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This blog's been up and running in various guises for over seven years since starting it in April 2005. It's been a massive help to my career through the years and helped bag me a few jobs, speaking gigs and ...

Ever wondered how celebrities are using social media? Wonder no more. Below is a presentation I bashed together covering the growing use of social media among people in the public-eye and how it's bringing them closer to their fans. Not ...

I'm using Foursquare more and more these days. It's great for tracking where you've been through the week (or month/whatever), competing with other Foursquare users for mayorships and leader board places and also to stalk friends to see where they ...

Here's a great app by LinkedIn called InMaps which analyses your professional contacts and how they're each connected. It then clusters them together and colour-codes each one and you simply click on the names in a cluster to see the ...

Self Quantification, also known as Personal Informatics, also known as Self Hacking (my preference) is going to shake up how we as individuals live our lives. Quite a profound statement, yes, but one I believe in. Technology has broken down ...

Here is a great presentation via Piaras Kelly delivered (I assume) by the Economist's CEO, Andrew Rashbass, in November last year on how media consumption habits are changing from print to PC to tablet form. The presentation focuses predominantly on ...

Pinterest is no doubt on the radar of most people working in digital at the moment. And rightly so. The headlines it's generated thus far leads us to think it's going to be the next big thing in online sharing ...

Steve Rubel says it's the "end of the road for social media gurus" and I disagree. I think there's a long way to go before people stop earning a wage from specialising in social media. It reminds me of the ...