1. A Tragedy for Comedy : Sion Simon Standing Down  permalink

A Tragedy for Comedy : Sion Simon Standing Down
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Sion 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 ...

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A Tragedy for Comedy : Sion Simon Standing Down Sion Simon to quit as MP in bid to become Birmingham mayor   —  Birmingham MP Sion Simon has announced he is stepping down from Parliament and will launch a bid to become the city’s first elected mayor. Mr Simon will leave his job as a Culture Minister in Gordon Brown’s government next week, and will stand down as an MP in his safe Labour constituency of Birmingham Erdington when the General ...

2. Point of Order Order  permalink

Point of Order Order
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When 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  permalink

What Google’s Social Search Means for PR
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Google 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...

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Wow! Edelman Survey Finds Trust In Peers Plunges!!! Bad News For Social Media Mavens   —  The annual Edelman Trust Barometer always yields some interesting results. The tenth survey consisted of 4,875 interviews (25 years to 64 years): The finding that jumped out at me was this one (buried in the report): - Trust in information from friends and peers, "people like me," dropped by 20 points, from 47 to 27 percent. - Trust in ...

4. Make Your Own Malcolm Tucker Poster  permalink

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[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?  permalink

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In 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, ...

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Social Media Week Notes..."Real-Time Data Is Like A Fish Finder"   —  There are lot of events this week around various topics in social media. Yesterday I caught part of the Social Media Camp in the Presidio. It was organized by Chris Heuer, Kristie Wells with help from Rebecca Reeve and many others. I caught an interesting panel moderated by Jolie O'Dell, Read/Write Web , that included Brian Zisk, from Collecta . ...

6. #socialmedia Tweet Chat #45 - The fear factor: Shift Happens  permalink

#socialmedia Tweet Chat #45 - The fear factor: Shift Happens
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I 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  permalink

TouchMouse Controls Your Computer's Mouse and Keyboard via iPhone or iPod touch
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iPhone/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 ...

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TouchMouse Controls Your Computer's Mouse and Keyboard via iPhone or iPod touch BackOff Shortens Long iPhone and iPod touch Sync Sessions   —  iPhone/iPod touch: If you carry a ton of stuff around on your iPhone or iPod touch, you know syncing it can take forever. BackOff turns off iTunes' automatic backup process so you can sync faster. Okay, before you go galloping off to download this slick free utility, let's go over the most important point one more time. BackOff prevents iTunes ...

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TouchMouse Controls Your Computer's Mouse and Keyboard via iPhone or iPod touch Bamboudesign: App Development For iPad And iPhone   —  I had an interesting conversation about iPhone and iPad apps development with Marine Leroux, the CEO of San Francisco based Bamboudesign . Ms Leroux is a French entrepreneur. She worked on desktop application user interface design in France before founding her company here in 2008 to focus just on mobile applications, or specifically, the user ...

8. Another Great Reminder Not to Use the Same Password Everywhere  permalink

Another Great Reminder Not to Use the Same Password Everywhere
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Earlier 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 ...

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Remains of the Day: Conquer Your Email Inbox with the Trusted Trio, Video Edition   —  Chrome's browser share gets goosed in January, our own Gina Trapani offers some video advice for conquering your email inbox, and I find a workaround for my biggest Snow Leopard annoyance. Browser Version Market Share Shows Chrome Growth According to one internet tracking company, Chrome use grew significantly in January, up to 5.2% of the web ...

9. Another Day, Another Fluffed Tory Announcement  permalink

Another Day, Another Fluffed Tory Announcement
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“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  permalink

Hold Me To Account '>Osborne: Hold Me To Account
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Guido 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 ...