Social Media and the Future of Newspapers - Thomas Crampton

Social Media and the Future of Newspapers - Thomas Crampton

New Media, MSM and the Business and Journalism Behind Them: A Round-table Discussion from JMSC HKU on Vimeo.

I would agree with Thomas, don't be anti-social..

previously other than LinkedIn, I was very much against & had no time for blogs, twitters etc.

now through twitter, I manage (when I try) to learn outside of my industries (finance/insurance/gaming/gambling/strategy) and learn more about agencies/media etc. and seeing this post/video is a testament.

However, TRUST is a key point and as one of the lady say, because of its physical, the 'trust' aspect goes up dramatically.. and I am not sure if the internet/social/mobile media could ever 'replace' that .. unless/until some short hand to aid and bridge this trust & confidence gap..

the fact that as Thomas suggested, we should all have a blog, its madness not to.. this would sadly ultimately make the trust issue worst.. like X-Factor, and how the judges smirk at some guys/girls who really don't have talent.. a lot of people's 'blogs' might or might not be useful.. and thus might discourage others to join the blogsphere..

thought provoking stuff..

thanks for this

@GarethWong

The Making of Modern China - Photo Essays - TIME

The Making of Modern China - Photo Essays - TIME

brilliant stuff.

Five Best Twitter Clients - twitter - Lifehacker

Five Best Twitter Clients - twitter - Lifehacker

very interesting..

Top 500 Green US Companies - Newsweek.com

Top 500 Green US Companies - Newsweek.com

Is there equivalent list for EU and Asia Pacific? I wonder.

25 Coolest Banksy Graffiti

25 Coolest Banksy Graffiti

Indeed! Cool.

50 awesome free fonts for professional design | Design Reviver

50 awesome free fonts for professional design | Design Reviver

what can I say?

these are one of the benefit of our internet age! ;)

How to Send and Receive Text Messages for Free - Gina Trapani - HarvardBusiness.org

How to Send and Receive Text Messages for Free - Gina Trapani - HarvardBusiness.org

Interesting update. I would like to clarify one thing: "Even though SMS text messages are only 160 characters and cost your cellphone carrier virtually nothing to transmit" in fact, reality is not that simple. SMS is using the 'signalling' channel within the GSM 04.08 standards, which in fact is the very precious channel on each 'cell' that is the 'nervous system' of setting up calls, transferring one mobile to next etc. Therefore, yes, you might be right on 'bandwidth' but in fact, SMS is a danger (if used too much within a cell area) that would dramatically decrease quality of service within the cell area. Case in point is, when you 'try to make a call', the mobile just keep hanging up by itself, have you experienced it? that is when there is traffic jam on the signalling channel. I know, as I devised a signalling channel planning system back when I was at BT Research lab.. don't ask me to do it again though, as I have forgotten it all (mostly). Rest I agree, from a users point of view, yes, free is great! ;-) @GarethWong

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The top 100 tech media companies | Tech Media Invest 100 | The Guardian

The top 100 tech media companies |
Tech Media Invest 100 |
The Guardian

Looks like UK 'might' be the place to be in Europe, at least.

Great that we are based in London!

Facebook / Twitter - 'revolutionising how parents can stalk their college age kids'

Facebook / Twitter - 'revolutionising how parents can stalk their college age kids'

Thanks Nick

this is just brilliant

[warning some bad language is featured in this clip]:

The top 10 ways to protect yourself from e-venge [Updated] | Brand X | Los Angeles Times

The top 10 ways to protect yourself from e-venge [Updated] | Brand X | Los Angeles Times

Some great tips here

not sure if I have time to do everything, glad that I have already done most of it without reading the article, but look forward to 'finish the job' when I have time..

my comments re Fox Livens Up Re-runs With Twitter Commentaries

Fox Livens Up Re-runs With Twitter Commentaries

In terms of 'revenue' this might be a step back, not only is it not new by using twitter, which is mostly free. SMS+shortcode previously meant engagement but via short codes(mostly premium), which brings in stupid amount of money even for not so good content (esp. chat with scantily cladded people) by using twitter, it is arguably might be moving backwards. As SMS is probably the only truely pervasive 'ways' for consumers to interact (as they don't need to download any twitter client and get to know/use twitter).. however, given the hype and target audience of programs like Fringe, twitter and the possibility of interacting with cast and producers/director, might create enough buzz +enough novelty value for it to work.. IMHO, it is just buzz, unless and until it has a valid business model that helps content owner to further 'monetise' the IP and first, 2nd and 3rd runs of shows.. It might however be a valid first step.. and hope twitter is still around in 5 yrs time! @GarethWong