Obscene - selling useless bomb detectors to Iraq
Today is a bad day for anyone who likes the idea of integrity and common decency. Take a look at this news story from the BBC about the ADE-651 bomb detector. This baby sells for up to $40,000 a p…
Tagged: the-media
The dumbing down of Twitter starts here?
I'll admit it. Deep within me is a snob. As far as I'm concerned, the online world started heading down hill when you no longer had to know how to install a full TCP/IP stack to use the Internet. M…
Blippy - how do you feel about sharing your purchases?
I recently commented on whether Web 2.0 had 'jumped the shark' in terms of strange applications, and also remarked on whether the biggest threat to online privacy was ourselves. However, I don't thin…
Social Media Bubble....here we come!
Are we heading for a 'speculative bubble' effect in the portions of the media and IT economy that are tied up with Social Media and Social networking? Regular readers will know that I'm something of …
Myleene Klass, 'PC' and PCs
This is a long story in celebrity terms...but stay with me. It's one of those tales where we can't tell who's version of what happened is actually the right one - so many versions of what happened it…
When Twitter gets like TV - lots of repeats!
As some of you may know, I'm a newbie at Twitter. indeed, my first efforts were not impressive, I stopped, then re-joined with better results. My saga and comments are briefly recorded in these two …
The pleasure of the period-piece detective
I think my interest in what might be called 'period piece detectives' started many years ago, when I watched the big screen version of 'Death on the Nile' featuring the wonderful Peter Ustinov as Herc…
Online Exhibitionists affect privacy for us all...
I came up with the title for this piece after reading this article on the BBC Website about people who the authors of a paper called 'online exhibitionists. The idea is that much privacy legislation …
Web 2.0 Jumps the Shark
There is a wonderful phrase in film and TV script writing -'to jump the shark'. It's that point in the history of a TV series where the scripts veer off in to the surreal or when characters suddenly …
Too soon for Social Media Experts?
The Greeks had the Oracle at Delphi; we have consultants. A recent comment on Twitter suggested that the Apocalypse would be heralded by everyone on Twitter being a 'Social Media Expert' - sometimes t…