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I woke up to the potential of the web in 1995 when I picked up a copy of the first UK edition of Wired magazine. I find any medium of communication and self-expression inherently interesting, particularly so in this case when there is effectively no barrier to engagement and everyone can participate.

These days I’m fortunate enough to be able to indulge this interest as I work in the area of social media, which is simply marketing speak for the way the web has always functioned. This site collects my blog along with a few other bits and pieces that represent what I’m thinking and what I’m up to.

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WHAT I'M BLOGGING

Read the latest posts I've made to my blog. I've included a selection of older posts to give you a flavour of what I write about below:

Say you want a revolution...

I really like this quote. I wish I had this grasp of the commercial possibilities of the web back in 1998. It makes me feel I’ve been playing catch-up for all the time that has passed since. We now use words like web 2.0 and social media as a shorthand for describing some of the things Jeff is talking about. He doesn’t use them because... read post >>

Is never a waste...

Three topics I’d like to see on the curriculum: corporate history, historical ecology and network theory... read post >>

Google, privacy and ID cards...

There was an article on Channel 4 news last night that did not break with the great tradition of entirely missing the point where privacy issues are concerned. The thrust of the piece was that the search engines may have to carry a prominent ‘warning’ about the fact they store data about what you search for... read post >>

Rejoice fellow creature... all is ours!

I found an absolutely brilliant little book just the other day. It’s called ‘The Calendar Riots’ and is not available in the shops. The introduction reads: “A scurrilous and perpetual datebook for daily use, entirely calculated to excite unbridled licence in grown persons and promote immorality in the young ones of both sexes; decorated with numerous copper plates curiously drawn and elegantly engraved.” read post >>

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