Somewhere a musing
In communications at Pearson plc.
Opinions expressed are mine own.
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Yahoo buys Tumblr, brings sexy back
This morning, the rumours were confirmed: Yahoo has secured a $1.1bn deal to buy the fantastic blogging... -
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WAZZOCK
Wazzock was a particularly prevalent—and particularly loutish—insult in the 1990s. At...
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WAZZOCK
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A look inside India 2.0
British broadsheet The Telegraph has been visiting India’s ‘temple of technology’ in a bid to understand how the country’s... -
“What Old People Think About Gay Sex”Filmed with the cooperation of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center. Amazing and perfect.
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Driver’s ed for the social webHomepage is a new Kickstarter project that educates both children and parents on a child’s first foray into the...
Legendary jazz pianist, composer, and arranger Mary Lou Williams, born May 8, 1910 – a remarkable woman in a then-man’s world – in William Gottlieb’s portraits of jazz icons.
Africa’s tech hubs
Business Insider recently named Uganda, Ghana, and Tanzania among the world’s fastest growing economies, with developing countries joining the ranks of “industrialised” nations within the next decade. Take a look at this digital map of Africa’s tech hubs, innovation hubs and hackerspaces.(via Hubs in Africa)
Maya Angelou reads her wonderful children’s poem Life Doesn’t Frighten Me, illustrated by Basquiat.
I love you, Ms Angelou.
When I complete a long blog post then accidentally lose the entire thing
Earlier this week I had the pleasure of attending the CorpComms Social Media in Action conference. It’s hard to pick a favourite speaker since they were all interesting in their own way, but the one with the most ‘wow’ factor for me was Jess Butcher from Blippar.
If you haven’t…
I blipp, you blipp, he/she/it blipps
jump.
One Autocorrect mistake is funny. But when people keep digging themselves deeper? AMAZING. (NSFW-ish language.)
Call me immature, but this will just never get old for me. Actually crying with laughter. Again.
