Twelve months. Twelve images. It’s not easy choosing a single image to define a month when you take dozens. What does “defining” mean? Here is my definition of defining. It’s not about me. It’s not about Instagram. It’s about me and Instagram. January 7 This image works on both literal …
I’ve drastically restructured my approach to Twitter. This goes waaaay beyond my “Twitter cull” earlier this year. Back in May I wrote about how and why I’d cut the number of people I followed by about 200 (from 968 to 770). This time I’ve gone from following 945 accounts to …
I know how I’m going to die. I know how I’m going to die because the Machine Of Death told me. I read about the Machine Of Death in a book. I heard about the book because it was an Amazon best seller. The book was an Amazon best seller …
I put together this presentation for an “Inspiring Minds” event by The Marketing Society. It’s a simple framework for thinking about “social media” strategy whilst avoiding the pitfalls that can arise from the very term “social media”. I always present with pictures rather than words so the embedded presentation below …
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I’m not fed up of waiting for my Facebook timeline to be enabled. Partly because I’m distinctly ambivalent about the whole thing. But mainly because I’ve already got Memolane. Memolane is a comprehensive timeline that aggregates all (or as much as you want) of your social stuff in one elegant, …
This tweet appeared amidst a Tweetdeck sea of grief and eulogies, prompted by the death of Steve Jobs. I caught my breath a little. And I was caught in two minds. On the one hand it was classic, no-holds-barred Mash satire. Funny, frankly. On the other the Mash tweet “broke” …
What does it mean if you include your employer’s brand in your Twitter name? Whoa! Let’s back up and rephrase that highly assumptive opening sentence. What does it mean if you include your employer’s brand in the name of a Twitter profile operated by you? In other words, can a …
Comedy depends on you sharing a set of reference points with your audience and if those are very divergent then they just won’t simply get your jokes. Helena Lewis Hasteley, Assistant Editor, New Statesman on the Radio 4 Today programme, Thursday 21st July 2011. Paul Stokes from The Daily Mash …
11.30 pm Heading to bed. Light on under the door to eldest daughter’s bedroom. 11.31 pm WiFi modem on. Flickering LED light indicates that bandwidth is being used. Coincidence? 11.32 pm WiFi modem switched off. 11.33 pm Light under bedroom door goes out. Assume that iPod Touch, rendered useless for …
