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And now, the end is near

31, Mar 2009

So the Twitchiker’s journey has come to an end. For those of us who have been following, it’s been an interesting experiment to see unfold. For those of use who haven’t been following the premise is this: could a man travel from the UK to NZ in 30 days, with the journey paid for and [...]

Crowdsourcing: simply a neologism or a true societal shift?

18, Mar 2009

Until recently, I had never heard of SXSW. However, over the past few weeks, my Twitter account has been besieged by a seemingly endless stream of informative and thought-provoking soundbites, articles and ideas, all coming from this event. Now events aren’t new, especially those heralding the ‘must attend’ nature of content. Nor are the endless [...]

Seeing red

13, Mar 2009

For those of you who haven’t noticed, today’s happens to be Red Nose Day. Whilst Red Nose Day represents a chance for the less inhibited of us to do something extroverted in the name of charity, it got me to thinking about how the web has really helped advance the cause of charities by simplifying [...]

Friday mail: the inherent risk of using new technology

6, Feb 2009

We talked last week about Twitter and it’s been in the news a lot this week. Firstly, the was the Stephen-Fry-stuck-in-a-lift escapade, where thousands of people followed the Tweetings of Mr Fry as he and some fellow visitors to Centre Point spent an hour stuck in a lift. Aleksander Orlov, the cute frontman (front-animal?) for [...]

January: a time to flex those mental muscles

3, Feb 2009

January is always an interesting month. The juxtaposition of emotional ‘spring cleaning’ that always goes on, combined with the release of budgets for new projects and activities, results in a flurry of activity, which allows us to revisit to same questions or issues with a particularly positive point of view. And perhaps thanks to the [...]

Friday thoughts: it’s a funny old world

23, Jan 2009

It’s been a while and a huge amount has happened since our last Friday mail. Given the amount of activity that’s been going on, the fact that next week sees the release of the much anticipated Digital Britain report and given the fact that I’m working with GSK on looking into Wikis, I’ve been looking [...]


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