Alex Balfour Consulting http://www.alexbalfour.com Fri, 17 May 2013 16:30:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 What we have been reading this week May 17, 2013 http://www.alexbalfour.com/2013/05/17/what-we-have-been-reading-this-week-may-17-2013/ http://www.alexbalfour.com/2013/05/17/what-we-have-been-reading-this-week-may-17-2013/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 16:30:58 +0000 admin http://www.alexbalfour.com/2013/05/17/what-we-have-been-reading-this-week-may-17-2013/ communications-act-murdoch-internet The Accidental Death of a Cyclist | Rouleur Magazine james_corbett: From the man who brought you the great Senna doc,comes a film on Marco Pantani. Looks fantastic http://t.co/KBj2J4LRRG via @rouleurmagazine How the New York Times can fight BuzzFeed & reinvent its future — Tech News and Analysis peretti: How the New York Times can [...]

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  • The Accidental Death of a Cyclist | Rouleur Magazine
    james_corbett: From the man who brought you the great Senna doc,comes a film on Marco Pantani. Looks fantastic http://t.co/KBj2J4LRRG via @rouleurmagazine
  • How the New York Times can fight BuzzFeed & reinvent its future — Tech News and Analysis
    peretti: How the New York Times can fight BuzzFeed – please don’t fight us @JillAbramson , let’s stay BFFs! http://t.co/lmgqKAUoRg
  • Log In – The New York Times
    tomcoates: Absolutely extraordinary and brave editorial by Angelina Jolie that you should all read immediately: http://t.co/sQbWmmitsA
  • New Android Boss Finally Reveals Plans for World's Most Popular Mobile OS | Wired Business | Wired.com
    dougw: New Android Boss Finally Reveals Plans for World’s Most Popular Mobile OS http://t.co/CdBUZeAgfA

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  • Daft Punk on EDM Producers: 'They’re Missing the Tools' | Billboard

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    MichaelRPayne1: Road cycling is the new golf for those building business relatiionship says @TheEconomist http://t.co/tEVzCIzp3i
  • Ex-Olympics Official Slammed by Putin ‘Poisoned’ – Reports | Sports | RIA Novosti
    MichaelRPayne1: Lillehammer had knee capping to drive ratings-Sochi now has rumour of poisining of Olympic officials.Media potential? http://t.co/dvh3RzP9jj
  • Nestlé's Peter Brabeck: our attitude towards water needs to change | Guardian Sustainable Business | Guardian Professional
  • Contact | Brilliant Noise
  • Scale Up Report 2012 | Silicon Valley Comes to the UK
    scoutu: The art of scaling gracefully – guidance for startups that want to get to $100 M revenues: @svc2uk

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  • The Digital Future of Creative U.K.: The Economic Impact of Digitization and the Internet on the Creative Sector in the U.K. and Europe
    emercoleman: Digital & the creative economy @ncrockettcdec blogs here http://t.co/ZK59nm1mua join the chat 2morrow http://t.co/nNR8aY45os #digcreativeuk
  • http://soa.li/GdxG6gS
    markflanagan_: How big data can boost effective political campaigning via http://t.co/TZzAp87nkr @Telegraph
  • Inside Business: Online anonymity to be confined to virtual history – FT.com
    richardmuirhead: Online anonymity to be confined to history as AirBnB vets 4m users http://t.co/53Y4Fg3uPG #FT
  • Review: BBC iPlayer Radio for Android
    JamesCridland: Review of the @BBCiPlayerRadio app for Android: “the best Android radio tuner app I’ve ever seen” http://t.co/dQBHKQWWrh
  • Radio in car: 3. The monetisation opportunity
    JamesCridland: Fascinating if slightly “it’s all coming soon honest” future-gazing from @wheredidgogogo about in-car radio. http://t.co/kUdXleEKol
  • The World's Biggest Social Media Team
    clarewolfensohn: Impressive strategy RT @aussiegoldy: Slideshare deck: The World’s Biggest Social Media Team http://t.co/qZ3ktM8Hpx #sminoz #seeaustralia
  • Top CEO Pay Ratios – Bloomberg
    matthewfrance24: Which companies have the highest ratio of CEO pay to average employee salary from @BloombergNews http://t.co/fedQ1HDIOm
  • Marketers, Let Your Egos Go – Mitch Joel – Harvard Business Review
    christianhern: Time to change from Mad Men to Math Men – @HarvardBiz http://t.co/CFSl4Ph5AV

