Sales, Social and Tech

It has been quite awhile since I was invited to an event as blogger or as media. Daniel Goh for Samsung invited me to this evening announcement of the new Samsung phones via Twitter earlier in the day. The invitation via Twitter was as sign of how things have changed since having left the media scene some six years ago when I was writing for PC World Singapore and Hardwarezone.com. Armed with the Samsung Omnia and Qik.com installed, I was able to do some “live” broadcast of short clips of the launch. Unfortunately during the launch, I wasn’t able to access Twitter so I updated via my Facebook status page. Winston Goh, product manager for Samsung, introducing the new Samsung mobile models It was after the event and during the train ride home that it struck me to how the tools of content creation have changed so much since my media days. Mobile data rates have fallen by so much that it allows me to transfer data via mobile Internet without me having to worry a...

I did a random search in Recruit.net for jobs posting with keywords New Media. Behold, the Ministry of Community Development, Youth & Sports is looking out for 3 positions with New Media titles in them. a. Youth Olympics - New Media Senior Executive / Executive (Editor) b. Youth Olympics - New Media Senior Executive / Executive (Website) c. Youth Olympics - New Media Senior Executive / Executive (Virtual Space) So if you are looking for a New Media job, a sting with the Youth Olympics will look good in your CV. Strange though that the job requirements for these new media position do not require you to have a blog or have an avatar in the virtual space.

Bloggers might have new job opportunities in the future if Steve Rubel prediction of new digital careers. Wrote Steve , Google is downplaying SEO and increasingly rewarding those who create quality content. This includes the pros/media, amateurs and brands. Blended Search - which integrates noteworthy videos, news and images with web results - is winning over users, according to Jupiter Research. Net, as Jason Calacanis notes, there is a big market for people who know how to create or cultivate compelling content that pulls in people. To that end my employer is starting up Edelman Studios - a virtual content house that will identify online talent and pair them with brands. Many in the Hollywood community, ex-journalists and advertising/PR creatives will orient their careers in such a direction. Don't be left behind. There's plenty of need here. Most corporations I have met have great websites and are information packed. While these information websites were nicely designed, it ...

(Disclaimer: Riverbed and Trident are not clients of this blogger.) WAN Optimization and acceleration, what's that? A fresh IT journalist or a PR person new to the network space will definitely be stunned by the two network lingo. The following cartoon by Trident and Riverbed gives a broad overview why WAN Optimization and acceleration are important to the network guys, CIO included. The reason why I am highlighting this video is that this is one of the ways that the network providers can make of use of content that they have built over the years to include in their new media approach. At in a couple of keywords and SEOing, whenever somebody searches for explanation of WAN Optimization and acceleration, this video will surf as a quick introduction and some self promotion of the product. However, if there are journalists or clients who needs some refreshing on the topic, just send them the link to the video.