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Won’t somebody please think of the future?
When technology’s visionaries can’t even excite us about the future, things are looking grim. Eric Schmidt is a douche. For years, we (the people who use and design technology) have laughed at Microsoft’s attempts to peddle their devices and ecosystem by “predicting the future 5 years from now”. Weirdly, their future has always been today’s […]
Stella vs Heineken: Personality Face-off
April 25, 2013
Welcome to West Kensington, where I worked for the past few years. There’s nothing glamorous about this neighbourhood, but it’s also not a bad place to put an ad agency. Located at the London end of the M4, it’s one of London’s prime outdoor advertising venues. I thought I’d throw this one online because I […]
Blogging, authenticity and self promotion
April 23, 2013
A few home truths about social media As you can tell, I don’t get paid to write this. I’d either make no money or quickly get myself fired through lack of serious proof-reading. However, like most amateur bloggers I’ve wondered what it would be like (to be paid; not to be fired). Like football fans […]
Something to share? Ways to approach “sociable” content
April 3, 2013
Whether you’re an artist, marketer, musician or scientist, if you want to raise your profile you can do it by sharing online. This happens in one of three ways: you share it yourself, you pay someone to do it, or people willingly do this for you. The third option is by far the most sought-after […]
Showing off and sharing
March 26, 2013
You never really stop learning, and that’s why it’s good to stay in touch with your University or College. Last week I was sent another alumni update email from UCL and ended up learning about teenage identity in the 21st Century. The “mirror stage” that he talks about is something I remember from third year […]
Here today, gone tomorrow. Self-destructing content and the struggle to possess the Internet
March 19, 2013
I recently came across the concept of self-destructing content proposed by Aaron Steven Miller on Medium (a lovely site if you’ve got a few minutes). His idea was this: struggling writers who finally get published on an established website or magazine are often forced to delete earlier drafts of the work to give that publisher […]
Three hopes for Google Glass
March 8, 2013
Woops, almost forgot to post this week. It’s been like any other (i.e. busy), but for some reason I’ve not had time to digest my usual diet of videos and media stories. Instead of staying topical, I’m hung up on a headline from two weeks ago. Google finally took the first step in launching their […]
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