How do you turn a Twitter account into a book? Today, we’re looking at two writers who’ve done exactly that. The first is Justin Halpern who writes S** My Dad Says. Two years ago, he moved back in with his cantankerous father, a retired doctor and Vietnam veteran. Halpern started posting his dad’s most outrageous [...]

Will businesses ever learn? Customers are all that count and, in the age of social media, there really is no reason NOT to consult them before launching any new development that ultimately affects them. Gap learned a valuable lesson when it changed its logo last October, after it faced the wrath of a baying virtual [...]

Smartphones, cloud computing, social media, podcasts, video-streaming…the whole world is switched on and tuned-in to the digital revolution. There’s little question that the tables have turned on ‘old media’ with a shift towards, well, new media. But speculation abounds as to whether traditional media will evolve or whether it will go the way of the [...]

There are planned changes at Ning which mean all their free online social networks are closing as they move to a premium paid service. While this may disrupt many online groups of artists, photographers & designers who operate primarily through ning services, we would like to make it clear that the blur Designs network will remain [...]