The return of NaBloPoMa
Things have been a little quiet on here recently. The launch of Reputation Online has been busy, exciting and as expected, took up a lot of time throughout the first four weeks. However, this is all...
View ArticleClimate change and its affect on women
I was just sent a link to this fantastic article by Jess McCabe in The Guardian, in which she talks about climate change being a feminist issue not because of population control – but because it is...
View ArticleTotem poles & the Eden Project
A few weeks ago, my Mum and I went back to the Eden Project near Fowey in Cornwall. We’d visited there ten years ago while it was being built, and want to take a look at how it had changed. One of my...
View ArticleTckTckTck announces The Fresh Air Centre
Today’s NaBloPoMo is dedicated to the news that TckTckTck’s latest effort to unite with other NGOs and fight climate change as a unit, has now launched. The group has announced that for COP15 in...
View ArticleBerlin, Berlin…
I’ve been in Berlin for the past two days for the Global Online Giving Marketplaces annual meet-up. I’d been invited to come and talk about ‘all things digital’, focused mainly on my work with...
View ArticleCome Dine With Me gets a real-time boost
I said that there would be a few curveballs during NaBloPoMo, so here’s the first; Come Dine With Me, the Channel 4 cooking phenomenon, is set to launch a ‘social media extension’ for its show on...
View ArticleThe story of Gabura, launching tomorrow
From tomorrow, you’ll able to watch ‘From Daily Life to Disaster’ – an interactive online documentary about the impact of climate change on a small village on Bangladesh – via oxfam.org.uk. Viewers can...
View ArticleDigital table tops at Inamo
I love the digital table tops at Inamo in Soho. There’s no waitress, just servers. You can scroll through the menu by clicking two buttons on your side of the table, place an order and check your bill...
View ArticleFTBC on the QT
I’m going to FTBC on the QT this Wednesday, following a quick call from my good friend Olly Knowles (who’s now at Momentum). Fashion Targets Breast Cancer do some great promotions and events that help...
View ArticleTech not causing social isolation after all…
US firm Pew Research has released its report into social behaviour, called ‘social isolation and new technology’. From the company’s Internet and American Life project (which is a nonprofit), it looks...
View ArticleIAB Engage 2009
I spent today at the IAB’s Engage 2009 conference. Charles Leadbeater, author of We-think: the power of mass creativity, was the best speaker for me. I liked his advice for dealing with trolls...
View ArticleMuse-tastic
I’m LOVING this new Muse video. The band is showing its techy side, which reminds me of Felix’s Machines that I first saw at TED in Oxford. Take a look…
View ArticleGhost Forest
I’m planning to visit Ghost Forest in Trafalgar Square, London on Monday. It’s an ‘original and ambitious art installation’ by Angela Palmer that visually expresses the connection between deforestation...
View ArticleBus stops and green art
While pondering today’s NaBloPoMo (almost halfway there!), I came across a tweet from my good friend Alfie Dennen’s new project Bus. Tops. Just a little shout out before I continue, as its just been...
View ArticleA week of posts in one
So, I’m behind on NaBloPoMo, REALLY behind. I feel bad, as I wanted to do the full month, but sometimes other things just get in the way. I’m not going to rest on it for too long, and instead have...
View ArticleA few lessons from NaBloPoMo
I didn’t do very well at NaBloPoMo. I lasted for about two weeks, posting a short piece every day, but then I hit a wall. It wasn’t that I couldn’t find anything good enough to write about, it was...
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