Consumers are fed up of seeing brands fan sites pop up all over the web, with little or no thought to the value they can offer that community. They’re tired of hanging out in their favourite virtual world only to be interrupted by companies who have nothing to say. Consumers are savvy and are not Continue reading →
If you read my previous post from last week you might be aware that I am not a big fan of Google’s new release, Google Buzz. Honestly, I feel that the release of the iPad is equally ridiculous. They have both created products for non-existing markets. The market Google Buzz operates in is already saturated, Continue reading →
Most of you will find this clip annoying. It’s patronising, obvious and bumbles along at a snails pace using that painfully-current cut-out-pieces-of-paper-analogue-aesthetic-made-popular-by-the-twitter-in-plain-English-video. It does however, do exactly what it sets out to do: explain social media in plain English. It also makes me think of ice cream which is never a bad thing. cheers to Continue reading →
As all you Gmail users probably are aware, this morning Google launched a new leap into the Social Media space. They call it Google Buzz, and it works very similarly to Facebook’s “What’s on your mind?” sharing functionality: You are able to share thoughts, links, photos, videos, RSS feeds etc. What sets it apart from Continue reading →
I’ve been into anlalogue photography for the last year or so, messing around with a Holga, Diana F+ and more recently a Seagull and Lubitel. I think the charm’s in the unpredictability of using the cameras, and also in the way each distorts the image (the latter two cameras do this a bit less than Continue reading →
Tired of being skint and paying through the nose for dinner, our dear friends stateside have turned to underground ‘supper clubs’. The concept involves inviting people into your home where the host cooks and guests pay for the experience. You get to eat with people you’d probably never had met, nose about in someone’s private Continue reading →
The internet is a magical place. Everyone with access to their local public library is able to create their own space and furnish it with whatever takes their fancy. Two particular things that seem to take a lot of people’s fancy is cats and style-blogs-featuring-photos-of-real-people-on-the-street-looking-like-they-should-be-in-a-magazine, namely The Sartorialist and it’s many homages. Some crafty individual Continue reading →
