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- Every Company Is A Media Company - My European Tour
- CultureWatch: The Genius Of Johnny Marr At The Fillmore
- CultureWatch: Haight-Street Fair Upcoming, And The Remarkable Pablo Heising 'The Mayor Of Haight Street'
- WeekendWatcher: A Killer Story At The Marsh in Berkeley
- About SVW: Heading To London, Amsterdam, Berlin, And Warsaw - Presentations On Corporate Media EC=MC
- Analysis: The Hand Of Retired CEO Andy Grove Is Seen In Intel's New Leadership
- Corporate Media Services: BrightTalk - A Compelling Lead Generation Platform
- As SVW Advised: Intel Doubles-Up On Leadership - Replaces CEO Paul Otellini with Brian Krzanich and Renee James
- A Product-Killer Meme: White Geeks Too Self-Conscious To Wear Their Google Glass In Public
- Enigma Publishes 100,000 Public Databases: This Is 'Big Data' Versus Everyone
- Meet Intel's King Makers - A Truly Exemplary Board Of Directors
Every Company Is A Media Company - My European Tour
Posted by Tom Foremski - May 15, 2013
Above, I spoke at Burson-Marsteller's spectacular London offices.
I've been a lot of talking since arriving in London last week and Amsterdam this week on the subject of "every company is a media company" and what happens next.
I'll have a fuller report later this week but so far the reception has been excellent and there's quite a good understanding of the concept but a wide difference in how corporations and PR agencies are taking this message and moving forward -- or not.
CultureWatch: The Genius Of Johnny Marr At The Fillmore
Posted by Tom Foremski - May 5, 2013
Some days it seems as if the universe is conspiring to provide me with exactly what I need, in the right amounts, and at the right time. Johnny Marr, the former guitarist of The Smiths, playing just down the street from me at The Fillmore -- was concrete proof of this conspiracy.
CultureWatch: Haight-Street Fair Upcoming, And The Remarkable Pablo Heising 'The Mayor Of Haight Street'
Posted by Tom Foremski - May 4, 2013
I was walking along Haight Street and spotted a poster competition for the upcoming Haight Street Fair, June 9, which has always been one of the best San Francisco Street Fairs. For a long time it was organized by the wonderful Pablo Heising, a good friend and one of the neighborhoods best community leaders.
WeekendWatcher: A Killer Story At The Marsh in Berkeley
Posted by Tom Foremski - May 3, 2013
I saw this last Saturday and I highly recommend it. Smart dialogue, excellent musical performance by Allison Lovejoy, and it's A KILLER STORY @ The Marsh Berkeley.
Pre-show cabaret performance at 7:15pm
Arrive at 7pm and enjoy"Noir Era" food and "Killer Cocktails" in cabaret-style seating.
FRIDAY, May 3 The fabulous Mr. Lucky sings crime songs and more...
Allison Lovejoy is playing the score for this excellent and entertaining "Noir" play at a wonderful venue Friday and Saturday nights through May 18.
The show begins at 8, and we have pre-show cabaret from 7:15-7:50, with great food and cocktails in the Marsh Cafe.
It's on Allston Way, 1/2 block from downtown Berkeley Bart.
Tickets are available on Goldstar for $10.
Discount code on the website is "bourbon"
About SVW: Heading To London, Amsterdam, Berlin, And Warsaw - Presentations On Corporate Media EC=MC
Posted by Tom Foremski - May 3, 2013
In three days I'm off to London for a week, then Amsterdam, hopefully a few days in Berlin, and then Warsaw (above) returning in early June.
I'll be making a series of presentations around my favorite topic: "Every Company Is A Media Company - the transformative business equation of our times."
Analysis: The Hand Of Retired CEO Andy Grove Is Seen In Intel's New Leadership
Posted by Tom Foremski - May 3, 2013
Foremski's Take: Most Intel watchers are agreed, that Intel's new CEO, insider Brian Krzanich, is a safe choice but that Intel needed someone to "rock the boat."
They miss the fact that Intel is a supertanker, you can't rock a supertanker no matter how much you jump up and down - you can just gradually change its direction.
What they also miss is the new Ms. in the executive office: Renee James, the new President, the partner to Mr. Krzanich in Intel's "two-in-a-box" leadership team.
Corporate Media Services: BrightTalk - A Compelling Lead Generation Platform
Posted by Tom Foremski - May 2, 2013
One of my favorite media technology companies is BrightTalk, based in San Francisco and London.
