January 2012
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September 2011
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Great Nebula in Orion
For a bit of perspective of our humble role in the universe, take a look at this stunning photo below. It’s the Great Nebula in Orion. I thought it was cool and share-worthy. 
Sep 14th
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How To Focus In The Age Of Distraction
If you like me has felt slightly distracted sometimes when working at your desk, here’s a few ideas on how you can get back on track.
Sep 5th
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July 2011
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Jul 12th
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‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Teaser Poster
Excited for this one…
Jul 12th
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June 2011
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Jun 29th
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How to Use Social Media for Lead Generation
A great presentation giving an entry-level overview of how you should be thinking about social media for lead generation from the incredibly diligent folks at HubSpot. Enjoy! How to Use Social Media for Lead Generation View more presentations from HubSpot Internet Marketing
Jun 28th
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Why you should aim for '1000 True Fans'...
A superb post by Kevin Kelly from back in 2008. If you haven’t read it yet, here it is in its entirety…  1,000 True Fans The long tail is famously good news for two classes of people; a few lucky aggregators, such as Amazon and Netflix, and 6 billion consumers. Of those two, I think consumers earn the greater reward from the wealth hidden in infinite niches. But the long tail is a...
Jun 27th
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Jun 27th
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Jun 27th
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The Hashtag Economy
Hashtags are to the social web what emoticons were to Web 1.0 and TXTing. While both are forms of expression and sentiment, there is one subtle, but vital difference. Hashtags are not only part of online culture, they are defining a new era of communication on the Web and IRL (in real life). With over 140 million Tweets flying across Twitter every day, hashtags surface a method to the madness...
Jun 21st
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Odeon Cinemas Next To Embrace Social Commerce
It seems Odeon are Fanatical about Facebook. This week the UK’s biggest cinema chain Odeon, announced that cinema-goers will now be able to book tickets to films via their Facebook page, without having to leave the social network. Odeon’s embracing of social commerce follows a line of other brands in the UK including ASOS, French Connection, O2 & HMV set to utilise their social...
Jun 15th
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Jun 14th
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Jun 8th
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Jun 7th
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Jun 2nd
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Jun 1st
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Jun 1st
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May 2011
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Productivity Correlated to Twitter Friends
This can’t be true, surely…?
May 24th
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The Worst Startup Pitch In The World [VIDEO]
via College Humour
May 18th
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The Categories Of Facebook Posters [PIC]
May 17th
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May 16th
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5 Reasons Why Its YES to a Skype & Facebook Union
Rumours have it that European VOIP provider Skype are closing in on a joint venture with Facebook or Google, with the social networking heavy-weight likely to be the forerunner in these preliminary talks. The deal would certainly assist any IPO ambitions for Skype, but I see 5 reasons for why Facebook should be the preferred partner within the walls of the Skype boardroom: Growth potential ...
May 9th
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Harkable Tumblog: Social Media Ad Spending to hit... →
harkable: Social media ad spending will hit $8.3 billion in 2015, up from $2.1 billion last year, according to a new report. BIA/Kelsey, a media consultancy, predicts that display ads will retain the lion’s share of the business, but innovations like Twitter‘s Promoted Tweets will make…
May 5th
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5 hot stories in media this morning
5 news stories compiled using Storify
May 4th
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Envisioning The Future Of Near Technology
trendwatching.com lead designer and technologist Michell Zappa (any relation to Frank?) has designed a great graphic of an overview of emerging new technologies.  He states that ‘Each hub represents an important area of development to which actual technologies (shown as nodes) belong. The center of the map marks where we are today, and the further out points indicate how far into the future...
May 3rd
April 2011
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Apr 29th
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13 Things You Must Do Every Week As A Startup CEO →
betashop: Being the CEO of a startup is a hard and complex job. Here’s my quick list of the 13 things every startup CEO should make sure to do each week: Remember your One Thing. Your startup can only do one thing well at a time. Know Your One Thing. Write it on the wall. Repeat it every day. Put it…
Apr 13th
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Great (spoof) social media case study - 8 yr-old's...
via Chris Reed
Apr 4th
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March 2011
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Mar 31st
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Welsh Weekend [video]
My first attempt at using my Nikon D5000 for shooting video… Welsh Weekend from Chris Harris on Vimeo.
Mar 31st
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Brilliant CGI - 'Sword Dance And Shadowgraph...
This is brilliant. And the screenshot doesn’t do it justice, so if you made it here, watch the video! It’s called “Sword Dance and Shadowgraph,” and is a live interactive CGI performance filmed in Tokyo, Japan. The performer is Taichi Saotome, with a Katana in his hand and defends himself from shadow enemies projected on the screen behind him.  The fight is beautifully...
Mar 30th
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Mar 29th
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A Beach Walk At Dusk (PIC)
taken @ Camber Sands, Kent.
Mar 28th
Mar 25th
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Diary Of A Start-Up [audio]
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Mar 23rd
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Biz Stone on Twitter's name & early days...
Listen! via Rory Cellan
Mar 23rd
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Two Bits Of New Camera Kit - Nikon D5000
On a trip to the Welsh countryside at the weekend with my Nikon D5000, I tested out a couple of new bits of kit.  1 - Velbon tripod - every photography book gives the heavy sell for a decent tripod to get your photos looking ‘tack sharp’ and there is a reason for it. If you don’t own a tripod, get one now! I tested it out on a few waterfall shots below, opening the shutter to...
Mar 23rd
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The Moon Last Night
Did you see the Full Moon last night? Near the horizon, the lunar orb may have seemed to loom large, swollen in appearance by the famous Moon illusion. But the Full Moon really was a large Full Moon last night, reaching its exact full phase within an hour of lunar perigee, the point in the Moon’s elliptical orbit closest to planet Earth. A similar near perigee Full Moon last occured on...
Mar 21st
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“There are millions of users on Twitter who are listening to other users. But we...”
– Network theory whiz Duncan Watts, a former Columbia sociologist who now works at Yahoo! Research. Forget the 80/20 rule.. (source: Freakonomics.com)
Mar 21st
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Taking Your Site To One Million Users
Taking your Site from One to One Million Users by Kevin Rose View more presentations from Carsonified Team
Mar 21st
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Mar 11th
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How To Create a 'Welcome' Landing Tab for New...
willfrancis: On 10th March 2011 Facebook will upgrade all pages for brands, companies and organisations to a new version of Pages, bringing the design in line with personal profiles which were upgraded in December 2010. For details about the changes read my last blog post here. ‘Static FBML’ tabs, with which you could quickly add extra tabs containing basic HTML to show text, images and...
Mar 10th
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The New Product Adoption Curve [PIC]
Mar 9th
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Mar 8th
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Mar 8th
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Google has a Hunch
graphs (by @cdixon and @hunch)
Mar 7th
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LinkedIn Emails - 3 Tips for Retention Success
A little smile came over my face when I saw the latest email communication from LinkedIn last week. It wasn’t particularly exciting - subject was “Top Headlines in Online Media”, but I opened it anyway. And what I got was the most popular industry articles of the week via LinkedIn. Nice. LinkedIn seem to have a good knack at sending me stuff I actually want to read, and I...
Mar 7th
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Mar 5th