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Leadership and Management

by Jye on Nov 27, 2008 with 9 Comments

To inspire and empower a generation. I believe that the new generation is pushing a need for authenticity. No longer is there a supposed 'who cares?' attitude towards work, the environment or political issues -- this is a generation held strong by belief, activism and question. In a time where the information noise around the financial market, international safety, youth, drugs, sex, etc. rules -- the new generation are seeking genuine leadership and progress on a scale not seen before.  We lean forward, and rarely sit back. In times of old, when a warrior of a tribe would fight for a position of power, it was a demonstration of ...

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No Clean Feed: Hitler on Internet Censorship in Australia

by Jye on Nov 27, 2008 with No Comments

As Duncan points out - make sure you watch this while you still can. Lemon Part is my favourite reference -- however this isn't quite as funny as the Hitler on Twitter video. Laura Parker has recently written some great commentary on the issue also. Won't somebody think of the children? This mantra is being used with great effect by the Australian government to increase its control over what Australians see, watch and do - all, ostensibly, in the name of protecting the nation's youth. And a scheme that amounts to censorship is coming closer: the government has said that it ...

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Visualisation: Project Palantir

by Jye on Nov 24, 2008 with 2 Comments

Real time visualization of Facebook actions, using jME. Created at one of our hackathons.

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Businesses: Still looking too internally

by Jye on Nov 20, 2008 with 6 Comments

Who from your team is participating in the other conversations that are being held away from your sites? Or other blogs, forums and communities and actually identifying and or representing themselves as position in your company? It's unfair for business to expect people to value our conversations when they don't value theirs. Through this there are some really solid ways to build value and develop things you can't buy: loyalty and respect.

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Who Cares? Social Internet Spaces and Your Business

by Jye on Nov 19, 2008 with 1 Comment

Social media is giving your customers a space to voice their opinion.  It's giving them an audience.  It's impossible to ignore and I think what we're seeing this year, and especially after the market crash, is that you can't fake this anymore.  If you're product or service isn't up to scratch then people are going to be able to talk about it -- to people who actually care. So why are so many businesses hesitating? More to the point: why are businesses still ignoring these conversations? Why are they failing to participate? The fear of the unknown. Lucky there are people hear ...

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Water, water (Everywhere?)

by Jye on Nov 18, 2008 with No Comments

So what do you want for Christmas? Maybe growing up it was a bike or that first guitar.  There's a good chance it wasn't clean water. But for so many of the world's men, woman and children -- that's the only thing they want.  Would you deny someone that basic human right? Or are you going to put your hand up in support. WaterAid and its partners use practical solutions to provide safe water, effective sanitation and hygiene education to the world's poorest people.  In a world where we talk about the desires of the consumer it's this essential, yet basic, need ...

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Online Social Networking and Business Collaboration World

by Jye on Nov 17, 2008 with No Comments

Next week I'll be heading to Online Social Networking and Business Collaboration World (or OSCNBC?) to see Jenny and Laurel amongst others give their outlooks on the digital world.  Will I see you there? Topics to be covered: Marketing The content, Personalization, Lifestyle and Advertising phenomenon of social media and web 2.0 Digital Worlds: Social, Virtual, Mobile The Mobile Mob – mobile social networking Social networking redefining consumer engagement models Supporting and growing your digital marketing strategy through social media Creativity in Social Media Blogging your brand A ...

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Good Vibrations Widget: Music Festivals & Social Media

by Jye on Nov 13, 2008 with 3 Comments

THE GVF '09 WIDGET IS HERE! : Looks like they're catching up. I had an email from Good Vibrations Festival announcing their new Facebook widget.  But does it go far enough? Well, I think so. The widget application means that you can be the first to know any Good Vibrations breaking news! You can check the news items and launch the audio player from within your facebook profile at anytime. So the freshest Good Vibrations news will update automatically for you without leaving the comfort of your own facebook profile! You can also add this widget to your myspace profile by clicking on the ...

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GetMo: Movember 2008 Update

by Jye on Nov 13, 2008 with 2 Comments

GetMo: The Movember team I'm heading up to help raise awareness for men's health.  Joining me are my MoBros: Gavin Heaton, Matt Fitzsimons, Scott Drummond, Tom Voirol, Tim Longhurst, James Breeze, Stephen Mills, Anoop Lad. These are all just normal guys who have decided to sacrifice, their vanity, sanity and pashing opportunities (not with one another.. well, not that I know of) for the month of November and growing a mo to raise awareness for men's health. On the eve of halfway, GetMo has nearly cracked the $1000.00 mark! Help us by donating now. I'll be at the Gala Parte, so please ...

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Gmail Video Chat: Google takes on Skype

by Jye on Nov 12, 2008 with 2 Comments

The ever growing arsenal of Google's online weaponry has once again advanced -- this time with browser based video chat. Only a few hours ago Mashable broke the news that Google had announced the release GMail's video and voice chat.  This is sure to once again attract new users to the service and secure existing ones. Unlike the bells-and-whistles Skype, it's a very clean design and features include fullscreen and PIP.  This comes at interesting time for myself as I've been trying to expand my Skype (jyesmith) list more and more each day -- and now I find my self ...

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