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2014
March
11,
2014
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00:56 AM
America/Los_Angeles
The BBC recently asked permission to use this story as a case study for an upcoming programme, Silicon Valley Watcher's discovery of the identity of LonelyGirl15.At the end of the summer of 2006 we had the biggest story in the US: Silicon Valley …
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January
27,
2014
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08:07 AM
America/Los_Angeles
If paper were announced today, as an alternative technology to digital screens, its tech specs would be madly impressive. Paper is a media technology without equal:- Imagine a lightweight display as thin as a single hair, capable of displaying high …
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2013
January
25,
2013
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05:39 AM
America/Los_Angeles
I attended the Aaron Swartz memorial Thursday evening at the Internet Archive building (above) in San Francisco where several hundred people gathered to mourn his passing.It was an excellent turnout organized by Internet Archive founder Brewster …
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2012
November
16,
2012
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03:31 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Chris Anderson has exited one of the top jobs in publishing - Editor-in-Chief of Wired magazine - to pursue the life of an entrepreneur, making a big bet that 3D printers represent a massive new phase of the industrial revolution.He spoke at a Wired …
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June
17,
2012
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08:17 AM
America/Los_Angeles
I was thinking about my dad, Jerzy Foremski today (Father's Day in the US), he passed away last year. The photo (above) shows him holding me, (8 months old) and was taken shortly after my parents had escaped Poland and arrived in London.We lived in …
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2010
September
21,
2010
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03:12 AM
America/Los_Angeles
[Here is a draft of an article for the fifth anniversary of the Society for New Communications Research (SNCR) - a Palo Alto, California based think tank. I'm a founding fellow of SNCR.] It's easy to forget that we are still in the very early …
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2009
May
07,
2009
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14:28 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Eric Schmidt, Google's CEO, loves to tell the newspaper industry what it needs to do to be relevant in today's online world. A sample of recent headlines:Eric Schmidt Tells Newspapers: Create Products People Want And ...Google CEO Eric Schmidt to …
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April
30,
2009
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09:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
I was at Chris Brogan's Inbound Marketing Summit on Wednesday, speaking on a panel moderated by Paul Gillin, on the subject of "Media in Transition: The Future of News in a Democratized World." My old friend Dean Takahashi from VentureBeat (formerly …
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April
21,
2009
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04:38 AM
America/Los_Angeles
I caught up with Eva Chen, CEO of Trend Micro Tuesday morning just before her two appearances at the RSA security conference. She was in great form, enjoying a rare San Francisco heat wave, while we all melted into puddles.Here are some notes from …
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April
20,
2009
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14:40 PM
America/Los_Angeles
It is RSA Conference week this week, which means lots of security companies are in town. Among my Monday meetings I had the pleasure of dinner with Gil Shwed, CEO of Check Point Software Technologies [CHKP], one of Israel's most successful software …
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April
14,
2009
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19:54 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Lately, I've been writing about the new laws in South Korea that impose requirements on web sites to verify the real names of users. It was an issue that hadn't been reported much by the US media until just this week. And there is lots more Korean …
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April
07,
2009
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15:05 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Things are very interesting in media and PR communications these days. Things are changing so fast and we are all learning so fast. The changes happening in our industries are unprecedented, we have no frame of reference except our old ways.For much …
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April
07,
2009
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05:35 AM
America/Los_Angeles
I covered the opening of the Apple's San Francisco retail store in February, 2004. It was Apple's seventh store and its first flagship store, the first to feature a very modern design.The building was a minimalist cube and inside were two floors of …
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April
06,
2009
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16:17 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Rupert Murdoch wants a Google rebellion, says Forbes. Murdoch calls Google, Yahoo copyright thieves, says Wired. Newspaper groups step up propaganda war on Google, says the Daily Telegraph. And in today's New York Times, A.P. seeks to rein in sites …
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April
04,
2009
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16:56 PM
America/Los_Angeles
It seems as if it doesn't matter how old you are, kids or grownups and beyond, everyone is complaining they are having trouble focusing on tasks, and that they are constantly distracted.I remember when MTV launched in 1981. The music videos were a …
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April
01,
2009
