Ties in the workplace
Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 1st Feb, 2007
Like my tie in this picture? It’s got Goofy trying to climb up to my neck and I’m ashamed to say it’s pretty much similar to most of the other ties I own.
Well, now’s my chance to change that. I’ve just found out about Belisi Take off that Tie Campaign that is giving a [...]
Rise of the Social Networks
Posted by: Owen on Monday, 29th Jan, 2007
Social networks are a new breed of website that are rising all over the Internet. The main ones I partake in are MySpace, Hi5 and SpicyPage and that’s just listing the ones I take more than a casual interest in. I must be registered with around 10-12 networks in total, too many to pay real [...]
Inside Myspace
Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 25th Jan, 2007
Here’s an excellent article called Inside Myspace by David F. Carr. It traces the steps MySpace had to go through as they grew from a small website to a social network with technology that needs to handle almost 40 billion page requests a month. The article talks about the architectural decisions that were taken as [...]
Finding my feet on MySpace
Posted by: Owen on Saturday, 13th Jan, 2007
Well, MySpace is freakier than I imagined, but I’m starting to make head or tail of it. It’s actually pretty versatile; which also means it’s really easy to make a mess of it all. One thing that’s easy to screw up is the look and feel of your MySpace site; however there’s sites out there [...]
Checking out MySpace
Posted by: Owen on Friday, 12th Jan, 2007
So I decided to check out MySpace and see what all the buzz is about. It’s amusing to see what some people are trying to do there, but there’s also some powerful stuff in there. The standard template is just horrific, especially the blog pages, but if you dedicate some time to it, you can [...]
Better Marketing on MySpace
Posted by: Owen on Monday, 8th Jan, 2007
Excellent post on MarketingProfs talking about the benefits, and also the pitfalls of marketing yourself or your company on MySpace. Stephan Spencer talks about some notable failures like Blockbuster UK, 7Eleven, and Meijer as well as some outstanding successes, such as the likes of Apple Computer, the Orlando Magic (the movie studio that produced [...]
