Experiences

Social Media Week took place last week in more than a dozen cities around the world including London. It’s only a few days since events concluded so I’ve yet to see any in-depth analysis of how it all went on a global perspective: how many people participated, what the key topics and trends were in [...]

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Scroll Excel 7 first look

Published on January 29, 2012 · 11:37 am UK · 1 comment

in Experiences, Gadgets, Hardware, Mobile, Reviews, Software, Technology

The market for tablet computers is looking rosy according to any number of research studies and reports in the mainstream media and tech press. It’s continuing good news for Apple and its iPad and for the myriad Android tablet-makers; and for satisfying consumers’ desire to own the latest affordable tech that gives them the freedom [...]

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One of the most appealing things about Google+ is the Hangouts video conferencing feature. It lets you conduct impromptu video conversations with up to ten people with just your connected computer and a webcam and microphone. Nothing to install or subscribe to (it’s a free service) and it works very well. I’ve done more than [...]

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Doing some email housekeeping earlier this morning, I got thinking about the futility of much of one’s day-to-day email. Even though I’ve been using a nifty program called NEO Pro for the better part of the past decade that sits on top of Outlook, and which automates the essentials of email organization for me, I [...]

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I’ve been exploring a new gadget this weekend, a Samsung Galaxy Note that I have for review. If you looked at it, you’d think it was a rather large smartphone. Indeed, compare it to the Samsung Galaxy SII that I have – which is a rather large smartphone – and you’ll see it needs another [...]

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Touching the BBC

Published on November 24, 2011 · 7:57 am UK · 1 comment

in Communication, Experiences, Hardware, Innovation, Software, Technology, Trends, Web

I was taking a look through the beta version of the BBC’s new website when it occurred to me that what I was interacting with was a web presence that’s geared to touch and feel more than to point and click. The overall layout that extends left and right off the visible screen area, prominent [...]

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Getting to know the Galaxy S II

Published on November 19, 2011 · 7:19 am UK · 7 comments

in Experiences, Hardware, Mobile, Reviews, Software, Technology

I got a new smartphone a few days ago, a Samsung model, as my evolution from the HTC Desire, the phone I’ve had for the past eighteen months. It’s not the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus that launched in the UK (and across Europe) on November 17, the Android phone I’d sort of decided upon when [...]

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Out of Klout

Published on November 12, 2011 · 7:53 am UK · 25 comments

in Business, Communication, Ethics, Experiences, Reputation, Social Media, Web

The kerfuffle about Klout, the self-styled ‘standard for influence’ service, that blew up last month has largely settled down now as most online kerfuffles tend to. Yet the storm that erupted following Klout’s change in how they measure an individual’s rank focused a great deal of attention on what Klout’s business model really is – [...]

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The biography of the moment

Published on October 24, 2011 · 8:17 am UK · 1 comment

in Books, Experiences, Marketing, Society

I turned on my Kindle first thing this morning, and there it was – the Steve Jobs biography. I pre-ordered the Kindle edition when it was announced some months ago. Since then, comment and opinion about the widely-anticipated book, published today, have been relentlessly increasing to the extent that, over the past few days and [...]

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Getting together for a chat over lunch – the epitome of being social whether for business or pleasure. That’s what the photo above suggests to me, a picture of a group who did just that a few days ago at the delightful Petersham Hotel in Richmond, Surrey; people who know each other primarily though online [...]

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