Political engagement using Twitter. Some thoughts from the Greek elections

Kostas Karamanlis – current Greek Prime Minister
Uploaded by Νέα Δημοκρατία on 26 Sep 09, 10.19AM GMT.
It’s time for the Greek elections (again – they seem to happen more and more often) and I am watching with more interest than it can possibly be good for me.
As always my interest revolves around political communications (public [...]

Why I like to see your name when it comes to your work

Monday, 7 September 2009, 10:06 | Category : Communications
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wedding name tags
Originally uploaded by [nico] www.nicodewal.com

I’ve been browsing various websites lately – especially design studios, small hosting service providers and web development companies (I’ll disclose soon why). It strikes me as extremely weird why people would not put their name on their websites. There are so many that I saw that had no name [...]

Don't underestimate the need for social media

Tuesday, 1 September 2009, 10:04 | Category : Social Media
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I recently heard from a newspaper man that Twitter is definitely a fad but one which cannot be ignored. It kind of reminded me the old Nielsen study (back in April) which was much touted as a ‘twitter is a fad’ research (even though it was nothing of the kind).
What experience has taught me so [...]