Regular readers of the blog (of which, admittedly, there aren’t many) will probably have been wondering why the lack of updates recently. The reasons are many and varied but the day job has been pretty hectic, lots of important and creatively draining meetings have been distracting me, I’ve been doing some serious decorating on our ramshackle 150 year old house and also I’ve been on holiday – see the pic of me and the little terror on the beach for proof.

On the holiday front, the weather in Whitby, North Yorkshire, on a north facing bit of coastline facing the North Sea in September no less, was absolutely fantastic. I had envisaged some ‘Withnail & I’ style “We’ve gone on holiday by mistake” disaster. I have somehow managed to jam my way into booking the best two weeks of the summer off for my hols. Gloat.

Anyway, I had hoped to have some posts ready to come out of draft form and into the cold, hard, critical light of “teh internets” but sadly I have been too busy not looking like a Goth to finish them. Expect some Augmented Reality stuff, some comment and ham-fisted analysis on Twitter’s recent change to their Ts&Cs and a comparison of some of the most popular Twitter desktop clients.

Anyway, here’s a cracking video from Socialnomics09 that – as well as having some lovely typography – also sums up some of the potential for Social Media. Enjoy.

maharishi era

There’s not many people who haven’t grown up with the Beatles, I’d imagine that – like me – they remind you of long trips with the parents in a Cortina, probably biscuit coloured. Some uncharitable types might say they were a teensy bit overrated and that their solo careers were more or less consistently awful (frog chorus or my sweet lord anyone?).

Anyway, Rock Band, the logical conclusion to Guitar Hero, have  got together with Harmonix and Passion Pictures and released this trailer to pimp out the fact that they are releasing the Beatles version of the game. And id it is quite simply beautiful, enjoy.