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Archive for March 2007

Magazine brands need reinventing online

Posted by: David on: March 28, 2007

Magazines ruled the 80s and early 90s. High quality magazines were produced for almost every specialist subject, and until the Internet came along, they were frequently the only source of content and entertainment for specialist hobbies and subjects.
The Internet has changed all that. You can now find out more about any subject online than anywhere [...]

Advice on how to create a successful social network

Posted by: David on: March 23, 2007

I have just read a great post by Gina Bianchini on the Ning Blog which gives great advice on how to create a great social network.
The advice goes along the lines of comparing creating social networks to organising great parties. And the analogy works for me.
It goes something like this:
1) have a great idea and [...]

Tumblr – can blogging get any easier?

Posted by: David on: March 21, 2007

Spent some time on new ’super-easy’ blogging platform tumblr. It takes less than 10 seconds to get started and the interface is extremely straightforward. I can see how a tool like this could take off with a much wider, non-tech savvy audience.
I know WordPress, Blogger and the others are painless, but the interfaces are [...]

Makers of Basecamp launch contact management tool

Posted by: David on: March 20, 2007

If you use Basecamp for project management or Backpack to organise your information, you will already know that the company who made these tools (37signals) is pretty smart. Now, they have decided to reinvent contact management by launching a new web-based solution called Highrise.
I have taken the tour and in the space of 2 [...]

Web2.0 business models

Posted by: David on: March 20, 2007

Two things happened to me tonight: I went to an Internet People open mic session in London and when I got back home, I read Robert Scoble’s latest post – Web2.0 consolidation ahead?
And it made me think.
The Internet People open mic session was all about the lessons that the gathered London entrepreneurs had learnt. After [...]

Read Mashable and learn French at the same time

Posted by: David on: March 19, 2007

Mashable – the site for social network news – has just announced the launch of a French version. The site will kick off as a blend of translated or adapted news from the Mashable mothership and a fair bit of original posts from a team of four French bloggers.
There are a number of very cool [...]

So, I have joined Twitter… now what?

Posted by: David on: March 18, 2007

I got an email invitation from my friend Tim to join Twitter: “This site Twitter keeps getting mentioned on influential blogs and websites,” he said, “It’s a fast burner at the moment in the States. Sign up like I have, and let’s see if it’s any good.”
Ok, so I have done that… now what?
A few [...]

DigitalDNA blog is born, I guess

Posted by: David on: March 15, 2007

I have a business called DigitalDNA and now I have the blog to go with it. Good.
My background is in online media and, usuprisingly, my business focuses on advising companies on their web strategies and helping them deliver. DigitalDNA aims to grow into a partnership of experienced internet people offering a range of expertise. [...]


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Hi, I am David Maher Roberts - digital media expert and CEO of The Filter, a sophisticated recommendation and relevance engine backed by Peter Gabriel and Eden Ventures.

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