Are web algorithms hiding information from us? Are Facebook, Google, Netflix and others marching so quickly towards personalised content that they are showing us what they think they want us to see rather than what we need to see?
A few…
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How many phone numbers do you remember off by heart?
I stopped remembering phone numbers back in 1999, when I got my first mobile phone. I know my parents home phone number, my phone number, and maybe one or two others.
Now tell me how…
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Twitter has completely changed the way we communicate. How we communicate with the people behind brands, how we communicate with friends, how we communicate with celebrities and sports stars, and how we share photos.Mashable is the authoritative…
It's July in London. It's already 28 degrees and it's only 10:30am. You rush down the steps of Oxford Circus tube, swipe your Oyster Card and rush down to the Victoria Line. It's busy and it's hot. You feel hot. You've already felt the river…
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One of my New Year's resolutions this year was to visit more countries and cities that I've never been to. It seems odd that with all the work travel I do, that I've never been to Ireland.
A week previous to the Ireland trip, I was with a…
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I've been looking for this image for weeks, and finally found it. If you're a Mac owner like me, save this as your desktop for a week - it'll look fantastic. Continuing my series of creativity posts...
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Plastic bags are both mundane and very useful at the same time. If you shop at Tesco, Waitrose or another UK supermarket regularly, you'll no doubt have a stash of plastic bags under the sink or behind the door, all branded with the supermarkets…
This throwback, nostalgic post was inspired by this post over on BuzzFeed. I thought I'd add more of a UK spin :)Weren't the 90's great? Here's 13 items that you usually saw in the playground, round someones wrist, on someones forehead…
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I'm going to deep dive into philosophy and science for this post, stick with me! I often joke (maybe I shouldn't after you read this post) that something catastrophic will happen on the 21st December 2012. This all stems from an article I read…
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