Tom Smith
Tom Smith is now helping improve collaboration at the University of York.
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The Tory Illuminati
Paranoid conspiracy theorists put it to us that the powers that be are in cahoots to keep us in our place, hang onto power and get all the money. The more complex theories suggest there are secret societies that maintain … Continue reading
The Problem With Buying A New Guitar
I recently received some royalty payments for work completed years ago. It wasn’t heaps, but it certainly felt like moula from heaven. It was enough to be able to think about buying a nice (enough) electric guitar. How lovely. And … Continue reading
The Cult – The Mission – Killing Joke
Killing Joke are playing next month and I probably won’t be going. What?! I hear you scream… Well it’s like this. When I first heard that they were on tour with The Cult and The Mission I thought, wow what … Continue reading
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Killing Joke / MMXII
Firstly, I have to say, this isn’t going to be an even handed review of Killing Joke’s latest album. I can’t not like everything they do. Well, almost. There were the perm years (1984 – 92 ) when to be … Continue reading
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Prograph – Back in the Day
You’ll never guess what. Someone actually asked what Prograph was like back in the day. No, really, they did. Here goes… To begin with, I must put my cards on the table. I’m not, nor have ever really been “a … Continue reading
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Shameless Plug for The Dress
This weekend has been incredibly exciting watching Sophie’s latest book, The Dress, make Amazon’s top twenty Kindle bestseller list. It’s been going up and down, and up and down… and up and down. At times it seemed almost cruel of … Continue reading
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Presentations, Collaboration, Co-creation and Engagement
I’ve had an idea lurking for a while now. It’s this. The “format” of “doing a presentation” is a tried and tested one. It has been around, probably for millennia. Someone turns up, talks for a duration. Sometimes at the … Continue reading
Sophie’s New Book: Ruby Slippers
Shameless plug for Sophie who has a number of books coming out in the near future and it just so happens that this is the first. It’s a novella for sale on Amazon for the Kindle called Ruby Slippers. I … Continue reading
Take Two Google Accounts Into Shower?
Did you know that you can be logged into two Google accounts at once? This is particularly handy if your organisation uses Google Apps AND you have a personal Google account. All you have to do to enable this feature … Continue reading
Thinking Digital 2011
Another week, another conference. Last week it was Thinking Digital in the Sage on the Tyne in Newcastle. The Thinking Digital conference was appealing to because of it’s sheer geeky ecclecticism, from big social media businesses to blue sky … Continue reading
FutureEverything 2011 #futr
This week I’ve been lucky enough to go to FutureEverything 2011, a UK arts, digital, media conference-cum-festival even WIRED have heard of and enthuse about it. Any event THAT arse-achingly cool and I’m sure to fit right in. My hopes … Continue reading
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Lists Made Social
A million years ago, I was asked to help someone improve a business listing site… and one idea I came up with was, in essence, Listly (see below). It’s not for me to say I’m a genius …. waits …. … Continue reading
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