Over the last few weeks I have found myself on a journey learning about a new concept on the internet; the semantic web. The writer and inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners Lee, began writing about the concept in 1999, much progress has been made since. The term ‘semantics’ is one of the three branches of ‘semiotics’ which the Oxford English Dictionary defines as “the study of signs... 

My grandad called yesterday to announce he had “found a great company online called Finlux”. According to their website they are the world’s third largest television manufacturer. A look over their product list reveals budget prices and impressive specifications. I was sceptical. Why in my 21 years on this planet had I not heard of this manufacturer? I had to investigate further. I had two choices: 1)   ... 

Each year we ritually ponder upon our own frailties and answer with a New Year’s Resolution. In 2012 I am going to slow down. To slow down brings connotations of a great writer bathing in self-gratification of his own success as if to say, “Enough is enough. Today I have achieved everything that I would have hoped for in life and the rewards have been generous in return.” This New Year’s resolution... 

In the same way that newspapers have been warned that they should adapt or die, the PR industry shares the same fate. In a recent podcast I touched upon the subject of news gathering, how style and context must adjust to the media channel a user is accessing. The task of a PR professional is to ensure that one press release can maintain an identical narrative across all communication channels – in... 

July 2008 past UK PM, Gordon Brown, became embroiled in a debate concerning data sharing rules after a civil service department lost data which was claimed to be hidden under an “old pals” regulatory system. In response the UK Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas (succeeded by Christopher Graham in June 2009), released a report lobbying for increased transparency between Government, Private... 

Hiding behind a veil of words is easy. “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” – Oscar Wilde Credibility is often casually exchanged with fraud to decipher interactions on the internet. The truth is that unless you have physically met an individual then it is difficult to evaluate the integrity of one’s online identity. Yet identity... 

Is it possible that social search and networking could be a limiting the scale of the internet? Watch the below video where I attempt to explain what I mean…   Thoughts?    Read More →

If you haven’t got an invite for Google+ then don’t worry, it will spread like a virus. Already Mashable are reporting that Google+ may have approximately 10 million users and the network has only been around since the end of June. This is unprecedented growth; Google may have finally found a way into the Social Networking world. We should all be surprised. Google Buzz project was one attempt... 

“We all have this spiritual gift of reason It would be a blasphemy to turn it down. We are all Kings so put on your crown”     Socrates The above three verses conclude a poem I wrote in sixth form, it got published through the school in a book containing a larger collection of poems. Whilst all the poems featured an iambic pentameter which beat like a broken pacemaker (including mine),... 

A Duck's Back It should be water off a duck’s back. At least that is what my granddad would say but yet I find myself in a dilemma. Is being labelled strange, creepy or eccentric good? Such terms are usually depraved in nature, rich in connotations of the most peculiar sort and have caused me to consider that perhaps the way I think or approach social situations is different. Although to call... 

David Willetts on BBC News A deeply agnostic Universities Minister, David Willetts, appeared on BBC News yesterday morning discussing the possibility of creating extra places for those students who could cover all of their higher education expenses although I must add that this is only a possibility. By every means this is an interesting point of view but one which should be considered at arm’s... 

Achieve a good grade at University Find a job after I graduate Quit smoking Do more exercise each week Find a girlfriend Have a book published Read more fictional books Read more factual books Buy trendier clothes Learn how to play guitar like Jeff Waters Pass my driving test Tidy up my bedroom   Relax.    Read More →