Posted on Tuesday, December 27, 2005 by Ben Rowe
One of the greatest brands in the UK is Innocent Drinks. I love these guys for a number of reasons. They’re a genuinely ‘good’ brand with a soul and charitable brand strategy to match. Their product is tasty, they don’t take themselves too seriously, and they speak with a human voice. When was the last [...]
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Posted on Thursday, December 22, 2005 by Ben Rowe
Ahh … You have to laugh at SPAM.
I was checking out a few of the knitting blogs that are around (and there are more than a few), and found it hilarious that SPAMers had actually gone to the trouble of posting comments referring to penis enlargement ‘blogs’ – and I use the word ‘blog’ very [...]
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Posted on Monday, December 19, 2005 by Ben Rowe
If you’re generally disorganised like me, you might not have finished your Christmas shopping. If not, why not take a look at Treehugger’s Holiday Gift Guide?
Like it or not, I don’t believe our consumerist culture won’t go away in any hurry. So I think the trend towards environmentally friendly products is the way of the [...]
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Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 by Ben Rowe
Well, it’s been a week now since I last posted. It’s been a busy week. I must admit, it is a struggle to keep up with blogging. It’s so fast paced. I subscribe to the feeds of only 20 blogs (which I guess is a smallish number). All of which are great – I [...]
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Posted on Thursday, December 8, 2005 by Ben Rowe
Seth Godin’s Squidoo now open in public Beta. Definately worth a look. And for a quiet launch, it’s doing rather well. Right now it’s the number one searched item on technorati. Good going for the first day public.
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Posted on Thursday, December 1, 2005 by Ben Rowe
A study out in the last week by Bridge Ratings suggests that there are now 4.8 million users of podcasts, versus 820,000 users in 2004. iTunes’ adoption of podcasts is the clear reason why the growth has been so phenomenal.
So what will happen to blogging growth once it enters the mainstream? Well, news this week [...]
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