Year: 2009

  • Two practical lessons about Twitter

    There’s a literal boat-load of activity going on where Twitter is the common factor. One example: I posted earlier about Twitter hashtag overload. Time now for something a lot more positive. I’ve picked two things that are well worth giving…

  • Switching off the Twitter hashtag overload

    Like many people, I wanted to keep an eye on some of what’s hot during South by Southwest 2009 in Austin, Texas, by seeing what people on Twitter are talking about when using the hashtag #sxsw. But it’s been a…

  • Instant podcasting with Cinch

    I’m trying out a free tool that lets me record my voice over the phone and then makes that recording instantly available via RSS. The tool is Cinch from Blogtalk Radio. Blogtalk Radio is a service I know well as…

  • The first social media cafe in the Thames Valley

    The inaugural Thames Valley Social Media Cafe happened on Friday morning when about a dozen people got together at a coffee house in west Reading. The Workhouse Coffee Company, in fact, home to the best-tasting coffee I’ve drunk anywhere in…

  • No hoverboards in San Francisco?

    I love a journalist who genuinely has a way with words. Who’s actually a good writer. Who might have an agenda and doesn’t pretend he or she doesn’t. Who touches on things that make you nod in recognition as well…