I have just got back from my second South by South West Interactive conference and now the jet lag and hangover have passed I am reflecting on what I did and didn’t learn from the experience. SXSW (as it is commonly abbreviated to) has grown rapidly over the last five years to becom ... more
I’m new to Grinds my gears, but was quick to put my hand up for a light-hearted rant about agency life, because something has really got to me this month: sales calls. I’m one of the Project Managers in Codegent’s London office and nine times out of ten one of us will ... more
You have probably heard about the recent social media explosion surrounding Quora. There have been some pretty grandiose claims about how it could be "bigger than Twitter" and "the future of blogging" so I thought I would give you a closer look to see what all the fuss was a ... more
Some of you may have read about the row in the US about XY.com, a gay teenagers magazine’s website that has filed for bankruptcy. Other than a couple of dollars in the bank, the only asset of note belonging to the failed company is a database of tens of thousands of young men. The argumen ... more
Most of the industry are predicting a breakout year for the mobile web in 2008. For a long time, the mobile web has been unpredictable, costly and low on user take-up. The majority of campaigns I have previously worked on with any serious mobile element have just scraped the surface, tapp ... more