Tag Archive: 2011

Jan 11

Palindromic dates

When I was at University many many moons ago the Students Union (or Guild of Undergraduates as it was known at this particular establishment) gave grants of £50 for bona-fide student societies. Now since this was at a time when the grant for the year was only £360, an extra £50 was not to be …

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Jan 04

Your New Year Social Media Resolution

Happy New Year everyone! It’s that time of year when in reaction to the excesses of the holiday season we traditionally try to give something up – smoking, drinking, over-eating are great favourites. And virtually every year we fail with our resolutions before January is out. So this year, 2011, why not do something different? …

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Dec 14

The Shifting Sands of Social Media

I came across a really good blog from Jay Deragon this morning which I’d recommend to anyone interested in the social media scene. To me, the two most critical points he makes are: Market consumption has shifted away from mass media to conversational media and Knowledge is in demand. Information overload is clutter. Value creation …

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