Archive for July, 2006

Ethical travel takes off

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006Boom in green holidays as ethical travel takes offJustin Francis, managing director of the firm responsibletravel.com said:Our bookings are double what they were this time last year. We have had this consumer demand [for ethical products] ...

Blogging the war

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006An article today at the wall Street Journal online looks at what are described as Millbloggers or military bloggers[caption id="attachment_2745" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="The Blogs of War"][/caption]Cry Bias, and Let Slip the Blogs of WarJ.P. Borda started a Web ...

Stumbling upon lily@broadband speeds

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006We blogged about lily Allen a while back and the girl has delivered to a live audienceIn a review of her latest gig Midsummer night's queenLilly writesIf only Britain's pagan traditions weren't the preserve of hippies. Then ...

BT goes to Hollywood with universal deal

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006BT's television arm, BT Vision, is set to unveil a groundbreaking deal with leading Hollywood studio Universal films. It will allow the telecoms company to make Universal's films available over its new TV service when it launches later this ...

Social Media and the networked public sphere

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006Can communities dominate politics?Can social media increase and improve civic participation? If so, in what ways?Can social media increase and improve civic participation? If so, in what ways? There's a lot being said and written about the subject ...

Smart learning for the future

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006A round table discussion on the strategies and tools required for education to effectively deliver for the future. Organised by the New Statesman.The discussions range over what type of schools do we need, what technologies should we employ. What motivates ...

A community of Landrovers

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006Land Rover seeks out adventurous web usersLand Rover is tapping into the trend for the user-generated content with the launch of a global community site that encourages people to tell tales of adventure.Internet users share their ...

A global community of Landrover owners

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006Land Rover seeks out adventurous web usersLand Rover is tapping into the trend for the user-generated content with the launch of a global community site that encourages people to tell tales of adventure.Internet users share their experiences, which ...

Placeless but permanently connected

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006Interesting thought from smartspace via wireless watchRamo pointed out that he could very well meet the same people he knows through business in several locations around the planet in a short time. Again, I have experienced this a lot ...

store wars join the organic rebellion

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006a wonderful take on why we should be eating organicMay the organic farm be with you! :-)Use the farm and stretch out your peelings.....Even my son of 8 years old and my daughter of 17 watched this and thought it ...

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