1. A Tragedy for Comedy : Sion Simon Standing Down 1 hour ago permalinkSion Simon standing down from parliament is a great loss for this blog, he has provided so much material in all our favourite categories. Who can forget the unintended political comedy of his classic New Statesman article? The radical feminism of his “be quiet woman” interview on Sky, when we first realised that perhaps the pressure ...
2. Point of Order Order 1 hour ago permalinkWhen Guido reads articles about how powerful and influential this blog is he laughs because it was set up on a whim and primarily for his own amusement. The insight that perhaps makes this blog successful was that political gossip and tittle-tattle is far more compelling than people will admit. Now bearing in mind that the readership of this ... 3. What Google’s Social Search Means for PR 5 minutes ago permalinkGoogle opened up its Social Search feature for all (English speaking) Google account users last week. In a nutshell, the feature let’s you see search results that friends, co-workers and other members of your social networks have posted online about...
4. Make Your Own Malcolm Tucker Poster 21 minutes ago permalink[funny] Make Your Own Malcolm Tucker Poster … ‘Eric fucking Bristow’s on the oche throwing a million darts made of human shit right at you.’ 5. Does More Media Lead To Less Total Media Trust? 3 hours ago permalinkIn my recent post about the 2010 Edelman Trust Barometer , social media fared badly. But ALL media fared nearly as badly. Why is that? - Is it because we now have more media now than ever before, both social and traditional sources of media? - Is it because more of any thing, devalues that thing? We have more media in more forms, at more times, ...
6. #socialmedia Tweet Chat #45 - The fear factor: Shift Happens 5 hours ago permalinkI am immersed in Social Media Week New York, and wanted to share some of the highlights of my travels today. The theme of the day: Shift happens. Tweet Chatting with Borders Free WiFi Since there was no wifi at the new media conference I was covering today, (!?) I ended up at Borders, where the coffee was great, and the wifi was free, (thank you ... 7. TouchMouse Controls Your Computer's Mouse and Keyboard via iPhone or iPod touch 8 hours ago permalinkiPhone/iPod touch: TouchMouse is a free application for the iPhone/iPod touch that, when paired with its accompanying control software on your Mac or Windows computer, turns your touchscreen into a mouse and keyboard. Once you download the software to your iPhone or iPod touch and pair it with the server software—Logitech has versions of ...
8. Another Great Reminder Not to Use the Same Password Everywhere 8 hours ago permalinkEarlier today, several Twitter users received emails from Twitter prompting them to change their passwords because of suspicious activity that appeared to have resulted from phishing. Turns out it was something different from a traditional phishing scam altogether, and it involved BitTorrent. From the Twitter Status blog: It appears that for a ...
9. Another Day, Another Fluffed Tory Announcement 16 hours ago permalink“I should stress that I am not, and have no plans to be, an advisor to any political party.” Doesn’t the government own enough banks already without creating a ‘Green Investment Bank’? 10. Hold Me To Account '>Osborne: Hold Me To Account 19 hours ago permalinkGuido just got back from the British Museum for the Tories “Eight Benchmarks for Britain” speech. Half the shad cab and Dave trundled out to another new and exciting speech location. Presumably these random venues are envisaged by Steve Hilton to make them look cool. The Lobby didn’t look too impressed at having to leave the ... |
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