As Social Media Week kicked off on Monday in London, amid all the online noise the This Is Not An Insight tumblr stood out like a shining beacon of common sense. While keen tweeters dispensed ‘aphorisms’ left, right and centre, This Is Not An Insight cut them down to size mercilessly, neatly highlighting why live-tweeting from an event is nowhere […]
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Why I decided to quit Foursquare
For the past couple of years, location-based content and apps have been trumpeted as the NBT (Next Big Thing). The initial excitement and success of start-ups, such as 4square and Gowalla, seemed to herald a new era for forward-thinking digital creatives and tech superstars. I admit I was late to the party. I got an HTC Desire in Feb 2011 […]
Read moreWhy Nikon’s Facebook ‘epic fail’ wasn’t really that bad
Major fuss today over on the Facebook page of Nikon, after it posted a status update that enraged many of its followers. The Japanese camera company’s fans took offence at the suggestion that equipment was more important than the photographer. Nikon received almost 1500 comments, many of which blasted the company for being too concerned about their own equipment and […]
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