Does Twitter rule your life? Not THIS much.

Fancy fifteen minutes of power? Then you may want to send David Perez a tweet this week. This hapless Advertising Recruiter is promising to do everything – provided it’s legal – that his Twitter followers suggest, for a week. What’s more,...
World’s Biggest Coffee Morning – getting started!

World’s Biggest Coffee Morning – getting started!

You may have heard of Macmillan Cancer Support’s magnificent annual fundraising campaign called the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning.  People are encouraged to hold coffee mornings at work, school, in their own homes, etc., to raise money for the Charity....

Google Maps adds property listings

From today, Google offers users the option to see properties for sale and rent as an overlay to UK maps. This free service is clearly of great benefit to the many small businesses who operate as estate agents or letting companies: Google says “We are completely...

A tale of excessive capitalisation

Following my own advice on this very blog, I was updating a company’s presence on Google Places today (previously Google Business Centre; basically, the interface that you update if you want your business to appear on Google Maps). The company in question is a...
Minimalism takes a break

Minimalism takes a break

Google’s homepage is the most-talked-about blank space on the internet. Renowned for its one-option interface and clean minimalism, the page is often cited as a great example of ‘less is more’. It came as a great surprise, last week, then, to see...