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How to break the internet

How to break the internet

In my first post, I want to pick up on a recent story in a national newspaper. It goes into details on how the internet is cabled and spread across the world, connecting the UK with the states and anywhere with everywhere… The main pipeline to the UK starts in New York and is cabled all the way across the [...]

Are twitter trends a bad thing?

Are twitter trends a bad thing?

Since the trends and search feature became more prominent on the twitter homepage last month we have seen an influx of #hashtag trends, some good, some bad. The good being you see news in real time, we can gauge what people deem important whenever we what. It may be a brief overview but it is definitely a good starting point. [...]

Top 10 Premiership Footballers of 2008 / 2009

Top 10 Premiership Footballers of 2008 / 2009

Well with the Premiership over for another year, this weekend saw United yet again win the title, for the third year in a row. With all the games played and a few surprises, I thought I would share with you my top 10 premiership footballers of the 08 / 09 season and needless to say not many of them are [...]

How to use Tweetdeck – A beginners guide

How to use Tweetdeck – A beginners guide

So after my previous post idea happened to appear somewhere else, I thought I would hold off for a while and create a new one. Tweetdeck (or any third party app) is essential if you want to remain active and communicate with multiple followers on twitter. Here are my tips on how to use it;

Top 10 Celebs on Twitter

Top 10 Celebs on Twitter

Following on from my previous posts about twitter, today I thought I would continue the top 10 theme by covering my top 10 celebs on twitter. To be honest I am not a big celeb fan, infact more of a hater but these are people who tweet often and usually interesting or funny stuff!

Top 10 Twitter Techies

Top 10 Twitter Techies

After missing last week (Holiday) I am back, most of this was written to go out last week but I then went to South Wales and couldn’t get phone reception, let alone a connection to the net! Following my previous 3 posts, I thought we would build a ‘top 10′ trend, based on various areas and genres. Today is my [...]

US Masters Preview – 2009

US Masters Preview – 2009

Well it is that time of the year again, the first of this year’s four golf majors is upon us with the US Masters kicking off at Augusta National today. Timing couldn’t be much better for the golf world with Tiger Woods returning from injury and coming into form, winning at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill a few [...]

Twitter Terminology and Glossary – What you need to know

Twitter Terminology and Glossary – What you need to know

Here we are at our third installment of Twitter Tuesday. So far we have covered my top 10 backgrounds, as well as how to be productive while using twitter. After receiving quite a few questions on the web and twitter about what things mean, I thought today I would cover the twitter terminology and lingo by creating a glossary. I [...]

How to be productive using twitter

How to be productive using twitter

Following on from my top 10 twitter backgrounds last week, welcome to our next installment. After spending something like a month in twitterville I am beginning to get a sense what works, what doesn’t and what is just a complete waste of time. So here is my ‘how to be productive on twitter’, or maybe a more apt ‘how to [...]

F1 2009 Preview and Predictions

F1 2009 Preview and Predictions

Preview of the upcoming 2009 F1 sason by Dave T from DaveonCars. The first race of the season is always exciting, the build up, the changes, the speculation, its fantastic. I don’t think I am alone in thinking that this year is the most exciting start to a season we have ever had. So much has changed over the winter, [...]