Social media Olympics, 31/07/2012
Nearly 15,000 athletes, from over 200 nations, in 800-odd events... and more than 800,000 tweets a day. London 2012 has already been dubbed the social media Olympics and just about everybody who is anybody in social media is showcasing what they can do. So it seems like a good time to check....
The sizzle in science, 22/08/2011
“Sell the sizzle” says sustainability communications agency Futerra. That is, to ‘sell’ climate change, it’s no good painting a picture of climate hell, you’ve got to “build a visual and compelling vision of low carbon heaven.” The same goes....
Making data sing, 30/03/2011
A TED talk caught my eye the other day because it was about washing machines and, as it happens, I’ve written a fair bit about them over the years. Not only that, but the speaker’s profile claimed that “in Hans Rosling’s hands, data sings.”
Better together, 21/02/2011
With the Alps sadly lacking in snow these last several weeks, ski movies have been just too painful to watch, so we’ve switched to surf movies instead. Jack Johnson is back on the playlist… “It’s always better when we’re together…"