Is Twitter journalism?

November 28, 2008

Lots of discussion following the Mumbai attacks about Twitter as journalism. Way I see it;

1. People witness an event – ‘journalist or not’;

2. They tweet about it;

3. Others read the tweets to get the latest….minus the opinion or conjecture, and;

4. You read other sources and draw conclusions

So, yes, it is journalism in its purest, citizen-generated form….just depends on how you like your news.

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Moving on and up!

November 17, 2008

ZuberanceFollowing a couple of months as an Adviser I’m really excited to announce that I have accepted the role of VP Business Operations at Zuberance. Zuberance was founded by Rob Fuggetta who has a long and illustrious career in marketing – he was a partner at Regis McKenna where he oversaw their work with Apple, and then CMO at three start-ups, including Genuity.

Zuberance has developed a unique ’software as a service’ (SaaS) customer salesforce solution – enabling enterprises to turn their best customers into brand advocates.  Zuberance already has some very strong traction with Fortune 500 customers, all of whom have quickly experienced the excellent ROI the Zuberance solution delivers.

Watch this space as I’ll chronicle Zuberance’s growth and share some of the challenges we are sure to encounter along the way, especially as are embarking on this journey during one of the most challenging economic periods of our lives!

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Hubdub predictions spot-on for election!

November 6, 2008

Now all the US states bar North Carolina have been called, the electoral votes vote tally is 349 to Obama and 173 to McCain. Obama is currently expected to take North Carolina which would take his final tally to 364 electoral college votes.

Using this electoral vote tally we can do a quick analysis of how accurate the various pollsters and prediction markets have been. The 3 Blue Dudes site has been tracking 84 different pollsters, pundits and prediction markets for the past few months. On the day before election day they took a snapshot of the current forecasts. 3 Blue Dudes recorded Hubdub as projecting exactly 364 electoral college votes for Obama!

How did the pollsters and pundits compare? Not so good. Only 6 of the 81 other pollsters and pundits predicted Obama winning 364 electoral votes.

Some of the major media sites, pollsters and pundits that didn’t do so well were:

New York Times: 291 to Obama (84 undecided)

CNN: 291 to Obama (90 undecided)

Washington Post: 319 to Obama

Zogby: 311 to Obama (51 undecided)

Karl Rove: 338 to Obama

All in all, a great night for Obama and a great night for Hubdub’s forecasts.

(Note: this is a reposting from Hubdub’s blog)

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