blending the mix

So what did you want to be when you grew up? Train Driver? Bus Driver, Doctor?
Did you want to help, make, break or invent something?
We all had dreams as kids and in our simple little world nothing was impossible. Whatever they were, I think we can boil these down to just four categories:

Help
Make
Break
Invent

So what did […]

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I wanted to attend Fuel Conference for three main reasons:
1) Tara Hunt - Talking about the subject of her new book - The Whuffie Factor
2) Ted Hunt - Innocent Drinks, talking about how they have embraced social media to become one of the UK’s most revered brands (for more than just their product)
3) Alex Hunter […]

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Despite Plurk enjoying more of my attention recently, after a fair bit of conference Twittering at the great Fuel-Conference (organised by Carsonified - much more to come shortly!) I thought I’d get a better idea of how and when my Twittering has taken place.
This follows my recent Twitter content overview from TweetCloud - and has […]

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UPDATE: The Boleg Brothers videos have just been show on BBC1 show The Apprentice! Get in there!
Thanks go to my Apprentice PiC (Stephen) for this genius find from The Boleg Brothers

The Apprentice started out life as an attempt to provide formerly intelligent people with an opportunity to work for one of the UK’s most successful […]

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On the LG blog, Chris demo’s some of the new features of the new LG Secret - I am sure he is thinking of letting me demo one too but until then, look at the darts and fishing games. Awesome! And something I am thinking of developing for the new iPhone:
Enjoy:

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I have long been a fan of WLW and have been using it since it first launched in beta. In fact, I love it so much that I recommend many of my corporate blog clients use it too!
Why? Familiarity. Authors of widely varying skills can easily post to a blog with little or no additional […]

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At Thinking Digital, I was moved to see and hear Jonathan Harris and his work. Jonathan is an unassuming chap. Quiet, but self-confident and I, like Steve was blown away with some of the work he showed us!
I want to show you some of his work including the links because I think the only way […]

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In the first of its kind in the UK, Orange are now offering free access to social networks (Facebook and MySpace mentioned by name) as part of their tariff pricing.

Orange - free texts, Facebook and Myspace
Woah….now Vodafone are selling Unlimited Internet add-ons saying that you can get unlimited Facebook access. (can you tell I am […]

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Did I tel you I was nominated in the Computer Weekly Blog Awards Best Web 2.0 and Business Blog category?
No, well…I have! Thanks guys!
Just look over there ———>

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Wowsers!
Someone thinks highly of me - ok, so I think highly of me but when you are talking about spreading your own Global Microbrand having an ego doesn’t do you any harm!
I am hoping to be included ON MERIT in the web 2.0 category for best Web 2.0 business blogs. Why? Most of you […]

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