Category Archives: Thoughts

2012 – The return of the adults

For as long as I have worked in digital there’s been an unwritten rule about the digital competencies of certain generations; The younger people are, the better they can do digital.

A tech support person I used to work with… Read the rest of this article.

2012 - The return of the adults
Published February 13th, 2012 in Social media, Thoughts | 2 Comments »
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Getting the full story: Multi-channel storytelling using social media

I’ve just finished an amazing book called “Hi! My Name Is Loco and I am a Racist” a very honest book about all aspects of racism and about facing and knowing yourself. It is a very good book!
However, this… Read the rest of this article.

Getting the full story: Multi-channel storytelling using social media
Published January 27th, 2012 in Social media, Thoughts | 2 Comments »
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Thoughts spawned by CloudForce 2011

This post was meant to be a continuously updated summary of Day 2 at CloudForce, London. However, there’s already a suite official material online and I am sure what is not covered by this will be covered by various blog… Read the rest of this article.

Thoughts spawned by CloudForce 2011
Published September 15th, 2011 in Presentation, Social enterprise, Social media, Thoughts | 2 Comments »
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Facebook facial recognition: What if you could ‘Like’ real life events?

Giving people Social Credit (such as Facebook ‘Like’, Google +1 etc) is a fast and easy way to communicating appreciation online.
It is so fast that the uptake of such have been tremendous to the point where a website today… Read the rest of this article.

Published June 8th, 2011 in Social media, Thoughts | 1 Comment »
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To do or not to do: Manually updating non-tweeting colleagues

Since the first day I lay eyes on the Internet I have shared what I found with colleagues, ex-colleagues and other design/online professionals.
Originally via individual emails. Then it became group emails, which I maintained for years even as I,… Read the rest of this article.

Published April 11th, 2011 in Social media, Thoughts | 6 Comments »
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The Interactive Stasi – A disturbing trend in social media

Originally I named this article “Disturbing trend in social media: The interactive big brother is watching you”. But the term “Big Brother” is somewhat washed out and has lost its true dark meaning.
The term “Stasi” hasn’t lost its potency.… Read the rest of this article.

Published March 24th, 2011 in Social media, Thoughts | 4 Comments »
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After the social media agencies are gone

There is no doubt the hottest kids on the digital block these days are the social media agencies. I also think they will soon be gone.
Yes, pure social media agencies will disappear but the people and the knowledge will… Read the rest of this article.

Published February 5th, 2011 in Social media, Thoughts | 1 Comment »
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Going through my bookmarks I realised: If it ain’t tweeting, it ain’t on my radar!

A few weeks ago back I realised I had around 2,500 Delicious bookmarks but no idea what the majority of them was. So I decided to do some bookmark house cleaning.
It has been an interesting journey into how I… Read the rest of this article.

Published October 21st, 2010 in Thoughts, User experience | 4 Comments »
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Scott Pilgrim and Movie-Con III confiscated my mobile Internet

I’ve been online 24/7 since I got my first smart phone. Anywhere I go I can tell my friends and followers what I do and think on the spur of the moment.
Sure I’ve burned my wallet on roaming charges… Read the rest of this article.

Published August 30th, 2010 in Social media, Thoughts, User experience | No Comments »
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FourSquare, Farmville and being the Mayor of Bus 29

Photo by ErikK06
At the time writing this I am the mayor of Bus 29 in London.
I am not a heavy user of FourSquare as I do have my concerns about broadcasting my whereabouts to the Internet. I prefer… Read the rest of this article.

Published August 10th, 2010 in Social media, Thoughts | 2 Comments »
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