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  • How to Run Your Company Like an Improv Group, by Twitter CEO Dick Costolo – Businessweek
    KenJanoski: Twitter’s CEO Dick Costolo: How to Run Your Company Like an Improv Group http://t.co/CmnzVUuXhk via @BW #500Startups
  • Deloitte: Readers abandon print for digital platforms but it's a slow revolution | TheMediaBriefing
    psmith: Deloitte: Readers abandon print for digital, but it’s a slow revolution http://t.co/fGg5cKRGt9
  • Do Not Touch
    BAHjournalist: TRY IT: Do Not Touch crowdsourced music video, inspired by the computer curser’s demise, records your curser ► http://t.co/hBKj6samv9 #TFIi

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    gdsteam: New blog post from @benterrett about GOV.UK’s Design of the Year 2013 win – http://t.co/IXVb0DRkS7
  • How the Boston Marathon explosions reveal the two sides of Twitter | Simon Ricketts | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
    mattseaton: Perceptive and important reflections on Twitter as news service by @Guardian night team editor @SimonNRicketts: http://t.co/otBjEOMneH
  • You Lookin' At Me? Reflections on Google Glass. – Jan Chipchase – Voices – AllThingsD
    timoreilly: Must read: @janchip on Google Glass http://t.co/qxBFiuTE77 Observe and think about implications, don’t go knee-jerk
  • How Do You Know If Your Data is Accurate? A case study using search volume, CTR, and rankings | SEOmoz
    SEOmoz: How Do You Know If Your Data is Accurate? A case study using search volume, CTR & rankings by @mattthemathman – http://t.co/oGrR1EHXgX

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  • Adwords Script to track Quality Score
    bradbox: Adwords Script to track Quality Score on Account, campaign & Ad Group Level http://t.co/Vo5R20VtPp via @deepfootprints
  • The Software Revolution Behind LinkedIn's Gushing Profits | Wired Business | Wired.com
    hkanji: How LinkedIn shifted to continuous development and made an impact on its revenues http://t.co/rwwolXNioa
  • Investor Index: Discover the Most Popular VC & Angel Blogs « Danielle Morrill
    DanielleMorrill: I went on a digital expedition to start creating a huge list of investor blogs. Here’s what I’ve found so far http://t.co/4tiidciFKk
  • Bloomsbury – Wisden 2013 News Release
    WisdenAlmanack: Our Wisden 2013 news release. http://t.co/I3bbMPCHjQ All our awards-winners and snippets of Notes by the Editor @the_topspin #Wisden150
  • Margaret Thatcher left a dark legacy that has still not disappeared | Politics | The Guardian
    scottdougal: The much-missed Hugo Young on Thatcher: http://t.co/ODx7HrTK2N. If you can still buy This Blessed Plot, I recommend it.
  • Facebook's 'Phone' Is Another Triumph of Mediocrity | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
    MWJ: Facebooks Phone Is A Triumph Of Mediocrity http://t.co/Plawc4N1sl @WiredUK
  • Margaret Thatcher: The lady who changed the world | The Economist
    TheEconomist: Margaret #Thatcher, the lady who transformed British politics and changed the world, died this morning http://t.co/Cc76QOfiLE
  • Margaret Thatcher: obituary – Telegraph
    benedictbrogan: Baroness Thatcher’s @Telegraph obituary http://t.co/6J2Iv1cRw1
  • The Iron Lady: Michael White looks back at the life of Margaret Thatcher | Politics | guardian.co.uk
    GdnPolitics: The Iron Lady: @MichaelWhite looks back at the life of Margaret Thatcher http://t.co/y5DopcRUnH
  • Google revolution isn’t worth our privacy – FT.com
    evgenymorozov: “Google revolution isn’t worth our privacy” –> my oped in tomorrow’s Financial Times http://t.co/6glIiWo7UO

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  • Details of Mark Zuckerberg's immigration reform group reportedly revealed in leaked memo | The Verge
    verge: Details of Mark Zuckerberg’s immigration reform group reportedly revealed in leaked memo http://t.co/RaxXlsFH2H

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  • Google Adds Publisher Opt-Out Tool For Shopping, Flights, Hotels & Local Search
    sengineland: Don’t want your content to be included in Google’s vertical search services? Google’s got a new tool for that. http://t.co/Rk6Ji3zqHy

