These are my links for December 1st through December 2nd:

  • Why Google Wave Sucks, And Why You Will Use It Anyway – I've been trying to get my head around Google Wave since I got an invite last week. (You can 'wave' at me if you like, username: susioneill). It's an interesting future trend of real time chat, linked with public chat akin with Google Group but for specific discussion. No doubt it will be useful in the future, but for now there are many teething difficulties with this 'early release' pre-beta version.
  • Creating a Digital Media Strategy – Five start-for-10 tips for a small business to create a digital strategy including remember POST (People, Objective, Strategy, Technology) when considering how to use social media.
  • In the thick of it: how the Digital Economy bill is trying to kill open Wi-Fi networks – An internet lawyer analysis how the Digital Economy bill and the recent prosection of a landlord for allowing copyright infringement through its free wifi may spell the death of public wifi. All not good news. Right to your MP about the Digital Economy bill before Christmas.
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These are my links for November 28th through November 29th:

  • Nott Tuesday December 8th – I'll be at the next Nott Tuesday event, the network for digital and tech companies in Nottingham, talking about plans for our website for Nottingham creatives: www.creativenottingham.com . See you there…
  • Happy ‘Quit MySpace’ Day – Oct 24 2010, online music expert Andrew Dubber believes should be 'quit MySpace day' – as the social network has failed to exploit its potential as the place every band in the world is, and provide the right tools for artists to monetize and grow their network. Interesting group discussion on other services and tools musicians are using.
  • Pub ‘fined £8k’ for Wi-Fi copyright infringement – The legitimacy of upholding the Digital Economy bill for downloading grows more complex, as a wifi hotspot own face fines over end-users downloading copyrighted material. This poses serious issues: if providers are punished, then libraries, business centres and enterprising spaces providing wifi services for business users will be less likely to operate, moving us further away from the pervasive internet or 'cloud' environment of the future.
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These are my links for November 23rd from 19:10 to 20:14:

  • Entrepreneurs: Stop Innovating, Start Minnovating – Forget big scale change and disruptive innovation, start 'minnovating' small ordinary changes to make big business differences
  • North West: Europe’s Second Largest Media Hub – Obviously a wishful thinking rather than reality title (and with an odd soft porn-esque cover), this brochure gives an overview in case studies and numbers of the North West creative sector, with an emphasis on the investment and all those opportunities that the funders keenly hope will come out of MediaCity:UK.
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These are my links for November 9th from 09:12 to 09:25:

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These are my links for November 2nd through November 3rd:

  • Constant Transformation Is the New Normal – Piece by disruptive innovation expert Scott Anthony on how 'business as usual' ain't coming back: you need to be customer-focused, adaptable to change and have distinct, autonomous spaces for innovation.
  • Lord Mandelson sets date for blocking filesharers’ internet connections – In full: the timetable and approach for UK government to impose the "three strikes and your offline" policy to tackle file-sharing; which, interestingly, WASN'T a recommendation of Lord Carter's Digital Britain report from this year.
  • A fistful of (internet) dollars – The Guardian have produced this useful round up showing the size of the digital industries (music, TV, film, games, publishing) in 2000 compared to now, and how they are siddling with Lord Mandelson and the government on the issues around downloading and regulation.
  • To Be a Better Leader, Give Up Authority – Prof Vlatka Hlupic believes that in complex trading environments in knowledge industries, the leader who delegates more control to their workers can see improved levels of innovation and results. Command and control models are broke.
  • Expansive English Game Development Hub Discussed – The long-running 'games centre of excellence' proposal seems to be zoning in on becoming a reality, with a research, training and testing facility mooted to be established in MediaCity in Salford – which could put the noses out of joint in Liverpool, where most of the North West games industry are based.
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