Category: Communication

  • 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…

  • GM and the facts about Opel and Vauxhall

    If you want to find out what’s going on with Opel and Vauxhall – two of the most well-known brand names in the car industry, owned by General Motors – take a look at GM in Europe Facts and Fiction,…

  • Making a video viral

    The headline above is deliberate in the order in which I put the two key words: ‘video’ and ‘viral.’ I hear a lot of talk about viral videos, as in “We’re creating a viral video.” And my new favourite which…

  • What you can learn from the FT

    Lots of people have lots of opinions about news and information online and what the future might be for mainstream media in a time of declining circulations and advertising revenues, not to mention a severe recession. The Financial Times seems…