There are calls from the BMA for the UK government to raise a 20% tax on sugary drinks with an aim to tackle obesity [source: BBC]. The goal is beyond doubt an honourable one, but the goal is not the problem. This is doomed to failure and simply will not result in long term behavioural…
This morning Scotland got a new newspaper, The National. It’s the daily newspaper that supports an independent Scotland. The paper is doomed to fail, which will delight some and trouble others, but boys and girls, whichever way your emotions are inclined toward this is irrelevant to the learnings that can be taken from it. By…
LoveDaPop, recent Dragon’s Den candidates, recipients of £70,000 of investment from Peter Jones [Originally linked website no longer exists] and Saatchi & Saatchi London employees have shown just how utterly shit they are at social media. They cynically attempted to promote their product on the back of the London riots:
Shite the kilt I must be popular, I’ve been tagged twice for this malarky! Richard at Makakmedia sprung it upon me and then Paul at Northsouthmedia just got me too. So I better get this done before every other bugger on the planet has done it.
Beware The Charlatans, ladies and gentlemen beware. The Charlatans are far too prevelant on the web. Of course I am not referring to the excellent indie band of the 1990s but rather their online namesakes. The Charlatans are plentiful and give the rest of us web professionals a bad name. Some are easier to spot…