when digital got in the way

This time last year I had a strange desire. No, not that you dirty minded pervs. No, a desire for throbbing engines, helmets and leather. Yes, I wanted a motorbike. Part practicality – I could save a chunk of cash by parking at a different train station – and part just because I’m heading intoContinueContinue reading “when digital got in the way”

requirements for social engagement

I’ve shared before my views before that social media is just stuff and socialised brands can be contagious. More recently, the conversations we’ve been having with clients has been at a granular level; getting social media off the ground, making it work, benchmarking it and importantly, ongoing engagement with the brand connections. We’ve been usingContinueContinue reading “requirements for social engagement”

2011 – a hope rather than a prediction

Usually about this time of the year the great and the good pass judgement on what will be this year’s shiny new things that we should all cut and paste into our client presentations and PR whoring look at me documentation. Yet again I have failed to do this but here’s a couple of greatContinueContinue reading “2011 – a hope rather than a prediction”

DCH download, september 2010

We’ve done this over at DCH Towers. Over the coming year, we’ll be trying to create range of DCH Downloads highlighting the latest trends, interesting information and general stuff that we believe will make a difference to you and your brand. In this DCH Download, we take a look at the changing way we useContinueContinue reading “DCH download, september 2010”

cognitive surplus

Last night I went to listen to the illustrious Clay Shirky give a free (yes, free!) talk on his new book, Cognitive Surplus, at the RSA in hot and sweaty London town. Although the sound wasn’t great, Clay’s words kept dropping out of my earshot at least, this is my simple summation of wtf CognitiveContinueContinue reading “cognitive surplus”

some stuff and things that caught my eye

Some people ask what’s the point of Twitter? For me it’s part information source, part staying in touch with friends and colleagues and part sharing bits of my life. I’ve found these things of late, I thought you might like them too… Your handwriting as a font. Notepad – a virtual piece of paper inContinueContinue reading “some stuff and things that caught my eye”

omg what happened and what should I do?

Free ebooks are ten a penny but this one caught my eye because: – someone I trust tweeted about it – the content looked pretty awesome and interesting & it has a fun title – the content has many questions that a lot of clients and peers still have so always useful fodder – itContinueContinue reading “omg what happened and what should I do?”

facebook privacy Vs ranting digerati

Oodles of tweets and posts recently about Facebook and privacy and how it’s basically the end of the world and we should all commit Facebook suicide because Mark Zuckerberg is basically evil and out to destroy and discredit all of us through covertly stealing every last minute detail of our lives and selling them toContinueContinue reading “facebook privacy Vs ranting digerati”