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Blog - March/2010
Posted on 31/03/2010 by Anne
There is so much going on in Search and Social Mediai that I thought I'd start to cherry pick stories which I find particularly interesting every month to share them with you. These are entirely my choice and I am in no way saying that others are of lesser interest! If there is a story which you think I should have included in this round-up, please let me know.
YouTube launched auto-captioning for videos
YouTube (owned by Googlei) launched "auto-captioning" earlier this month. Also called speech-to-text, auto-captioning “simply” makes it possible for speech in video to be transcribed into text. Auto-captioning has been trialled by Google since November 09 and has now been rolled out to...
Posted on 17/03/2010 by Anne
First embraced by academics, geeks, political commentators and activists at the end of the nineties, blogs have now become a widely used medium. In August 2008, 14.5 million people in the UK visited at least one blog (Source: Econsultancy Internet Compendium). It is easy to imagine that this figure is much higher today than in August 2008.
So why should businesses be blogging, and how to get started? This is what I'll have a look at today.
What are the benefits of blogging?
Profile raising
As a company, a consultant, or an expert in a specific field (it could be anything from sports to personal finance, nutrition or gardening), blogging will help you raise your company / your personal...
Posted on 17/03/2010 by Karen
When I graduated from Sussex University in 2005 (I can't believe it's that long ago now!) with a BA in Media Studies firmly under my belt I felt like the world was my oyster. I could work in documentary film, be a photojournalist, work in advertising or go into interactive and digital media with all the skills and knowledge I had gained on the course...but how was I going to get there? How was I going to land that vital first job in the media industry?
I'm going to be honest here…it can be hard work trying to obtain a job in the media within Brightoni, as although there are many creative agencies within the city, there are also many creative people competing for positions within them. I...
Posted on 08/03/2010 by Zac
Fresh from her BBC documentary series "The Virtual Revolution" Dr Aleks Krotoski came to Wired Sussex's "Make it in Media" job fair to talk to the students, graduates, and digital media enthusiasts about her trajectory into technology and journalism.
She started by describing her New Orleans origins and Type A parents, and I did appreciate her Lex Luthor reference as she described her megalomaniac tendencies. Being a workaholic was a recurring theme and seemed integral to her achievements.
Alex attributes much of her success to her unusual multi-faceted accent, an odd mix of American and English that seems to intrigue producers and lends itself well to voice-overs. Her initial foray into...