Co-founded in 2002 by Paul Heald and Charlie Blackburn, this privately-held company offers an easy platform to create and distribute live audio and video broadcasts/podcasts. It also helps deliver the audience, with a stellar in-house lead generation team under James Miller. This is BrightTalk's secret sauce because it helps boost potential audience numbers way beyond a company's own networks of contacts, and increases the quality of customer leads.
I'm proud to say that I helped kickstart BrightTalk's online summit business a couple of years ago, which is now a thriving multi-million dollar business group.
I recently met with CEO Paul Heald (above) in San Francisco. Here are some notes from our conversation:
As SVW Advised: Intel Doubles-Up On Leadership - Replaces CEO Paul Otellini with Brian Krzanich and Renee James
Posted by Tom Foremski - May 2, 2013
Intel's board has named Brian Krzanich and Renee James to replace retiring CEO Paul Otellini.
A Product-Killer Meme: White Geeks Too Self-Conscious To Wear Their Google Glass In Public
Posted by Tom Foremski - May 1, 2013
The "White Guys wearing Google Glass" is a killer meme, a potential product killer.
A friend who is a prominent geek, always a bit of a rebel and very comfortable with self-promotion, is very concerned about posting a picture of himself wearing Google Glass.
Enigma Publishes 100,000 Public Databases: This Is 'Big Data' Versus Everyone
Posted by Tom Foremski - May 1, 2013
Enigma launched today, with an intriguing service: the New York based startup offers an easy way to search through more than 100,000 public databases.
Chris Velazco at TC reports:
Meet Intel's King Makers - A Truly Exemplary Board Of Directors
Posted by Tom Foremski - May 1, 2013
Intel's secret ace-in-the hole is that it has one of the world's top board of directors (above), a diverse and independent group of leaders – an exemplary example of corporate governance of the highest order. It scored a perfect ten by GovernanceMetrics International. Only 21 other boards have received this highest recognition, out of more than 2100 global corporations.
It's a board currently under tremendous pressure, and has just days to prove itself to shareholders, in one of the most important decisions it will ever make.
Twitter To Last Longer Than Peter Thiel
Posted by Tom Foremski - May 1, 2013
Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel said that Twitter would last longer than the New York Times, a news publication started in 1851, which is more than 163 years. [The New York Times - Wikipedia.]
CNN's Maureen Farrell reported:
An Educational Problem: Digital Natives Are Naive Searchers
Posted by Tom Foremski - May 1, 2013
John Wihbey at Journalist's Resource has highlighted an important problem: Young people aren't very good at search.
Since Google's algorithms have trouble in distinguishing between spam and good content, a search-based education isn't much use if students don't know how to evaluate sources of information.
Preserving The (French) Web -- Revisiting Its Ideals
Posted by Tom Foremski - April 30, 2013
CERN, in Switzerland is known for its maniacal obsession with the Higgs boson but it's also where the "Web" was invented.
The Pallab Ghosh, science correspondent for the BBC reports:
IHS: A Korean War Would Be Catastrophic To Global Electronics Business
Posted by Tom Foremski - April 30, 2013
The market research firm IHS points out that South Korea is vital to global electronics markets because of its dominance in producing two-thirds of all DRAMs and 70 per cent of tablet display screens.
If war breaks out the result would be "chaos."
Paris Is Putting "Entrepreneur" Back Into The French Language
Posted by Tom Foremski - April 30, 2013
There's a story that George W. Bush once said, "The problem with the French is that they have no word for 'entrepreneur.'"
Worries About The Web And Google's Place In It
Posted by Tom Foremski - April 30, 2013
The above comment is from Aaron Wall's excellent SEOBook.com -- my go-to source for understanding search engine optimization and the algorithmic games that Google [$GOOG] plays with hundreds of thousands of businesses the world over.
Psychedelics And Technology: Albert Hoffman Five Year Anniversary
Posted by Tom Foremski - April 29, 2013
Albert Hoffman, the discoverer of LSD died at the age of 102 on this day five years ago. LSD has been more influential in Silicon Valley than Ayn Rand.
Robert Scoble's Naked Enthusiasm
Posted by Tom Foremski - April 29, 2013
I've known Robert for many years and I love his unabashed, and unadorned genuine enthusiasm for many things. And he loves to express himself in authentic ways.
ValleyWag Wrong On Arrington
Posted by Tom Foremski - April 29, 2013
Sam Biddle at ValleyWag from Gawker Media, confidently predicted that for the first time in five years, Mike Arrington, the co-founder of Techcrunch Disrupt conference, would not make an appearance at this year's New York conference.
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