Late to the party, as usual. Couple of days ago, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey invited suggestions from users about the future of Twitter. Thought: rather than identifying new features, we need to get clear on what useful function Twitter can… Continue Reading
The Media140 event was held in Perth this week and I attended as a guest blogger. For me, one of the most interesting things about Media140 was seeing the effect of the Twitter Wall; the web page of tweets with… Continue Reading
Foursquare and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this Internet a new application. The latest venture capital love object is Foursquare, which has signed up 275,000 New Yorkers to a mobile phone GPS app that lets their friends… Continue Reading
I wrote an uninformed blog post after reading articles reviewing Google Wave. I’ve deleted it. Herewith, I hope, a more sensible post written after viewing the Google Wave video that was shown to developers. Although the articles I read were… Continue Reading
Just been reading Thom Kennon and find myself in complete agreement with him. He talks about looking for info on Google’s recent changes to trademark policy. “I first searched in Google for ‘google trademark’ and came up with a mix… Continue Reading
Ad Age reports on Ford lending 100 new Ford Fiestas to especially selected bloggers in exchange for their independence and a share of their souls. 4000 applied but only 100 were young, good-looking, could string two sentences together and had… Continue Reading
Overuse of old internet memes such as ‘i can haz’ or ‘pwnage’ suggests a lack of original expression. Too much repetition is tedious. Learn to spell the word ‘the’. Most of you are not teens or twenty-somethings. Stop faking it.… Continue Reading
I have a relation who’s a famous retired sportsman; a household name. He returned to his home town and wanted to join the local golf club, which had a waiting list. The membership officer explained to my famous relative that… Continue Reading
