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Know your place

by Jye on Apr 29, 2009 with 1 Comment

Zac Martin put together an awesome visualisation of where he believes some of Australia's marketing blogs fit together.  The first thing that sprung out is that he, Julian Cole and I all sat in the same area. What does this mean? We might need a blogger/consumer psychologist to work this one out.  Either way, I love stuff like this. But maybe it's only relevant cause I know who all these people are. If you know the three of us, maybe you'll draw your own conclusions. If you don't, wonder whether it means anything.  Does anything mean anything.  Thoughts? 1. Nathan Bush 2. Katie Chatfield 3. ...

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Speaking: The Future of Conferences – NSW KM Forum

by Jye on Apr 22, 2009 with 2 Comments

Over the past 10 years I've been playing in a number of bands.  Everything from hard rock, numetal, progressive and ambient.  Generally playing guitar, vocals, bass, and in later projects - synths, pianos and strings. It's taught me so much about myself and the way people perceive music and performance.  In my 'real' life I was previously the National Events Manager for AIMIA.  Running, producing and staging over 40 events in the digital media industry. It's time I smashed the two together. Next week I'm presenting 5 Things That Heavy Metal Taught Me About Conferences at the NSW KM Forum: The ...

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Twitter.xxx

by Jye on Apr 15, 2009 with 4 Comments

I'm young and curious. And somehow found myself a selection of peculiar Twitter accounts. What's interesting is that most of these accounts started in 2007, and have very few followers, and generally fewer tweets.  So whether you think Twitter is Great or you're on team 'Fuck Twitter' - it's definitely the topic of conversation. There was one, however, that stuck out, and is still active. But I am giving you full warning now: it's hardcore.  Like NSFW hardcore. http://twitter.com/fuck "Twittering my life as a sex addict." NSFW: Active, 106 followers, 41 updates. Tweets only from 2009. I suspect account open for longer. Hey ...

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Fiji: Censorship of the Media

by Jye on Apr 13, 2009 with 1 Comment

After the Fijian consitution was thrown out over the weekend, the new military government now have censors which control the media.  Even as far as having police officers in the news room with journalists. This is a quick reach to any Fijian bloggers and non-mainstream writers and story tellers who might be still able to make their voice heard. In breif the military crackdown is  'a 30-day state of emergency, newspapers and broadcasters are not allowed to carry stories critical of the army's grip on power in Fiji'.  Australian journalists Sean Dorney and other Fijian press have all backlashed against the ...

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I’ll tweet your secret in a minute

by Jye on Apr 08, 2009 with 5 Comments

What the deuce is SecretTweet? @sn11 Secrettwitter or something loik that search "SecretTweet" its people who post to this site then the site posts them up on secret tweet I'm sorry, baking powder? SecretTweet is a site that allows you to submit your most scandalous secret anonymously. This is then tweeted by @SecretTweet and your sin is let loose to the world, without the fear of retribution or embarrassment. You've shared your pain, but nobody can laugh at you for it. So what do people think about SecretTweet? @cynjh secret tweets is so scandalous - it's like dynasty on steroids. @thelonelysouls There's some people posting ...

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The Man Behind mUmbrella: Tim Burrowes – A Digital Perspective

by Jye on Apr 07, 2009 with 13 Comments

Tim Burrowes - the founder of mUmbrella - was kind enough to offer his digital perspective this week. What's the biggest change you've seen in the digital media industry over the past 12 months? Funnily enough, it's the apparent collapse of the traditional models, particularly for newspapers and TV. Faced with the combination of the economic roadcrash and the shifting that comes when a new medium arrives, they are finally beginning to face the realities that they are going to have to engage with digital media, not hope it goes away like it conveniently did last time round after the dotcom crash. But  ...

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Twitter @ SMX 2009

by Jye on Apr 02, 2009 with 3 Comments

Having fun at #SMX? Need to get your Twitter fix? Switched On Media will be hosting the SMX Sydney Expo Hall Reception, and will be tweeting the event. - Andy and I will be speaking on day 2, so come say hi :) Day 1: Search Marketing Expo: Rand Fishkin (@randfish) Bruce Clay (@bruceclay) Jeremy Bolt (@jeremybolt) Jason West Aiden Beanland (@gridkid) Cindy Crum (@suzzicks) Greg Boser (@gregboser) Michael Wamsley Katie Hodgkinson Chris Thomas (@reseo) Greg Grothaus (@gregacious) Jane Copland (@coplandmj) Lucas Ng (@lucasng) Rob Kerry Tim McDonald Priyank Garg Reception with: Switched On Media (@switchedonmedia) Day 2: Search Marketing Expo: Bill Tancer Andy Jamieson (@andyjamo) Steven Power Monte Huebsch Rod Jacka Martin Carlill Tom Petryshen Stephan Pavlovich Jye Smith (@jyesmith) Darren Rowse (@problogger) Chris Dimmock (@cogentis) Dennis Yu (@dennisyu) Mark ...

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