Archive for January, 2008

Second Life in real life…

OK, so who’s had a go in Second Life? I’m in, but haven’t spent that much time there yet. My avatar name is Jonn Petrov, if you want to look me up.
Second Life may be a sort of social networking / instant messaging hybrid, but it’s wrapped in a complex 3D graphical interface that makes [...]

publishing talk survey

Jon Reed | 10:27 pm 26 Jan 08 Comments Off

Now, I don’t very often post housekeeping on this blog, but I just wanted to remind you that there are FIVE DAYS LEFT to complete the publishing talk reader survey, if you haven’t done so already.Many thanks to those of you who have already filled it in – there’s some really useful feedback coming in, [...]

social media press release 2.0

Jon Reed | 2:19 am 22 Jan 08 Comments 3

I mentioned the social media press release in an earlier post – a topic that has attracted much attention in the PR community lately. The template in circulation at the time, while a useful checklist of things to include, had one major drawback: it was a PDF. Hardly in keeping with the current online media [...]

2008: the year of social media

Jon Reed | 1:19 pm 14 Jan 08 Comments Off

Hello publishing talkers, and a belated happy New Year!
I suppose it is that time of year to look back over the last 12 months, divide it into arbitrary categories, and award each a prize. Maybe we’ll do awards next year. For now, I just want to highlight some of my key moments of 2007, and [...]