Free Speech, Trolls and Alternative Media
Mainstream media is miffed! Two way communication and media authority Every day lately we see this reference to social media, and the ‘abuse of power’ accusation from mainstream media groups and the established players from the 20th Century mass media empires. It makes me laugh, these lackeys of the covert wealthy groups who hide behind […]
Who do You Think You Are Fooling?
What A Tangled Web We Weave… Evil Empires, NSA & Privacy Digital Media Trumps Them All Like many others in recent weeks, I have been observing the various narratives and conclusions, not to mention the accusations concerning Facebook and the alleged ‘malicious third party’ data breaches. Now, we have seen a very robotic performance from […]
Journalism and The Internet
Freelancing & Digital Media We have lots of talk these days concerning ‘fake news’, the influence of social media on recent outcomes and the emergence of alternative media groups. Hillary Clinton famously stated that we are amidst an ‘Information War’ and that she considered the then establishment to be losing this war. However I would suggest […]
Digital Media In Australia
The Growth of Digital MediaIn Australia The Digital Divide serves to exclude many people from fully participating with the powerful new opportunities to communicate, but times have certainly changed! By Mike Gorman It is interesting to note that many mass media organizations are currently trying to fight against the rise of digital media, social media […]
The Power of Digital Media
Mike Gorman Somewhere way south of Jewfish Creek Good Friday 2018 You know there was once a young man who aspired to build a simple data base of college students, using the advanced build language of the day. He just wanted to basically see who was ‘hot’ and who was not; to present a campus […]
Social Media & Influence
Everyone Is Talking About Influence Social Media is touted as being bad, but what is the real story? By Mike Gorman There is an awful lot of talk about social media this year. The tone, and type of talk is somewhat different; have you noticed? Along with the usual bevvy of numbered list articles: “10 […]
Media Savvy
The Liberation of The Technology People Now Have Direct Access! Technology What Isn’t Being Talked About Everywhere we look these days people are talking about how technology is changing the game. And yes, it is clear that our access to digital technology is exerting some significant changes on our society. Previously familiar media entities which […]
Stop Nuisance Callers
Cold Callers & Advertisers Begone! If you are anything like me you will get people calling on your phone, trying to sell you on one thing or another. Products, holidays, cars, competitions, charity, services, politics. I get annoyed, and sometimes quite cross at a lot of them, because: I do not know them from Adam […]
Shopify eCommerce And Disruption
Shopping From the Street or eCommerce Shopping from the street is always popular, but maybe not so much these days It is a few days before Christmas, my house partner & I went on a shopping trip to the local supermarket center, and a major brand of hardware warehouse. Wow! what a hassle. The parking […]
Are Websites Still Relevant?
Do Brands Even Need A Website From 2018? Websites have been with us ever since Tim Berners-Lee published the very first one, back on August 6 1991; that was not really much more than a plain text page, with a list of web addresses. 26 years has seen a colossal growth and development of sophistication, […]
Radio, Television & The Internet
This Video is crucially important to you I like to produce my own videos, but sometimes content comes along which crushes it, and communicates a concept so well, you have to share it. I think there are just so many business people in Australia currently who simply aren’t getting it, that the attention paradigm has […]
Why Digital Promotions Has Nothing To Do With Technology
It’s Not Technology That Counts Perspective is a strange quality. If you have ever had a look at some of the art work which pre-dates the 17th Century, and then compared this with later works you can clearly see how perspective becomes more and more important. Brunelleschi is credited with introducing mathematical, geometric perspective into art. […]
Anatomy Of A Website For Today
Can A Website Truly Help You In 2018? One of my associates who works in the U.K market put forward the idea that ‘traditional web design’ is Dead. This is a mature man who has been helping clients to publish their commercial websites since the mid 1990’s; he is experienced and was one of […]
The Interactive Dynamic Of New Media
The Dynamic Of Media Has Changed Completely It’s ‘Fake News’! Everywhere we can see that mainstream media is facing the biggest challenge to their authority ever, and the brokers of social power are seeking to refute the credibility of the ‘Alternative Media’ . The development of online media prior to 2016 was largely ignored […]
The Question Of Quality
Your Podcast, Blog, Big Factory, eCommerce Biz, New Invention, Is It Any Good Though? We live in very noisy times. It seems we are being offered ‘stuff’ everywhere we go. Experts and specialists compete for our attention and we make our choices based on what we know, and what we wish to achieve. The big […]
Importance Of Becoming A Media Company
Moving beyond the concept of ‘blogging’ Digital media really has moved on a long way from the days when ‘blogging’ was a thing. For any business operating in today’s conditions it must be obvious that we are living in a world where ‘Media’ is the currency of meaning. It was always a kind of […]