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  • A matter of grammar spin

    A report on the BBC News website this morning, about Kraft’s unsolicited takeover bid for Cadbury’s, included a sentence containing the use of a verb in a way that jarred my syntax sensibilities. The verb is ‘spin,’ used by the…

  • There’s a social media evolution – Part 1

    (See “There’s no social media revolution” by Paul Seaman for direct context.) Over the past few weeks, Paul Seaman and I have engaged in a friendly debate (well, a series of individual blog posts) about social media and whether or…

  • Absence makes the heart grow fonder

    I haven’t seen or heard much about the Climate Camp environmental get-together that’s been taking place in south London since last week. Spotting this tweet from the Metropolitan Police over the weekend saying that their mobile police station is closed…

  • Social media and a fundamental shift

    Can social media change the rules of old-world business? That’s a question I’ve been mulling over during the past week or so in thinking about how and where social media fits into an organization’s business planning as part of the…

  • The consequences of texting while driving

    In the UK, using a mobile phone while driving is illegal. That applies to any use of a mobile device, whether to make/receive a phone call or a text message. A text message? Surely you wouldn’t type texts when you’re…