The South Australian Government recently passed new laws requiring all citizens to post personally identifying information when discussing the State Elections. The information—your full name, and your postcode—will be required whether you post to the AdelaideNow website, your own blog, your Facebook, or your Twitter account. (more…)
Semi-regular thoughts…
February 2, 2010
August 23, 2009
Why Marketing and ICT should work together on social media: a response to mosaic communications
Yesterday my partner pointed out a blog post entitled “Why your IT person shouldn’t manage your social media!“ (opens in a new window) by local Adelaide marketer Diane Lee of mosaic communications. The entry had been trending on Twitter thanks to Nick Hortovanyi (@hortovanyi) and I was told it was worth a look.
It certainly was worth a look—particularly because of how ICT professionals are discussed—but that will not be the focus of this entry. Instead I want to talk about why your marketing professionals and your ICT professionals should work together on your social media strategy.
July 21, 2009
Anime (and Manga) in Adelaide
If you were an anime or manga fan in Adelaide during the late 1990’s and early 2000’s it was hard to find anything related to the fandom. A handful of comic book stores had some graphic novels, and there was a smattering of VHS tapes around, but if you weren’t interested in Neon Genesis Evangelion, Sailor Moon, or Dragonball, you couldn’t find it in Adelaide.
If you were lucky you might find some toys at collectible stores, but more often than not you had to order everything through the Internet. There was nowhere to borrow anime or manga from, so you needed to buy series—usually from overseas or interstate. It was an expensive hobby.
Early file sharing networks offered one way to preview a series—if you were desperate—and it took days/weeks to download a single (grainy) episode.
Thankfully all this has changed, and anime fans in Adelaide now have lots of options available to them.