by AMP, it’s “good …read more




