Month: August 2009

  • Facebook moves beyond youth choice to become the people's choice

    There was much of interest in the 6th annual Ofcom Communications Market Report issued earlier this month.  Highlights include that “Communications spend appears relatively robust when compared to alternative claims on disposable income” ie meals and nights out.  Mobile usage has overtaken landlines for the first time in the UK in the first half of…

  • Beware overconfidence as the recession starts to ease it's grip

    The recession is over according to Newsweek.  And not only is the recession over, the magazine goes on to assert in an August issue, also the US will emerge on top.  Now following the old saying when America sneezes the world catches cold, if America perks up we should all feel the benefit.

  • Every team needs a Xavi and an Iniesta as well as a Messi

    A couple of weeks ago I had two brushes with celebrity.  The first was a visit to a regular haunt in Marlow called the Hare and Hounds.  This rather lovely pub/restaurant has now been taken over by the winners of the BBC2 reality show starring Raymond Blanc “The Restaurant”.  Michelle and Russell from Essex have…