I met up with Spannerworks‘ head of social media Antony Mayfield this afternoon. He’s authored an e-book which covers off the basics of social media for those who are trying to get a grip on the fundamentals. “My take on him is that he’s a good, honest guy,” Antoine (who’s met Antony a few times) […]
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I’m reading Bastard Out of Carolina* right now, and at the beginning of the book is this quotation from James Baldwin:
People pay for what they do, and still more, for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it simply: by the lives they lead.
I also like this Steven Barnes quotation, […]
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Thanks to the guys at Harry’s Place for putting what looks to be an excellent Five documentary on YouTube and their blog for us all to see. If you want to make sense of why some otherwise intelligent people - especially here in the UK, where the extreme right and extreme left find so much […]
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The lovely Clotilde, with whom I have had the pleasure to spend time in London and in Paris, today celebrates the third birthday of her blog. When she started Chocolate & Zucchini, she was an IT project manager. Now, she’s a full-time food writer for magazines and newspapers worldwide, with her own cookbook coming out […]
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Mobile expert/influencer Tomi Ahonen has chipped in on the debate I started here when I noted Tomi’s contention that Apple’s market share of the portable mp3 player market is less than 20 per cent. Tomi’s remarks and data do illustrate just how insular our views of how ‘people’ do things can be. Some highlights:
The first […]
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