Category Archives: Innovation

Using Facebook for research

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Martin

I recently heard this at a dinner party – one where everyone else who attended seemed to dislike social media. One of the guests works for an engineering company and he was talking about how new graduates in his office … Continue reading →

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Solar panels for college education – interesting incentive

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Martin

Not seen a lot on this but it caught my eye. A solar energy company – EOS Energy – is offering to pay college fees for farmers’ children to attend agricultural college. Interesting incentive – will we see more of … Continue reading →

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Where is the mobile innovation in B2B publishing?

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Martin

The Apple iPad 2 launches today which made me think about how much mobile innovation has or has not been going on in B2B publishing. Seems to me that nothing much has happened apart from sites being optimised for mobile … Continue reading →

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Video: the digital story of the nativity

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Martin

Clever, funny and thanks to Kev for pointing it out.

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Can social media tools provide customer insights for publishers?

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Martin

Very interesting interview with Louise White, Incisive Media Group marketing MD at Incisive Media Group, over at The Media Briefing. What stood out for me is the fact that the use of social media is still in its infancy in … Continue reading →

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What next for the web?

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Martin

Find out by following one of the premier conferences on hot trends for the web – Le Web – which is currently taking place in Paris. Check out #leweb hashtag on Twitter and follow the likes of Adam Tinworth who … Continue reading →

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Video: Hacks and hackers at RBI

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Martin

Great to see my colleagues at XpertHR get the honours. Better still the fact RBI hosted the event and is now looking to provide data journalism training for journalists.     Hacks and Hackers at RBI from John Thompson on … Continue reading →

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Putting science fiction into planning for the future

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Martin

Just seen this on boingboing . . . interesting to see how Intel 'futurecasts'.  

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Viral video: from Old Spice to Sesame Street to The Sun newspaper

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Martin

An important lesson when thinking about making a highly shareable video: work out how you can piggy back on what others have done. It happens a lot on Youtube, especially in the form of mash-ups. Here are two iterations of … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Kinect – taking online learning to the next level?

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Martin

Kinect, Microsoft's gaming innovation looks incredible. To say hands-free is an under-statement — the system, which hooks up to the Xbox 360 requires no wires or handcontrollers to connect the gamer to the screen. An infra-red camera 'sees' what movements … Continue reading →

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