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London’s best kept secret? Why Kingston upon Thames should be on your radar

If you tend to think you should work to live, not live to work, then Kingston upon Thames might just be the place for you. Travelling out of London’s stressful city centre you’ll be guaranteed a seat on the morning commute; why not grab a coffee, catch-up on the day’s news, or just relax before…

March 25, 2010

Twitter Spam

Twitter‘s habit of falling foul to phishing attacks may have come to an end this week as the company announced that it’s stepping up its efforts to eliminate malicious attacks with some new features, described as being able to “detect, intercept, and prevent the spread of bad links before they reach an intended victim.” According…

March 11, 2010

Social networks getting Blippy?

You may have heard about the new US start-up that’s been making the headlines recently. Of course, it’s yet another social network. But this is a social network with a very different twist. Backed by a Twitter co-founder, the site is called Blippy. Much of the design, functionality and user experience mirrors Twitter. It requires…

March 10, 2010

Movie animation and social media planning: two peas in a pod?

These two disciplines may seem like unlikely bedfellows, but bear with me, the analogy works out in the end. I was recently reading a book called Pixarpedia, a behind-the-scenes look at Disney Pixar’s film studio. Almost as soon as I’d opened the first page, the foreword from their CEO, Andrew Stanton, struck a chord: “When…

March 4, 2010