The web seems to be all about social media these days. Since the introduction of Facebook, Twitter & Co in the mid 2000s we tend to use the term “social networks” as a synonym for the social web. But if you think about it, that’s not the whole truth. There are other channels that make the ... more

At the end of January Twitter introduced a new video service called Vine - a mobile app (currently iOS only) that let's users create 6 second looping video clips on their mobile and share them on social networks, predominantly on Twitter as you might expect! Brands such as Gap, GE and Urban Outfitte ... more

A customer’s voice and opinion has never been as loud as it is today. With the expansion of social media and the ability to allow users to interact with brands directly and publicly, normal every day people are growing ever more important and in control of which brands succeed or flop. Consumers h ... more

It's the Third Thursday of the month and this month we have a political message from Mr David Hart. Live Social Media at Square Mile Relay Other links referenced:BIMA D-DayLearn Apps ... more

It's the Third Thursday of the month and we are going all Korean.Links ReferencedThe Square Mile Relay - tonight!BBC Connected StudioEnglish Pronunciation for Korean Speakers JiGi's Jigsaw World Journey ... more

Another month and another monthly mind cleansing Grinds My Gears.  Earlier this month I read a news article that really rattled my cage. Schools are being urged to introduce more ‘female friendly’ physical education lessons into the national curriculum. Now, when I was in ... more

The appetite for people to create companies around products is certainly seeing an uplift: both in terms of ‘Software as a Service’ type offerings and mobile apps. As well as working with clients on their own start-ups, we’ve been doing it ourselves for a couple of years and a ... more

  The regular light-hearted whinge about life in a busy agency. Although this time, it’s less light-hearted than usual. It’s not an original idea and people have debated it forever: it’s about whether agencies should be paid to pitch. It’s not that we sho ... more

Last month MySpace grew its user base by 1 million. That is quite a turnaround since March 2011 when it was widely reported that it had lost 10 million users in that month alone. There is still a long way to go in terms of recovery and there are company issues that need to be ironed out since i ... more

So rather fortuitously (or not, depending on your point of view) Third Thursday this month has fallen slap bang in the middle of perhaps the biggest controversy to affect the internet since it’s commercial release (1995, for any budding geek historians out there). I think we can all agree ... more