Nov 23
No Dogs Please Thankyou
Nov 23
By working from home during the year it should be possible to escape the worst of the dark winter and go somewhere quiet and sunny like the Cabo de Gata
May 12
Art and science combined in Gormley’s 2000 sculpture called Quantum Field in London
Sep 21
This magnificent historic rail bridge spans a wide section of the river Forth just north of Edinburgh. It’s high and long as well as large in structure, with huge stone pylons and massive steel or iron spans under both compression and tension to hold up the railway tracks with long goods trains passing through regularly decade after decade.
This doesn’t exactly dwarf Brunel’s earlier bridge over the Tamar, but it took engineering up to the maximum level for its time.
Apr 26
Freelancers ‘like being their own boss’
Freelance workers generally love being their own boss, and this is one of the bonuses cited by Journalism.co.uk’s latest Freelancer of the Fortnight, Caspar van Vark.
He said: “Some freelancers like being able to work in their pyjamas, but that’s not for me. I have a desk in a shared office and I put in normal days.
“What I love is being my own boss, and not answering to anyone. I also love the unpredictable nature of freelancing. Assignments can come out of the blue, and I enjoy the variety.”
Apr 25
Social Media still on rise: Comparative global study
Research highlights:
1. Social media is a global phenomenon happening in all markets regardless of wider economic, social and cultural development.
2. Asian markets (not including Japan) are leading in terms of participation, creating more content than any other region
3. All social media platforms have grown significantly over the three Waves: Video Clips are the quickest growing platform, up from 31% penetration in Wave 1 to 83% in Wave 3
4. Social Networks: 57% have joined a Social Network, making it the number one platform for creating and sharing content: 55% of users have uploaded photos, 22% of users have uploaded videos
5. The widget economy – 23% of social network users have installed an application – 18% of bloggers have installed applications in their blog templates
6. Blogs are a mainstream media world-wide and a collective rival to traditional media (184m bloggers world-wide, China has the largest blogging community in the world with 42m bloggers) – 73% have read a blog, 45% have started a blog
7. Social media has strong impacts over brand’s reputation – 34% post opinions about products and brands on their blog – 36% think more positively about companies that have blogs
Social media by waves: Universal McCann survey:
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Feb 18
Cricinfo – Players and Officials – Andy Roberts
Deadpan and deadly. Wicket or boundary, not a flicker of emotion would be evident save a gunslinger’s narrowing of the eyes. Andy Roberts kept his emotions in check. But under the veneer was an intelligent cricketer with a fertile brain, plotting and planning the downfall of batsmen as if it were a military campaign. The modern West Indian game based on the heavy artillery of fast bowlers, that served so well for a quarter of a century, began with him.
Feb 17
Also known as Mr Wiki according to Thayer.
Feb 15
February continues with a return to maintaining the pyjamanating blog, to refresh the links and add some content. OK
Jan 30
