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the loose wire blog Jeremy Wagstaff: ex Reuters/BBC/WSJ etc. Now consulting and writing. Blogging here since 2001Skip to contentContactSubscribeMy companyGuidance for PRAboutAnother ‘Web 2.0 isn’t what you think it is’ postI really don’t want to add to the web3 debate (not least because I have skin in the game, advising a PR agency that works with DeFi firms), except to make some observations about its predecessor. I feel on safer ground here because was there, I know what I saw: Web 2.0 wasn’t what most… Read More »Category: Innovation internet Internet life Rants webTags: Social media, tagging, web 2.0, web 3.0, web3 What lies aheadWhat lies ahead? That’s a dangerous game, in this era, as I suggested in 2020 (The Changes A-coming). But with an eye on the tech future, I thought I’d rummage around in the basement of gadgets, and content, and the mechanisms to both deliver content to gadgets and for the gadgets themselves to be something… Read More »Category: Uncategorized Sponsored content: the bait and switchSponsored content on big media name platforms is not what you think it is. Increasingly, companies are paying well-known journalism brands to produce and host sponsored content. The deal is this: you pay a big name media platform to write something nice about you and they put it on their website. If you squint you… Read More »Category: Media PRTags: Advertising, Journalism, Pr, sponsored advertising, sponsored content Vertical historiesHow we shoot and watch video is changing, and with it the way we engage with the world The two iconic images of the fall of Kabul involve a C-17 taking off from Hamid Karzai Airport. It’s as searing as the helicopter perched atop an apartment complex in Saigon, a stream of Vietnamese climbing the… Read More »Category: Internet life PhonesTags: Afghan Civil War, mobile phones, photos, smartphones, Vertical beware the theatre of digital firstI’m a big fan of digital challengers to old technopolies — I’ve moved everything I can from big telco to MVNOs, big bank to neobank, cable TV to Netflix and its ilk, from big taxi to ride hailing. But there are plenty of challenges. One of them is this, highlighted by Chris Skinner on his… Read More »Category: Design Innovation Payments UncategorizedTags: Customer service, digital first, Digital wallets, Mobile, MVNOs, neobanks, netflix Post navigation← Older postsloose wire podcastApple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotifyStitcherRSSCategoriesRecent PostsAnother ‘Web 2.0 isn’t what you think it is’ postFebruary 2, 2022What lies aheadJanuary 3, 2022Sponsored content: the bait and switchDecember 1, 2021Vertical historiesSeptember 8, 2021beware the theatre of digital firstJuly 14, 2021why big-name apps are stuck in the coreMay 18, 2021can i be the first to report that social media is dead?February 25, 2021sensing our way out of interaction impoverishmentJanuary 12, 2021the road beyond covidDecember 17, 2020are the devices we use sexist?December 9, 2020the bureaucratic threat to big techNovember 28, 2020the hypernormalisation of americaNovember 20, 2020COVID’s other long shadowOctober 21, 2020engagement’s battleground has shifted to groupsOctober 2, 2020a solution to facebook: regulation, yes, but also a simpler techSeptember 18, 2020Archives (going back to 2001)February 2022January 2022December 2021September 2021July 2021May 2021February 2021January 2021December 2020November 2020October 2020September 2020August 2020July 2020June 2020May 2020April 2020March 2020February 2020December 2019November 2019October 2019October 2018September 2018June 2018May 2018March 2018January 2018December 2017November 2017September 2017June 2017January 2017December 2016October 2016September 2016August 2016July 2016June 2016May 2016March 2016February 2016December 2015November 2015October 2015September 2015July 2015June 2015May 2015April 2015February 2015December 2014November 2014September 2014August 2014July 2014May 2014April 2014March 2014February 2014January 2014December 2013October 2013September 2013August 2013July 2013June 2013May 2013April 2013February 2013January 2013November 2012October 2012September 2012August 2012July 2012June 2012May 2012April 2012March 2012February 2012January 2012December 2011November 2011October 2011September 2011August 2011July 2011June 2011May 2011April 2011March 2011February 2011January 2011December 2010November 2010October 2010September 2010August 2010July 2010June 2010May 2010April 2010March 2010February 2010January 2010December 2009November 2009October 2009September 2009July 2009June 2009May 2009April 2009March 2009February 2009January 2009December 2008November 2008October 2008September 2008August 2008July 2008June 2008May 2008April 2008March 2008February 2008January 2008December 2007November 2007October 2007September 2007August 2007July 2007June 2007May 2007April 2007March 2007February 2007January 2007December 2006November 2006October 2006September 2006August 2006July 2006June 2006May 2006April 2006March 2006February 2006January 2006December 2005November 2005October 2005September 2005August 2005July 2005June 2005May 2005April 2005March 2005February 2005January 2005December 2004November 2004October 2004September 2004August 2004July 2004June 2004May 2004April 2004March 2004February 2004January 2004December 2003November 2003October 2003September 2003August 2003July 2003June 2003May 2003April 2003March 2003January 2003December 2002November 2002October 2002August 2002July 2002May 2002April 2002March 2002January 2002December 2001LOOSE WIRE BLOGThis blog has been running, on and off, since 2001. It collects my writings for the Journal, Review, BBC and Reuters, and some I write for my own amusement.I’m a technology writer and consultant, based in Singapore.custom footer text leftcustom footer text rightIconic One Theme | Powered by Wordpress