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The notion that social media is a great leveller is wrong

02.11.2011 6 comments

For someone as active as I am in social media, perhaps the title of this blog entry is a little extreme. But bear with me. Or, to be more precise, bear with me those of you in the ever dwindling band of people who are going to read this. This […]

Technology

An idea for a little Facebook mashup for travellers

26.10.2011 0 comments

For the first time in ages, Facebook has me hooked on a new feature – the ‘Cover’ image (the large image at the top) in the new profile timeline. If you don’t know what I am on about, see this and this for how to enable it. OK, this ‘Cover’ […]

Technology

Video | Keynote at Committee of the Regions

21.10.2011 0 comments

Technology

How to work with a web design freelancer

17.10.2011 1 comment

I have been working freelance for more than 4 years now. Yet many of the same difficulties keep on appearing. So here’s my slightly tongue-in-cheek guide about how to work with me, to make sure everything runs smoothly.

Technology

The cheapest way to get an iPhone 4S in the UK

10.10.2011 2 comments

What’s the cheapest way to get an iPhone 4S legitimately in the UK? That’s the conundrum that’s been confronting me for the past few days. I’ve been on a £30/month contract with O2 for my old iPhone 3G, but I’m sure I can do better. I’m a medium data user […]

Technology

Fix My Street – anywhere!

02.09.2011 13 comments

At tech conferences I regularly hear references to Fix My Street (UK) or SeeClickFix (USA). Essentially these are sites that allow you to very easily submit reports of small, everyday urban problems (potholes, broken street lights, dumped rubbish etc.) But there are loads of equivalents across the globe. Here’s a […]

Technology, UK Politics

It’s high time Labour started thinking up a tech policy

01.09.2011 0 comments

I had an interesting discussion this morning in Oslo with an old friend (Hallstein Bjercke) and his colleague at IKT Norge, Torgeir Waterhouse. IKT is the trade association for the Norwegian IT sector, and Hallstein and Torgeir work on IT and tech policy questions with Norwegian politicians on a daily basis. […]

EU Politics, Technology

If 2011 were to be Denmark’s Facebook election, the left would clean up

31.08.2011 8 comments

I know that Facebook numbers are not everything. It’s about change in the real world, activism etc. But if at least clicking a ‘Like’ button on Facebook is some sort of symbol of political engagement, then this is how the Danish political parties stack up before the election due on […]

EU Politics, Technology, UK Politics

Why a change of generation is not going to make politicians’ net comms more interesting

30.08.2011 3 comments

In a variety of different ways I’ve been working with politicians on the net for more than a decade now. At one level it’s fine work – everyone knows the future is going to be online, right? It’s cheaper to communicate online than it is through traditional media, so the […]

Technology

How to follow a breaking news event on social media

23.08.2011 1 comment

For good or bad we’ve had a glut of gripping stories this summer, those sit-glued-to-the-TV moments where everyone wants to know what’s going on. For me the Oslo / Utøya attacks, the London riots, and the rebel advance on Tripoli have been three such events. Only now there is a […]