Piaras Kelly PR - Public Relations in Ireland

When Google launched Gmail the company created a frenzy by only enabling people who had received a beta invite to use the service. There was such a level of demand that people were selling beta invites on eBay. Sounds slightly daft in retrospect, but by cleverly restricting access to the service Google was able to [...]

Clay Shirky posted an interesting comment on Twitter the other day:

Why I ignore all “5 year plans”: 5 years ago, YouTube and Twitter didn’t exist, and Facebook was only for college kids.

The comment sprang to mind when reading Gerard O’Neill’s latest blog post which put out the thought that public sector workers should all be [...]