Category Archives: Social Media

Mary Bale, a cat in a bin and a little perspective

Mary Bale Mary Bale – seen on video dumping a cat into a wheelie bin – has aroused the fury of the internets. A Facebook group called “Death to Mary Bale” has sprung into existence wherein the charming correspondants make … Continue reading

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Quitting Twitter

Did you see that thing? The one with the chick who resigned from her job via some whiteboard messages. Man that was cool. Saw it on Twitter, went to Chive.com (where?) Talked about it in the office, sent it onto … Continue reading

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This Just In: LinkedIn is Utter Balls

I’m not the kind of bloke that goes in for having a “professional profile”. You might have noticed that my blog only rarely touches on professional matters and is more concerned with the puerile and stupid things that drift randomly … Continue reading

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Think Visibility: My Humble Offering – Now in Technicolor!

Final update from ThinkVis 3 – a copy of the slides from my presentation (seeing as it seems to be the di rigeur thing to do!) Use and abuse the news or lose View more presentations from carpsio (don’t bother … Continue reading

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Worst Product / Musician Cross Promotion Ever?

The Sugababes Love Windows 7 Seriously. WTF? I quite like the Sugababes. They’ve got a consistently strong writing and production team at work and a lot of their songs are superior quality filler. But who in the name of holy … Continue reading

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The Register Are Wrong About Murdoch

There’s a thought-provoking piece in The Register today about Rupert Murdoch’s analysis of Google’s relationship to his business. The nub of their – and Murdoch’s – gist is that Google only enjoys the market share it does because it indexes … Continue reading

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