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The complete footage of Kate’s ROFLcon panel is now available for viewing: Check out her recent feature in Brand Republic here.
Where has the time gone? To mark the occasion, our friends at Engine Group have put together a retrospective of some of our work from the last year. Pop on over to the Engine Blog and have a look. Engine friends, we share your sentiment. It really has been “one hell of a ride.”
“Some are tempted to think of life in cyberspace as insignificant, as escape or meaningless diversion. It is not. Our experiences there are serious play. We belittle them at our risk.” – Sherry Turkle, Life On The Screen (1995) Last Friday, anyone walking through the doors of Building 26 on the MIT Campus were immediately Continue reading →
Ahead of ROFLCon, Jam’s lead planner Kate Miltner discusses memes and who “owns” them. So, I just read that Mashable article about the guy who manages meme creators. Yes, yes— in the news cycle of the internet, responding to something that is older than 5 minutes is the equivalent of finding a crumbling, yellowed newspaper and wanting to write Continue reading →
On Monday, Facebook purchased Instagram for a staggering $1 billion – prompting some extreme reactions from pundits and users alike. Now that the dust has settled down, some members of Jam have prepared their statements: Dave McNamara, Strategy Director: Facebook’s acquisition came as a surprise to the industry, but in a way this should have Continue reading →
Our team – Alex Miller, Jamie Kenny, Mel Kirk and Thom James – will be at all the best social media and mobile talks, dodgy cowboy bars and in the longest queues for a proper barbeque. And they’ll be reporting in often. We’ll be blogging daily on the Campaign website and here on Spreading Jam. Continue reading →
Earlier this year, I uncovered a shocking fact. No, it wasn’t changes to Facebook (again) or the lack of iphone 5, it was how much money we had raised for charity last year. I was really surprised how small the amount was and my frustration at this has evolved into a rather ambitious financial target. Continue reading →
We interviewed Tom Allason, the founder of award winning start up Shutl. Shutl have linked with major retailers like Argos, to launch a super fast delivery service.
Jam’s faves of the week – as per usual it features cats. Fave place One for the boys Head to their pop up store at 77 Redchurch Street this weekend. Fave link Test your drawing skills A really nice way to spend a spare 5 minutes. Fave Photo Totally Awesome Epic picture that we all Continue reading →
