Monday, September 12th, 2011
‘Bad taste’, ‘goulish’ and ‘wrong, wrong, wrong’ – just a few of the phrases used to describe The Guardian’s reporting of 9/11 in its @911tenyearsago Twitter account.
The idea was to live-tweet the 9/11 attacks as if they were happening in real time.
On face value, @911tenyearsago provided an interesting exploration of ...
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Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
On a typical Sunday, you’ll usually find me enjoying the Sunday papers with a cup of tea in hand. This weekend, I’ll be abandoning my normal lie-in to launch myself across the Manchester Ship Canal on a 250m zip line – all in aid of the Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention ...
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Friday, June 17th, 2011
News that an LA-based PR agency was unceremoniously dumped this week after it sent a thoughtless tweet comes as no surprise. The company in question – Redner Group – got sacked by its biggest client, a video game publisher, after its MD tweeted it would punish bad reviews of its ...
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
Recent statistics have revealed that over 50 per cent of 2011’s graduates will struggle to find any sort of gainful employment. This got me thinking about where I was 12 months ago, when I too was one of those desperate to get a foot in the door.
As a bright-eyed and ...
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
You may be forgiven for thinking that social media is a relatively new invention, spawned by college geeks and digital entrepreneurs. However, a certain maker of plastic containers is now arguing that the true origin of social networking can be found in the quaint image of 1950s domesticity.
Let’s hear it ...
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