Favourite links and blog posts, photography and musings from Paul Lomax, Web 2.0 technologist and digital product development specialist.Tumblr (3.0; @paullomax)http://paullomax.org/Launching a website is the beginning, not the end of the project. #webwisdomhttp://paullomax.org/post/136395925http://paullomax.org/post/136395925Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:46:19 +0100Never tell anybody the date and time upon which you’re planning to launch your website. Murphy’s law reigns supreme. #webwisdomhttp://paullomax.org/post/136395930http://paullomax.org/post/136395930Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:46:19 +0100<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-tv-ads-helpful-web-banner-ads-not-so-much-2009-7">CHART OF THE DAY: Search Ads Aren't As "Helpful" As Google Suggests</a>: 37% of those respondents find the most “helpful” form of advertising is TV advertising, while only 14% credit Internet search ads for their purchases.http://paullomax.org/post/136328140http://paullomax.org/post/136328140Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:13:21 +0100In the train to London to watch Blur at Hyde Park :)http://paullomax.org/post/135307943http://paullomax.org/post/135307943Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:24:11 +0100<a href="http://www.revolutionmagazine.com/DigitalPM/News/917654/Debenhams-Asda-launch-online-customer-review-sections/?DCMP=EMC-Media-PM-Bulletin">Debenhams and Asda launch online customer review sections | E-commerce | Revolution</a>: Debenhams and Asda have appointed Bazaarvoice to implement a customer ratings and reviews platform into their online shops.http://paullomax.org/post/134742679http://paullomax.org/post/134742679Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:01:14 +0100<a href="http://www.revolutionmagazine.com/DigitalPM/News/917650/Coca-Cola-Pepsi-bury-hatchet-Twitter/?DCMP=EMC-Media-PM-Bulletin">Coca-Cola and Pepsi bury hatchet on Twitter | Digital | Revolution</a>: Coca-Cola and Pepsi have tentatively buried their decades old competitive rivalry, and are now sharing tweets and following each other on Twitter.http://paullomax.org/post/134742678http://paullomax.org/post/134742678Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:01:14 +0100<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/jun/24/blogging-telegraphmediagroup">Telegraph relaunches blogs, now powered by WordPress | Media | guardian.co.uk</a>: The Telegraph technical team has moved their blogs to the open-source blogging platform WordPress, also used by Reuters, the New York Times and CNNhttp://paullomax.org/post/134742672http://paullomax.org/post/134742672Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:01:14 +0100<a href="http://www.revolutionmagazine.com/DigitalPM/News/917207/Revolution-Forum-Bogus-brands-no-place-Twitter/?DCMP=EMC-Media-PM-Bulletin">Revolution Forum: Bogus brands have no place on Twitter</a>: Advertisers who tweet on behalf of their celebrity brand-icons are ‘bogus’ and have no place on Twitter, according to Nike’s marketing boss.http://paullomax.org/post/134742676http://paullomax.org/post/134742676Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:01:14 +0100Man Utd rumoured to be in talks with Michael Owen. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/l56mz6" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/l56mz6</a> (via @<a href="http://twitter.com/bbcsport" target="_blank">bbcsport</a>) - only player left on the market now,desperate?http://paullomax.org/post/134741380http://paullomax.org/post/134741380Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:57:25 +0100Being able to get IM messages without the app open with IM+ on iPhone with ‘push’ is handy, but the UM+ app is so unstable. Crashes often :(http://paullomax.org/post/134741375http://paullomax.org/post/134741375Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:57:24 +0100<a href="http://www.nma.co.uk/cond%E9-nast-appoints-head-of-international-digital-division/3001941.article?nl=DN">Condé Nast appoints head of International digital division | News | New Media Age</a>: Condé Nast International has appointed James Bilefield as president of the publisher’s new media division, renamed Condé Nast International Digital.http://paullomax.org/post/134103760http://paullomax.org/post/134103760Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:39:33 +0100<a href="http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/bulletin/mediapm/article/917282/?DCMP=EMC-MediaPMBulletin">TMG relaunches