2012-11-02
Posted on November 2, 2012 3:59 pm by Shel Holtz
| Brands
(c) Can Stock PhotoThe weekend approacheth, but not before we look back on the last five days and the posts and articles that made an impression. If you’re interested in the pool from which these items were drawn, you can always dip your toes in at Links From Shel.
An algorithm for predicting Twitter’s trending topics
If somebody was going to come up with a formula for figuring out which topics will trend on Twitter 90 minutes before they do, you’d think it would be the quants at MIT. Indeed, researchers say their algorithm is 95 percent accurate, according to a Poynter Institute post. “Basically, it sounds like the algorithm learns… Read More »
2012-10-26
Posted on October 26, 2012 11:59 am by Shel Holtz
| Facebook
(c) Can Stock PhotoYou don’t hear it very often, but Tumblr was down much of today. Since I maintain my link blog at Tumblr, I couldn’t get to my list of potential stories for today’s Wrap until later than usual. Tumblr did get back up and running, though, which meant I was finally able to assemble today’s summary of some great posts you may have missed in the last week.
Hidden engagement in news feeds creates disadvantage for Facebook brand pages
If my Facebook status update shows up in your news feed, you’ll see the comments and likes that post has attracted. If, however, you post an update on your brand page that makes it to my… Read More »
2012-10-19
Posted on October 19, 2012 8:11 am by Shel Holtz
| Media
(c) Can Stock PhotoThe weekend is upon us—but not before we wrap up the digital and social news of the week of interest to communicators. For the full list of items from which I draw these stories, dive into my link blog at LinksFromShel.tumblr.com.
Employees embrace the Bring Your Own Apps movement
If workers are bringing their own mobile devices to work—a reflection of the fact that their personal technology is usually better than the devices they get from their employers—then it makes just as much sense that they’ll download the apps that will help them be more efficient on the job. Now, according to The Telegraph, Citrix is… Read More »
2012-10-12
Posted on October 12, 2012 9:55 am by Shel Holtz
| Visual Communication
(c) Can Stock PhotoWhat a Friday! I’m taking the rest of the day off to run a bazillion errands in advance of my daughter’s wedding on Sunday. But that won’t stop me from posting the Wrap, my weekly review of tech news of interest to communicators. If you want to see (or subscribe to) the full listing of articles I collect during the course of the week—which I use for the Wrap, regular blogging, and my podcast—you can find it at linksfromshel.tumblr.com.
Photoset from Tumblr: mobile social visual storytelling
Last night, I took a boatload of pictures with my smartphone while at my daughter’s wedding rehearsal and rehearsal dinner.… Read More »
2012-10-05
Posted on October 5, 2012 11:26 am by Shel Holtz
| Instagram
(c) Can Stock PhotoAnnouncements have been flying fast and furious this week, so it’s almost all hard news in the Friday Wrap, my weekly review of interesting reports from the previous seven days. Every time I find something I might want to include in the wrap (or on my blog or podcast), I save it to my link blog on Tumblr, which you’re welcome to follow.
KitchenAid recovers nicely from a presidential debate gaffe
Thinking he was using his own account when he was actually on KitchenAid’s official Twitter account, an employee of the appliance company unleashed an offensive anti-Obama tweet during Wednesday’s presidential debate. As… Read More »
2012-09-28
Posted on September 28, 2012 12:32 pm by Shel Holtz
| Visual Communication
(c) Can Stock PhotoIs it Friday already? Where did this week go? While the days have been zipping by, news has continued apace in the worlds of digital and social media, PR and organizational communication, and business. Here’s this week’s wrap of what I found most interesting (but didn’t use as blog fodder). You can always keep track of what I put in the hopper for the Wrap (as well as my podcast) at my link blog.
Maybe you should give that Facebook page more attention
As companies began promoting their Facebook pages a couple years ago, a chorus of criticism arose arguing that a property someone else owned was a poor choice for your… Read More »
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