Central ITV news filmed me in a mini workshop at a school in Nottingham. Yesterday the story ran on prime time local news about the search by a group of young French artists to find the artist who drew Fat Gourg in our Kids on the Net project, Monster Motel.
The Trendspotting blog reported on a recent survey of social media usage. Universal McCann recently published its comparative study following Social Media trends in three waves: September 2006 (Wave 1), June 2007 (Wave 2) March 2008 (Wave 3).Trendspotting’s post highlights major results in the study including: Social media is a
The youngest ever patent holder is reported today on the BBC website. Sam Houghton, of Buxton, Derbyshire, was just three when he watched his Dad sweeping up debris in the garden and using two brooms. Sam then came up with a double-headed broom to collect large debris and fine dust
I will be attending the NLab Social Networks Conference in June. The conference aims to explore the benefits of social networks for business http://www.nlabnetworks.com/ Thursday 19th & Friday 20th June 2008 De Montfort University, Leicester, UK * What is a social network and how can it generate wealth for your
Recent reports of social networking’s demise may be slightly premature says a recent report on Click at the BBC website. There are many rather frivolous applications on Facebook and the like involving turning oneself into a vampire and biting one’s friends, throwing sheep, cmpeting for the ighest number of “friends”
We all have our strengths, and we all have areas of web development which we aren’t as interested in. I know good web design when I see it, but I am much more interested in web strategy, content design, Web 2.0, community building etc. so I tend to like to
Shell Live Wire A resource and community for young entrepreneurs (young being 16-30). Lots of online tools including testing your business idea, Finance Action Planner and more. WidgetBox A great resource for a variety of widgets you can use on your website, in your blog etc. You can even convert
The BBC’s dot life blog reports on the 45 most influential people in technology. Tim Berners Lee is at the top of the list, which probably reflects the British bias of the judges and the context of the vote (on the Web!). I find it very sad that there are
There have been new warnings about a stealthy Windows virus that hides itself deep within Windows on your computer. Once installed it gives malicious users control of your computer and they can, for example, instal key loggers to capture your usernames and passwords, crdit card details etc., including login details
I’ve been {playing with} learning to use my new PDA/wonderphone: the HTC TyTN II (winner of several Best PDA and Smartphone awards). It has two cameras (both video cameras), voice recorder, music, Windows mobile with various programmes including Word, Bluetooth and wifi capability, synchs with my Outlook on the laptop