Telegraphjobs website - Media news - Media Week</a>: Telegraph Media Group has relaunched its jobs site with a host of new features that include work advice from BBC Dragons’ Den stars James Caan and Duncan Bannatyne, and the shoe and watch specialist…http://paullomax.org/post/134103756http://paullomax.org/post/134103756Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:39:32 +0100<a href="http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/bulletin/mediapm/article/917202/?DCMP=EMC-MediaPMBulletin">Co-founder Chen departs YouTube - Media news - Media Week</a>: YouTube co-founder Steve Chen has left the video-sharing site to undertake special projects at parent company Google.http://paullomax.org/post/134103757http://paullomax.org/post/134103757Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:39:32 +0100<a href="http://www.revolutionmagazine.com/DigitalPM/News/917217/Flickr-loves-Twitter-photogs-embrace-iPhone/?DCMP=EMC-Media-PM-Bulletin">Flickr loves Twitter as photogs embrace the iPhone | Digital | Revolution</a>: Photo sharing site Flickr has announced its service is now fully integrated with Twitter, while Apple’s iPhone is close to overtaking Canon as the most widely used camera device on the Flickr…http://paullomax.org/post/134103759http://paullomax.org/post/134103759Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:39:32 +0100<a href="http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/bulletin/breakingnews/article/917327/?DCMP=EMC-MediaWeekBreakingNews">118 jobs to go as Trinity Mirror axes a swathe of its Midlands' papers - Media news - Media Week</a>: Publisher Trinity Mirror has announced plans to close nine newspapers and two niche publications, and merge two other papers, making 118 staff, including about 25 commercial staff, in its Midlands…http://paullomax.org/post/134103755http://paullomax.org/post/134103755Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:39:32 +0100<a href="http://searchengineland.com/whats-the-right-way-to-think-about-google-21672">Google: We’re Not Really That Big But If We Are, We Aren’t Bad</a>: The NY Times offers a broad article about Google’s efforts to define, explain and clarify its place in the market in the face of increasing anti-trust scrutiny (<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/technology/companies/29google.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all" target="_blank">Google Makes a Case That It Isn’t So…</a>http://paullomax.org/post/134103754http://paullomax.org/post/134103754Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:39:32 +0100<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jul/01/newspapers-payment-media-google">Kevin Anderson on the future financing of newspapers | Technology | The Guardian</a>: Wired editor and author Chris Anderson has told the Guardian that it needs to find a “pet for their penguin” - things that it can charge for to support journalism.http://paullomax.org/post/134103749http://paullomax.org/post/134103749Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:39:32 +0100<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/jul/01/twitter-web20">Twitter redesign makes things worse | Technology | guardian.co.uk</a>: Twitter has changed its follower/following pages but while they might look prettier, the functionality has taken a significant step backwardshttp://paullomax.org/post/134103750http://paullomax.org/post/134103750Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:39:32 +0100<a href="http://mashable.com/2009/07/01/moonfruit-macbook/">Twitter Promotion Done Right: #moonfruit</a>: In any event, rival website builder Moonfruit has <a href="http://www.moonfruit.com/macbook-pro.html" target="_blank">launched their own version</a> of a hashtag-based campaign, and seems to have avoided the problems we saw with the Squarespace promotion.http://paullomax.org/post/134103751http://paullomax.org/post/134103751Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:39:32 +0100<a href="http://www.brandrepublic.com/DigitalAM/News/917605/Associated-focuses-southwest-hyperlocal-launch/?DCMP=EMC-Digital-AM-Bulletin">Associated focuses on southwest for hyperlocal launch - Brand Republic News - Brand Republic</a>: Associated Northcliffe Digital is rolling out a hyperlocal pilot project in the southwest, with plans to launch 50 local news sites for communities where people can write and upload their own content…http://paullomax.org/post/134103747http://paullomax.org/post/134103747Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:39:32 +0100