Month: November 2007

  • 5 Observaciones Sobre el Estado de los Medios Digitales

    Esta fue la introducción de un reporte que escribí hace un año, después de asistir a la conferencia Forbes MEET. Me pareció que seguía tan vigente, que decidí compartirlo con mis lectores. 1. Se agotó la escasez: los sistemas de distribución de contenido se han democratizado. Los medios tradicionales, como únicos distribuidores de contenido, manejaban…

  • Carnival of Entrepreneurs #38: November 9, 2007

    Welcome to the November 9, 2007 edition of carnival of entrepreneurs. Arin Vahanian presents How to Build True, Lasting Confidence posted at Super State. artThailand presents artThailand: We Put The World Of Contemporary Art From Thailand Within Reach posted at artThailand. edithyeung presents 12 Reasons Why People Want to Keep Your Business Card posted at…

  • PR Roundtable Discussion: Outing Bad PR

    I hope you all have been enjoying this week of PR conversation with respectable bloggers and Public Relations folks. This is a tricky area where real progress has to be made to try to bridge the gap between the two sides. Often, PR sees social media as a quick, cheap, expendable method of promotion while…

  • PR Roundtable Discussion: Engaging Public Relations for Bloggers 101

    We continue the PR/Blogger Roundtable discussion with Doug Haslam, Marshall Kirkpatrick, Brian Solis, Cathryn Hrudicka and Marc Orchant. Brand is a matter of some discussion – and we did that yesterday. How can bloggers engage public relations better? Cathryn Hrudicka: The lines between public relations professionals and media content providers are blurrier than ever, as…

  • Networks Sociales Portátiles – Hacia la Web 3.0

    Mucho se ha dicho sobre qué definirá la Web 3.0 y sobran las definiciones. ¿Qué tal si la Web 3.0 viene definida por networks sociales portátiles? Ya Tim Berners-Lee ha hablado de algo muy parecido, al decir que en la Web 3.0 el lenguaje de cada página web tendrá acceso a incontables bases de datos…

  • PR Roundtable Discussion: Brand in the Internet Era

    We continue the PR/Blogger Roundtable discussion with Doug Haslam, Marshall Kirkpatrick, Brian Solis, Cathryn Hrudicka and Marc Orchant. Yesterday we discussed the challenges facing Public Relations professionals as it pertains to social media. Today, we discuss branding in an open, internet driven society. I think you’ll like what they have to say. What does the…

  • PR Roundtable Discussion: The Challenge of Social Media

    Last week was a tough week for the public relations community dealing with social media. I even contributed a bit to the fuss, though independently of Chris Anderson or anyone else. It’s really quite easy to flame people and make bold statements like, “PR people, You’re blocked“. It’s quite another to try to facilitate healthy…

  • We Love you Public Relations People – But Do It Our Way!

    I just wanted to cap off this very tough week for PR people with a little bit of encouragement. As a blogger, I love you guys because you’re communicators by nature. You are generally effective in evangelizing a brand and keeping people looking forward an not backward. The biggest thing I can give to PR…

  • Facebook, OpenSocial y la Gran Pesadilla Social

    Ante todo, quisiera agradecerle a Aaron la oportunidad de escribir regularmente en Technosailor. ¿A qué se debe el éxito de Facebook? ¿Qué es la Gran Pesadilla Social? ¿Qué efectos tendrá Google OpenSocial en el terreno de los networks sociales? Facebook debe su éxito, en gran parte, al hecho de ser una buena idea, excelentemente ejecutada.…

  • We're going Spanish!

    Well, we are not entirely going Spanish, but for some time, I’ve been dreaming about breaking this blog into the Spanish speaking community. The challenge always was – I don’t speak Spanish. I mean, I read it okay (Thank you, two years in NYC!) but I can’t write it and what’s a guy to do…