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  • Popbitch to launch paid-for online magazine | Media | guardian.co.uk
    mediaguardian: Popbitch to launch paid-for online magazine http://t.co/6dWJDJUFLt
  • How Radio has Defied the Media Revolution – Bradley Howard's Blog – with views of digital media, innovation, loyalty and business in the real world
    bradbox: How Radio has Defied the Media Revolution http://t.co/Nn2OxHTZrm
  • Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
    Ben_Wells1: @MichaelRPayne1 my thoughts on the topic in an old blogpost making just that point http://t.co/CpQfK12iPL
  • Danny Boyle almost quit Olympics – Telegraph
    MichaelRPayne1: RT @Telegraph2012: Danny Boyle almost quit Olympics http://t.co/ERGpt9Mxh1 #london2012 Fascinating stories on LOCOG – Boyle conflicts
  • Media Lens – The Iraq War Was Not A Media Failure
    DTraynier: Watching #Panorama on how the media were “fooled” over #Iraq? Then spend 10 mins reading @medialens http://t.co/dU8FpOGhWj
  • News and Publications – News Release
    UKinUSA: Internet and Web pioneers win the inaugural Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering – http://t.co/PsnfaLRRyG #QEPrize #Tech @timberners_lee
  • Building a Tech City: Lessons from both sides of the pond – Business Monday – MiamiHerald.com
    leo_17878: @PruAshby <@MiamiHerald "Building a Tech City: Lessons from Both Sides of the Pond" Ty @iammobilebob @tonyjhughes! http://t.co/r6YuDro7TV”
  • How Can Small E-Commerce Businesses Use SEO To Compete With Sites Like Amazon? – YouMoz | SEOmoz
    SEOmoz: How Can Small E-Commerce Businesses Use SEO To Compete With Sites Like Amazon? by @Think_Traffic http://t.co/24Otrbae2c
  • SXSW Interactive 2013 – Sessions, serendipity and a sore throat. | Seven League
    richardayers: @hondanhon a fair reflection of sxsw? http://t.co/6kKjN4qw6R

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  • Not to be missed: The ultimate social media image sizing cheat sheet – The CIPR Conversation
    AllthingsIC: Hugely helpful. Thank you @katyhowell > Infographic showing social media image size guide http://t.co/9ZRqASWopR #CIPRsm
  • How Everton FC perform on Facebook [Infographic] | UKSN – The Social Media & Sport Site
    DanielMclaren: How @Everton is increasing its fan engagement on Facebook [infographic]. Enjoy! http://t.co/XP8JvygrXp #digisport #smsport
  • Hacked Off, by bullying politicians, hijacking legislation and holding secret meetings, has become what it despised – Telegraph Blogs
  • Steve Jobs Emails
  • Altimeter’s Take: The Technologies That Matter from SXSW 2013 | Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing
    jowyang: New Post: Didn’t go to #SXSW and want to know the tech trends? Read it on one page http://t.co/HfJHI7IIea
  • Sporting Edge : Latest Performance Insights
    thesportingedge: Ready for the #6nations? Here’s how Sir Ian McGeechan deals with ego in teams http://t.co/MR51RfXO6K #lions
  • I Am Avinash Kaushik, Co-Founder -Market Motive, Digital Marketing Evangelist -Google. Ask Me Anything. – via @avinash
    SEOmoz: Interested in asking @avinash anything? His @Inboundorg AMA is live! http://t.co/ORS1L5KWkp
  • TarenSK | Bombshell: New evidence that Steve Heymann committed serious prosecutorial misconduct
    dangillmor: Assortment of damning evidence against Aaron Swartz prosecutors, via @TarenSK http://t.co/vNyIyHvf2D
  • Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling « Aerogramme Writers' Studio
  • Twitter Advertising: The new Twitter Ads center
    adambain: We improved @TwitterAds: more visibility into campaign performance, deeper analytics + easier to manage campaigns. http://t.co/kHj9AwIdMi
  • Pinterest, Twitter Step Up Their Analytics Games | Adweek
    Adweek: Marketers now have better measurement platforms as both @Pinterest and @twitter step up their analytics games. http://t.co/WquPhayliG
  • Apple vs. everyone: battle of the tablet ads « Observatory
    ksegall: It’s Apple vs. everyone. Who’s winning the battle of the tablet ads? http://t.co/sWwLlsaLBa
  • Cook Says Lives Enriched Matters More Than Money Made: Interview – Bloomberg
    activateinc: “A lot of companies have innovation departments, and this is always a sign that something is wrong” – Tim Cook http://t.co/5W7YRgDk
  • Inside the New York Times' web redesign | The Verge

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