Author Archive
Retail experience at the London Apple Store
Apple store Originally uploaded by Life in LDN Apple’s product launches are legendary. The hype generated by the firm’s (apparent) secrecy surrounding new product launches, as well as leaked photos of the 4th generation Nano, contributed to consumer excitement and eagerness to buy the latest iPod. I was one of the thousands of people who [...]
Life in Twitter Land – a collection of random tweets
I seem to spend more and more time playing around with Twitter. Interstingly the Twitter experience keeps getting better and better as my number of followers increase. I just thought I would feature a few tweets that I either find interesting or that have made me chuckle… I moaned about the ads on the new [...]
Best practices in Social Media: forging relationships
Photo My friend Sylwia tagged me last week in a very interesting discussion meme about the best social media practices. The social media space is evolving quickly, and each community has its own unwritten set of rules, but these rules can only be learnt if you become part of the community. Think for instance about Plurk vs. Twitter - [...]
The horny onion and the scary looking gherkin
This almost sounds like a twisted tale written in Vegetable Land! I am in fact talking about Burger King’s latest Dutch ad campaign, spotted on Marketing Profs Daily fix. After landing in Amsterdam, feeling a little peckish, Paul Williams headed to Burger King and discovered this controversial ad on his tray… [Click here to view [...]
Girl Geek Dinner @ Google
I went to the 3rd Girl Geek Dinners anniversary last night at Google’s HQ in London! It was so exciting to be dining in the offices of an Internet giant! Well I didn’t see their office per se (the security is pretty tight) but they have an awesome restaurant There were a couple of interesting talks [...]
PingMe – What should I be doing?
I just discovered this cool little new tool that will (hopefully!) change my life! PingMe is new website / interface that sends reminders to your email or mobile phone – absolutely brilliant! More information right here
Cool Twitter Tools
Twitter is an awesome social media tool, terribly addictive yet so simple! There are dozens of Twitter tools around to spice your Twitter life up… I just thought I would share with you some of my fav tools and apps… Twitpic – if you are a Twirl user, you’ll be familiar with Twitpic…Twitpic lets [...]
Don’t you just love…
… The Fail Whale? This HAS to be the icon of 2008 In fact I just wanted to make sure I had a Fail Whale on my blog as Twitter’s service seems to be improving. Saying that, Plurk’s timeline can be used a fantastic conversational tool…
Dinner, wine and Twitter!
As mentioned in my previous post, I was invited to my first Twitter Live Wine Tasting last night. Our excellent host Robert McIntosh assisted by Andrew concocted a delicious 5-course meal worth a Michelin star! We were also given the opportunity to sample 5 Hugel & Fils white wines from the [...]
Twitter Live Wine Tasting tomorrow night!
My friend Annie Mole dropped me a line this afternoon asking me if I wanted to take part in a live Twitter / blogging / social media wine tasting tomorrow night, kindly hosted Robert McIntosh. I jumped at the opportunity as I think it’s an interesting strategy that aims to usilise a variety of [...]
2 years young!
Number 2 Originally uploaded by always13 Two years on and the conversation is still going! Whoa! Thanks to everyone for your comments, emails, and thanks to the London social media peeps for being such a cool bunch! In no particular order… @ Willem, @ Corentin, @ Steve, @ Simone, @ Andrea, @ Cedric, @ [...]
Mix your music with Mixwit!
I have just discovered a FANTASTIC new music ‘sharing’ website via Only Dead Fish! Mixwit is a fun “media playground” that allows you to compile artwork, photos, and music in a format that can be easily shared even on WordPress! Thanks for not forgetting java-less WordPress users!)! Mack, check this out! You’ll [...]
