Archive for the ‘Social Media’ Category

Listening To The Spin Doctor Within

Sunday, October 31st, 2010

I would suggest that it is an occupational hazard of many media or cultural studies students to spend much of their lives seeking meaning, however unintentional, in any cultural text which they encounter. For clarification, the definition of cultural text is at once both ambiguous and diverse. The most accurate definition ...

Everything Changes …

Sunday, October 10th, 2010

Change is everywhere, except perhaps in our pockets!! Around the ivory towers of this website, it has been no different, so I thought it was time for a quick update for my loyal following … in other words, I needed to remind myself! The biggest change around here will see two ...

From Massachusetts to Merseyside

Saturday, October 9th, 2010

This article was originally published at live4Liverpool on Friday October 8, 2010, and features an interview that I was fortunate enough to conduct with a lifelong supporter of the Boston Red Sox. Baseball may well be 'America's Game', but it certainly does not enjoy the same popularity in the UK as ...

An Evening At The Local? Hello To The Twitter Arms

Monday, September 20th, 2010

“What’s this Twitter thing all about?” is a question I’m often asked by the mystified. Trying to explain in terms of ‘follows’, ‘tweets’ and ‘#hashtags’ often produces a glazed look and a visible thought bubble appears ... I then tend to explain using the analogy of a social forum we all ...

Tweet On Through The Wind …

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

So the Premier League is up and running again, giving 9 months of hopes, fears and palpitations to fans, not only across the land, but globally. I suppose I always knew that English football had international appeal, having seen how much it meant to so many in South Africa, a time ...

Edgbaston … Home Sweet Home

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

It is Test Match week at Edgbaston, for me personally one of the most special events of the year. Cricket, friends and a few beers.

Cool Runnings, Peace be the Journey

Sunday, August 1st, 2010

The phrase, “Life is a Roller Coaster”, is one of the most oft used metaphors in describing contemporary life. However, with technology advancements seemingly reducing global dimensions, it sometimes appears that the roller coaster is actually more symbolic of a large bubble. If you combine the two, you materialise something akin ...

Take Me Walking Naked in the Rain

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Musings at the end of a very long week, but thoroughly refreshed by a long walk in the rain ... and a pint!! Will update with a full post over the weekend. It’s been a long week :)

Inspired in Adversity … it is God’s Will

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

The last few days, today especially, have offered me a perfect illustration of life’s contrasts and the beauty that all of those variations present us. I have often spoken of my admiration for Nelson Mandela, and I am absolute in the esteem in which I hold him, on the day that ...

Small Thoughts, Big Impact

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

It is funny how how significant historical moments can often remind you of what you were doing at the time. I remember exactly where I was on the Sunday afternoon that Nelson Mandela was released, but heaven only knows what I did the day before, or after for that matter! I ...