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All the things that capture my attention as they pass onto my desk

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  • Student Cash Giveaway on Aug 11, 2009 in Students

    Abbey is giving away £50 an hour, every day, for 30 days in a huge cash giveaway to promote its student account. All you need to do is the following: 1) Be a student 2) Become a fan of their 'Abbey Students' Facebook PageSounds pretty simple, right?

  • The 'Experience' Experience on Apr 18, 2009

    On the way to the commuter train every day, I pass a sushi bar in the station. Next to the company logo are the words ‘More Than Sushi’. Normally, I walk past it without a second glance, but this week has been one of my fish-craving ones, so I st...

  • Twitter: Because we have to know there's sunshine somewhere on Apr 18, 2009

    Image Credit: istockphoto.com & Smashing Magazine Twitter IconLogging on to Twitter on a gloomy, overcast English morning, I was cheered to find that someone had tweeted: ‘WOOOHOOO!!! Sunshine and warm today in Minneapolis!’ It made me smi...

  • How Much is Too Much? on Apr 11, 2009

    It is eleven o’clock on a Friday evening, and you have been working now for seventeen hours. Your brain is barely functioning, your fingers keep hitting the wrong keys, and you keep stealing glances at your watch, knowing you’re going to miss the...

  • In Weakness There Is Strength on Apr 11, 2009

    Six Degrees of Separation – the idea that you are connected to everyone else in the world by no more than six links – has been championed throughout the world of social media since the latter’s conception. The further in we go, and the more fr...

  • Wordle on Apr 10, 2009

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  • Wise Words from Dr. Seuss on Apr 8, 2009

    ‘Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.’ – Dr. SeussWise words from another children’s author. Yet in this age of branding, of social media, of digitisation to the extreme, how are we to know...