Category: Society

  • The long and the short of it

    Two surveys published this month by Canadian research firm Sysomos looks at countries around the world and the percentage of people online who blog and tweet. There are some interesting metrics in each analysis  – age distribution and gender, for…

  • A hoverboard that works

    Doesn’t this… …look remarkably like this… Reality in a Back To The Future II style. Not in five years – 2015 was the year portrayed in that film – but ten is credible, I reckon. (Via Engadget) Related post: No…

  • Finally a way to understand what ‘the semantic web’ means

    If you’ve tried to understand what the semantic web means – sometimes referred to as Web 3.0 – and haven’t got very far, this video will help. The documentary-style video – surely as good as anything you might see on…

  • Making the social media story compelling

    One of the most effective explanations of social media last year was Social Media Revolution, a video created by author Erik Qualman to promote his book Socialnomics: How Social Media has changed the way we live and do business. Illustrating…

  • The next party’s about to begin

    My wife and I have just voted in today’s general election at our local polling station. Nothing more now until the ballots are counted after 10pm this evening and the results start coming during the night. If you find yourself…