Upgrading to WordPress 3.3.2
We’ve just upgraded all of our WordPress blogs to WordPress 3.3.2,. Assuming you’ve kept up to date, the upgrade is very minor . The changes between 3.3, 3.3.1 and 3.3.2 are predominantly security related, and shouldn’t cause any issues with themes or plugins. To be clear, there aren’t any major security issues to be concerned [...]

Chris Brogan at SMWF
Chris Brogan took to the stage for today’s opening key note at Social Media World Forum. He challenged the audience out of social media complacency. We have three major ways in which people experience our business: internet/pc, mobile/mobile web and TV (broadcast) – and, of course, face to face. 30% of business still requires human [...]
Communication – Becoming Fluid by Getting Uncomfortable
This TED talk has now had over 500,000 views on YouTube. I started writing this post 3 years ago. It’s sat in my drafts folder, simply because there are so many things to say about it. And I wanted to get it right. I wonder how many critical business breakthroughs have got stuck, and then [...]

Social For Internal Comms – Social Media Workplace
A lively panel here today at the Social Media Workplace conference. The afternoon panel on Social Media for employee communications lead to a lively discussion. The panel consisted of: Jenni Wheller, SSP UK. Rebecca Richmond, Melcrum. Christian McMahon, Global CIO, Jamaza. Justin Hunt, Social Media Leadership Forum. Doug Shaw, What Goes Around. Interesting snippet from [...]

WordPress 3.2 Intranets Internet Explorer and The Web
WordPress 3.2 has been with us for a little while now – WordPress 3.3 is just around the cornerĀ (targeting the end of November as of this post), but in the Intranet world it’s been a longer journey than usual. WordPress 3.2 dropped support for Internet Explorer 6, and WordPress 3.3 will most likely drop support [...]
Making an Apology
Many of you, like me, may have been affected the the Epsilon data breach. It has impacted on dozens of businesses who make use of their marketing services, including companies like Target, Marriot, Hilton Hotels, Best Buy, JP Morgan, Capital One, and the list goes on… I received my first apology email today – one [...]
A Perspective on Community
This post is a narrative on thoughts about community in and around the on-line world. It’s not complete, possibly not coherent, and is long. However, it does represents the output of a fascinating and thought provoking roundtable discussion convened by Bernie Mitchell, in the company of Misae Richwoods, Simon Darling, Filip Matous, Julie Hall at [...]





