Nixon McInnes - Making Waves

We’ve been making marketing waves here at NM towers and hopefully educating the masses about Social Media Goodness. Feel free to check out where we’ve been and what we’ve been talking about so far in 2008 - and where you can catch up with us next…

Is Social Media Social?

The word ’social’ has several meanings in the Oxford English Dictionary. The social in ’social media’ most likely refers to meaning number three: “relating to or designed for activities in which people meet each other for pleasure.” The keyword there is ‘meet’. Like chimpanzees and ants, humans are social creatures (see meaning number four: “breeding or living in colonies or organised communities”), and our social bonds are cemented by face-to-face meetings. Read more…

Paul wrote this on 10.01.08 – 69 comments
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Content Management Systems for Web Applications

I spent the last few days analysing Content Management Systems (CMS) for web applications.

We have a very brilliant open source ‘PHP/mySQL, in-house, 3-years-old, SEO Friendly (Search Engine Optimization Friendly)’ CMS - picture on the right - developed by half a dozen developers over the years. But, as projects are growing the need for more was clear. The search for the ultimate CMS had begun…