Real world social values and social networking
Kate Carruthers Social media and social networking do not reduce the need for good social skills. Rather, the disconnection from physical presence in online communication makes social skills (what some call EQ)…
Kate Carruthers
My dog and her new food
My dog T-dog* is a somewhat bolshie little beast and she does not like it when I travel away from home overnight (I’ll come back to this fact later). Recently…
Digital citizens need real world knowledge too
It was fascinating to be at the inaugural Digital Citizens event in Sydney last week – the topic was: Private Parts: Personality and Disclosure – Finding a Balance in the…
detective Caturday
moar Lolcats
International Women’s Day 2010 #IWD
It is fascinating to note on this International Women’s Day that one of our major newspapers has an article titled “Gender pay gap shows no sign of abating“ The gender…
Engagement marketing is about people
The best place to see engagement marketing in action is in a small town that is not far from a large shopping centre. Here the shopkeepers know that if they…
realtime really? my slides from #media140
Spoke during the last session of the day at Media 140 Perth about realtime web and how it might evolve into an internet of connected people and things. Our evolution…
#febusave update – nearly 9,000 women signed up
Nearly 9,000 women signed up for the Febusave 2010 campaign, for example: 2,307 pledged to give up buying lunch 1,118 pledged to give up treats 162 pledged to give up…
Why I’m probably not a social media expert and neither are you
Over the past few years a plethora of Social Media Experts* have cropped up and their tweets, posts, podcasts etc serve up a cacophony of advice and pontification. Here’s a…
Progress report on my #febusave pledge
For the month of February I decided to give up driving to work and bank the savings. It’s been surprisingly easy to catch the train each day, even if it…