Back when I worked for Thomson Reuters, they had an internal blogging network. For a behemoth of a company it was a great idea, but sadly under used. (There’s nothing more forlorn than a ghost website that hasn’t been updated for months – on the surface it looks new and vital, but really it’s dead… [Read more…]
November 12, 2011
I’m reading “The cult of information: A neo Luddite treatise on the history of information” by Theodore Roszak. Given that it’s the first time I’ve been properly intellectually challenged since university, it’s taking me a while to get through it. It’s the book equivalent wholemeal bread – chewy but filling. The other night I came… [Read more…]
November 4, 2011
I’m sceptical of anyone who tries to predict the future, including an international investment bank. Morgan Stanley claimed last year that by 2013 more than half of online traffic would be from mobile devices. What I disagree with most is the viewpoint that mobile is the future. Mobile is the present, not the future. So… [Read more…]
October 28, 2011
There’s nothing more hollow than “content”. When taking about the internet (especially online marketing) it has come to imply depth, a wealth of information, the “meat” in your digital sandwich. Unfortunately, it’s an escape route for actually talking about what will be covered, ultimately making it sound vague and vacuous. People always assume that a… [Read more…]
October 17, 2011
This week I’ve been hyper-screening. I was asked to present about the iPad and headed off to the meeting armed with a laptop and, of course, an iPad. But I also had a work phone (BB), my personal phone (Droid 2), and my Kindle. I know, I sound like a prick boasting about my technology… [Read more…]
October 6, 2011
Commuting into central London every day, you notice some weird behaviours. Like the way people apologise when someone else bumps into them, regardless of whether it’s their fault. Of course they don’t really mean it (they’re probably cursing in their head), but it’s some sort of politeness-reflex that comes with being British. Another quirk is… [Read more…]
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