Posts by Jo

How the adverts stole Christmas

Has the Christmas message fallen by the wayside in favour of the hard sell of a few smartphones?

Trusting Strangers – how social media gave power back to the people

How social media has put the customer back in control.

Google+ and the Golden Tickets

What would you do to get your hands on a ticket?
Yesterday some people were lucky enough to get their ‘golden ticket’ from Google inviting them to start using Google+ before the masses do. “What lucky people,” I hear you say and “Why was I not invited?” But don’t fret, on ebay Google+ invites are cropping …

Is Twitter Going Ghetto?

So we all know the importance of the ‘hash tag symbol’ in online culture today, those little darlings serve as a way for all our messages zipping across the social media spectrum to be ordered and organised and most importantly, searchable by users.
Do hash tags imply what our subconscious is thinking?

Great, but hash tags …

Chainsaws, Coat Hangers and Social Media

Friends or followers?
So, it’s no longer about having a Rolex and a fast car as it was for Patrick Bateman in the Regan-era late 80s that we saw in America Psycho. How much cash we have is no longer the main focus, but instead, in this digital and socially active age we are now focusing …

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