Distraction and the Internet

65% of us get distracted by the Internet. Distracted form doing stuff by doing more stuff like emails, general web surfing and of course, social media. 53% also admitted that the reduction in productivity caused them dissatisfaction and unhappiness. I can empathise. I’m far too easily distracted at present. I need to switch off. And now youContinueContinue reading “Distraction and the Internet”

“Online teens tweet spastically and without purpose”

Online teens tweet spastically and without purpose, whereas online adults have one question in mind when they post: “Is this informative, helpful or hilarious?” My friend and former colleague, Carla Madden, has had her first book published – #Self: Taming your inner online menace. Charting how real you and online you have developed and intersectedContinueContinue reading ““Online teens tweet spastically and without purpose””

goodbye geek boy, hello geek girl

Computers, web n stuff. All geeky, spotty boys, right? Wrong. The girls have caught up and overtaken the boys, at least in the US. Read this article in NY Times for interesting insight and more nuggets like this (thanks to Mel Ferguson): …among Web users ages 12 to 17, significantly more girls than boys blogContinueContinue reading “goodbye geek boy, hello geek girl”

visualisations and digital map mash ups

Regular readers will know I love a good graphic so I thought I’d share the above as a cool example of displaying data trends, this example being for US box office. Originally found on Boing Boing. And this web trend map from Tokyo found on Nicola Davies’ blog. Go there where you can find aContinueContinue reading “visualisations and digital map mash ups”