Facebook behaviour: Are you a clicker or a liker?

A new study published on All Facebook today suggests that your sex and age has a big impact on whether you like, click or just ignore Facebook ads. I seem to have learnt to block them out over the years, whether it's "social media overload" or just the fact I'm getting freaked out by seeing…

The invasion of the iPad: Now on planes, trollies AND bin lorries?

Gone are the days of iPads being solely reserved for that pretentious guy in the corner of the coffee shop. Recently they've started to pop up in more and more unusual places, they're in our schools, on our buses and in our offices, which is actually no surprise given how compact, slick and intuitive the…

10 iPhone apps to make you more productive: Instapaper, Evernote and Audioboo

It's often hard to remember that mobile apps aren't just all about angry little birds and retro photography. There are plenty of apps available that have been cleverly designed to make you more efficient, productive and most importantly close Tweetdeck down and STOP PROCRASTINATING. The key thing to remember with productivity apps is that you…

Five networks for curation and inspiration

Gone are the days of cutting inspiring images out of magazines and pritt-sticking them all over a sad looking scrapbook. Now there are a range of different online networks specially designed to help you curate images and photos that interest and inspire you. It seems like quite a niche little hobby, but it's amazing just…

10 Cool Facebook brand pages

It's safe to say A LOT of businesses, from Coca-Cola to that dodgy hairdresser on the corner of your street, have a Facebook page. I'm sure if we were online marketeers or social media practitioners or 'Facebook experts' (LOL) then we'd be sat around discussing click through rates, return on investments, levels of engagement, numbers…

Best apps for looking at the stars

Unless you read specialist publications or blogs, you probably won't be aware of the exciting things going on in the sky every night. Certainly, the mainstream media tends to think we're all much more interested in what's happening on Celebrity Big Brother than whether there's an eclipse or a really rare (and scarily close) meteor…

Anna's Goodbye to ShinyShiny: Steve Jobs is Moving On & So Am I

ShinyShiny readers: Steve Jobs is moving on, and so am I. Don't know how often I'll get to make this comparison so while I can I'm milking it TO THE FULL. I'm moving on after 2 years of editing ShinyShiny - my first and favourite blog. Since taking over the reins from Shiny luminaries Zara…

Jux: Just what you need – a new blogging platform – no really

It is not often that we get to herald the birth of a new blogging platform. Apps, sure they happen every day. Content curation systems - well about three a week. But blogging platforms!? The last was Posterous and that was three years ago. Tumblr, which still seems quite new is actually four years old…

Steve Jobs retires: Five Videos of His Most Inspirational Moments

He's the techworld's ultimate showman and here's a collection of some of his finest moments. There are technical pyrotechnics, but Steve Jobs is about a lot more than just razzle dazzle. An old cynic like me doesn't like to use the word "inspirational" too much, but he really is. And not just to computer engineers…