When Was the Last Time…

Take time to stop

…You had as meaningful a conversation offline as you do online? Or spent the time networking your local community as well as just your online connections? We’re fed so much information from so many sources. We’re told that social media is the new connector, that we have opportunities like never before. And it’s true – [...]


Sunday Shorts – The Facebook Addiction Edition

Facebook

It’s the largest social network in the world, with almost 1 billion users. It’s (arguably) the de facto standard when people think social media. It’s the network (again, arguably) that any other achieves to be when launching. Simply put, Facebook has instilled itself in our culture like no other platform has, or probably will. Perhaps [...]


Three Reasons Menshn May Be a Non-Starter

menshn talk on topic

I caught this story on the BBC website earlier this week, about new microblogging site menshn, set up to rival Twitter. Created by UK politician Louise Mensch, the goal is simple. In Mensch’s own words: “Whereas Twitter is not organised around topics, on menshn you have a permanent place to go online to talk about [...]