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17:52 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Web 2.0 Expo has become very dated. You aren't missing anything if you couldn't make it. But it is always nice to catch up with old friends.- - -Some prior SVW coverage:- Web 2.0 on the Ropes. . . Kleiner Perkins Halts InvestmentsIt is as if we are …
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April
01,
2009
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07:41 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Virtual currencies are booming, they have become the best way for gaming sites to monetize their content, and it might also offer a way for news sites to earn revenues. That's what popped into my head when I recently interviewed Jason Bailey, CEO …
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March
31,
2009
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16:18 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Google [GOOG] has quietly dropped its "Don't be evil" motto as part of a broad strategy to refresh its image. This shift in its corporate PR includes focusing media attention on key executives such as the very photogenic Marissa Mayer, VP of Search …
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March
31,
2009
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11:09 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Silicon Valley is a leader in clean and green technologies and it is counting on considerable government support through tax breaks, grants and other programs, to build a large industry. Without government incentives progress will be …
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March
31,
2009
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02:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
The first survey of nearly 300 online journalists by the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism found "uneasy optimism" compared with colleagues in traditional media and concern that the Internet "is changing the fundamental values of …
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March
29,
2009
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12:01 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Two years ago I suggested Google should build its data centers in Iceland because of all the nearly-free green geothermal energy. Plus, it's a great location, midway between North America and Europe, with access to high speed submarine data cables …
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March
27,
2009
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05:49 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Monday, Intel will officially launch it's most important chip in more than 15 years, a high performance Xeon server microprocessor built using its advanced Nehalem design. It has the potential to shakeup not only the microprocessor market for IT …
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March
20,
2009
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04:02 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Just in case you missed it the first time. Here is the panel discussion from "Fridays with Foremski" a proposed weekly video series that showcases the extraordinary region of Silicon Valley.Panelists: Drew Clark (IBM Ventures) Jim Dempsey (Center …
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March
12,
2009
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04:29 AM
America/Los_Angeles
The problem with social media is that if you try to manipulate it for marketing purposes it can blow up in your face and bite you in the butt (mashup metaphor #32).Take a look at the Procter and Gamble experiment to sell "Tide" t-shirts. Brian …
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February
27,
2009
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05:24 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Last night I was having drinks with a friend and a lady sitting next to us at the bar joined in once she heard we were talking about Facebook, Twitter, and public relations.She said she had been in PR for 15 years and was preparing a course to teach …
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February
18,
2009
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04:04 AM
America/Los_Angeles
(Building from yesterday's post...)I'm just one of many people coming up with business ideas for saving newspapers. There are a lot of posts being published on this subject.Someone should collect all the advice because it's turning into some kind of …
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February
16,
2009
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02:52 AM
America/Los_Angeles
As newspapers lose revenues from their print business they are forced to rely on revenues from their online business. But their costs of running a news organization are far higher than their online revenues.Print advertising was once able to cover …
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February
12,
2009
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02:53 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Charlie Rose today started a series on the future of journalism. A conversation about the future of newspapers with Walter Isaacson of "Time," Robert Thomson of "Wall Street Journal" and Mort Zuckerman of "The New York Daily News"It was a …
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2006
February
09,
2006
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17:49 PM
America/Los_Angeles
I was showing my friend Jill the power of the Geek Beacon the other evening--it works wonders! In case you don't know about the Geek Beacon, let me explain with a couple of my earliest posts. . .How to flag down a taxi cab from three blocks away on …
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2005
June
20,
2005
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18:03 PM
America/Los_Angeles
. . . is BFG seeking love in all the wrong places?By Tom Foremski for SiliconValleyWatcherI went to a garden party in the backyard of Heidi Roizen's house in Woodside. The event was the annual SDForum Visionary Awards. This is a great event, …
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