Relationships and the Reality of Social Networks
STEVE ROYSTON: In the real world, we have lots of alternative words to describe different levels of relationship – family, colleague, acquaintance to name but a few. On Facebook, everyone is a friend.…
Top 10 Twitter Users in Saudi Arabia
AHMED AL-OMRAN: Twitter's swept the world but has it made serious inroads into Saudi Arabia? Yes! And here's my personal 'Top Ten' countdown of the Kingdom's leading Twitter users. …
Are they Messengers or Missionaries?
STEVE ROYSTON: Successful companies tend not to fire their communications people. That’s not to say that politics, ambition and personal fiefdoms won’t get in the way…
Privacy and the Law
ALEXANDER MCNABB: One month in jail and deportation for filming an actual incident and posting it online may appear madly draconian, but the UAE (and the Gulf in general, actually) has always had a fraught relationship with photography...…
The Biggest Bonus of them all, & How to Spend it
JAMES MULLAN: The journalist was inspired. After he left I turned to the client to congratulate him on conducting such a wonderful interview. He was grim faced. ‘You know what this means, James? Slavery. There will be no place where you can escape work, no time when you will not be expected to work. It’ll be hell on earth for most people.’ Within two years the guru had retired from the IT business and embarked on a successful career as a rock musician.…
To be at the Show, Or not be. That’s the question
Many reasons are given for putting on and attending exhibitions but perhaps they're not the right ones. The reason that events such as GITEX continue to exist is they fulfill a basic human need to meet with your peers.…
PRs, Blogging, and (Not) Understanding Your Audience
Anyone that wants me to go to a launch announcement 'as a blogger' has similarly not invested the time to work out that not only do I not care, I actively do not care. I vocally and negatively do not care.…
Give the social media toddler a chance, Mr Gladwell!
The social media community has reacted emotionally to Malcolm Gladwell's calculated attack, but has he got a point? "Social media is like a toddler, but nobody yet knows what promise that toddler holds..."…
Telcos & Disintermediation: Slow Motion Car Crash
Telcos are staring looming disintermediation in the face and don’t have the faintest clue what to do about it.…
An Adventure Begins: Watching A New Life Unfold
A powerful, evocative and compellingly detailed account of the experience of starting a new life on the West Bank.…
