Archive for July, 2009

United breaks guitars – video shows the power of social media

Amusing, Bloggers, Social Media on July 23rd, 2009 No Comments

The musician Dave Carroll was taking a trip to Nebraska when he and his band members noticed that their guitars were being broken outside. After complaining to the culprits (United Airlines staff) and getting nowhere he decided to write a song which I have to admit is pretty catchy. It turns out that the song [...]

Like Amir Khan – blogging is making a comeback

Bloggers, Social Media on July 22nd, 2009 3 Comments

I wrote about this topic a while ago now on my blog basically saying that although it had lost it’s novelty factor as the new thing to do online, blogging still has a vital role to play in communications for companies of all sizes. Blogging is still a great way to publish your thoughts and [...]

Evian viral keeps on going

Amusing, Social Media on July 17th, 2009 No Comments

If you haven’t seen it yet, here is the latest viral doing the rounds from Evian, which has secured almost 6.5million views on YouTube. Possibly Related Posts: Google launches new blog search functionality is it the end for Technorati? PR Companies in Leeds/Yorkshire take on the media in charity event Should the Spaniard Mikel Arteta [...]

My top 15 walking blogs (UK)

Bloggers, Social Media on July 15th, 2009 8 Comments

Yesterday, I was searching the web to find a useful list of walking bloggers based in the UK and I couldn’t find much to help apart from a couple of decent walking magazines. So in order to help anyone else who is interested in rambling or hill walking, I thought I would create my own [...]

Google launching a new operating system

Consumer Technology on July 8th, 2009 2 Comments

So last night Google announced that it is launching a new operating system to rival Microsoft. Google started life as a simple search engine focused on the quality of search results, with minimal advertising on its home page, and it grew its user base through good old word-of-mouth. Today it is a monster brand which [...]