Why do we like Social Networking?

by | Jan 23, 2010 | Technology

I watched Kevin McCloud’s excellent two-part documentary of his stay in the Mumbai slum of Dharavi last week. I’m a huge fan of Mumbai but this opened my eyes even further to parts fo the city I hadn’t seen. Kevin was at his honest and frank best and...

Updated Social Media Map

by | Dec 15, 2009 | Technology

While preparing a presentation on Social Media last night, I thought I should update my Social Media Map to see what, if anything, had changed from the original version from the start of the year.Surprisingly, it hasn’t changed all that much. There are a few...

Hoarding Versus Storage – A Conundrum

by | Dec 4, 2009 | Technology, zeitgeist

I’ve always been a hoarder. Obviously, I refer to this particular prediliction as collector but, the fact remains, chucking stuff out is not in my make up. Aside for the ubiquitous big box of wires, I still have the postcard collection of my youth, all my coins,...

If You Build It…

by | Aug 12, 2009 | Technology

They might come? The world of Internet traffic generation has changed a lot since the days when I were thin. Used to be that you were worried about SEO, meta-tags blah-di-blah-di-page-rank-bobbinstm and, while much of this is still relevant to some degree, there are...

A Quiet Night On Twitter

by | Aug 5, 2009 | Technology

An interesting night was had on Twitter last night.@canongatebooks and @davesimps0n organised a “world’s first” Twitter based interview with former band members of The Fall to promote Dave’s book The Fallen. It started slowly but got into...

HTC Touch HD – A Slight Annoyance

by | Aug 4, 2009 | Technology

Ok, so you’re all gonna say, “should have got an iPhone”. Maybe so, but I couldn’t be arsed changing provider and, for the most part, my HTC Touch HD is a very capable phone.It does everything I need. I’m used to Windows Mobile so the...