Back to the future
Our car hurtles down the road at motorway speeds, closely following a motorcade of cars ahead of us. I’m sat in the back. There’s another journalist beside me, and another in the passenger seat. The driver’s seat is empty. The … more
Can the Raspberry Pi create a new generation of programmers?
How do you inspire the next generation to tinker with computers and take up programming? The charitable Raspberry Pi Foundation believes it has the answer: it’s created a cheap computer that’s designed for kids to play with. It’s about the … more
How to make your video rock
What is the world’s second biggest search engine? YouTube. This statistic shows how important video has become to the internet, and was a thought-provoking way for Lee Smallwood to kick off his presentation on Making Video Rock at Social Media … more
Downloading toys from the internet
You can download your music, maps, television programmes, films, books and newspapers. But if you need to buy a toy online for your nephew’s birthday, the best you can do is order it and wait for the postman to schlep … more
FREE event: How to succeed in B2B social media
With so many social media channels, and so many distractions for the typical user of them, how can you make sure you get your message across? To find out, join us at an exclusive FREE workshop we are hosting as … more
How to tame the email beast
When I was researching this blog post, I came across a memorable description of the email inbox: it is “the to-do list that anyone in the world can add an item to”. Ping! Here comes another one. And another. And … more
Digital marketing: now it’s personal
There was a time when you had to change the world for someone to build a museum in your name. Not any more. Intel’s Museum of Me is a clever Flash website that pulls your friend information, status updates, photos … more
Game On: How Lego Minifigures can help break the ice
On Saturday, I attended GameCamp, an informal gathering of 225 game players and designers. On arrival, everyone was given a Lego Minifigure (which is what they call Lego men nowadays, apparently), sealed in a packet. There were 20 different characters, … more