Social media at a personal level
Shamelessly lifted and edited from blog.hubspot.com is an excellent article illustrating the meteoric rise to fame that Justin Bieber has seen in the last year. Well worth reading the full version but if you can’t be arsed then I’ve summarized it here. Justin Bieber is the most searched for celebrity on the internet and has [...]
Shiny, unhappy people
I shamelessly stole this title from an illuminating article in New Scientist (2739/40/41) in which the author talks about the risk of modern man being enslaved by gadgets, technology and (demanding) services. I am old enough (44) to remember a time before mobile phones, email, Facebook and Gowalla – it now seems odd if I [...]
Using social media to promote events
For the last 8 or 9 years I have been holding DJ events in and around the Halifax area mainly due to a lack of good quality house music available locally. When my friends and I first started holding events, at least a month before we would start with the promotion to spread the word. [...]
Philharmonic Orchestra get Connected
Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra have been in continuous existence since 1862 making them (possibly) the oldest complete orchestra in the world. Over recent years the audience levels have been dropping and the newly elected VP, Peter Lewis, decided it was time to drag the Orchestra into the 21st century and commissioned Connected to review the online [...]
