The visual web is not a trend, it’s a vital content strategy
The shift towards a more ‘visual web’ can no longer be dismissed as a mere trend. Look around and the…
Time for a pause?
One of the highlights of 2011 for me was the APA Content Summit 2011, which took place in London last…
Apple’s Siri and what it means for the user experience
Siri, the iPhone’s killer app Like millions of others, I queued for the iPhone 4S last week (I don’t usually…
Turntable.fm creates a new user experience for music
Like many others around the web I’m captivated by Turntable.fm, the new online music sharing service. I’ve just been exploring…
Hult’s Masters of Digital Marketing: Digital Publishing Module
I’m just getting started with my students at Hult International Business School, where I’m the course tutor on the elective…
Why Instapaper 3.0 and Pinboard are my new favourite things
Since I last outlined my information workflow back in January 2010 things hadn’t changed much during the past 12 months.…
One story per day gets 80% of audience engagement
Traditional digital publishing wisdom has it that content frequency and volume are the keys to success online. A recently leaked…
Is 2011 the year of the new search paradigm?
We’ve seen this coming for some time. The traditional search algorithms, based on keywords and hyperlinks, are finally feeling the…
What’s your personal mission statement?
I met up with a friend this week and we got chatting about what motivates us in our work. He’s…
Instagram vs Quora and the Battle for Attention
The past couple of months I (like many others) have found two new social media services to play with: Quora,…