Category Archives: twitter

Switching socials

Posted on 26 September 2024 by Frank Norman

Changing times When I retired it was an opportunity to make changes in my life. Obviously now I spend less time working (actually no time working), and instead have more time for reading, visiting exhibitions, going for walks/runs, and engaging … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Communication breakdown

Posted on 16 November 2022 by rpg

Twitter is dead. Long live … whatever comes next. Twitter actually died a few years back. It was around about the time when your timeline began to fill up with images. About the same time that The Algorithm started showing … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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What’s Changed? Anything? (#Just1action4WIS)

Posted on 15 December 2015 by Athene Donald

This was the year, amongst other things, of the #distractinglysexy hashtag, as discussed recently on BBC Radio4 here. This hashtag was itself part of the fallout of #Huntgate, the undeserved fall from grace of a Nobel prize winner on the … Continue reading →

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Hacked Off

Posted on 22 April 2014 by Athene Donald

Can one ever escape the workaday grind, successfully avoid slipping over the edge to descend into the chaos I wrote about a little while ago or even manage merely to keep one’s cool despite provocation? There are so many things … Continue reading →

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No Comment

Posted on 12 January 2014 by Athene Donald

Dear Reader I am going to make a complaint. This is a complaint directed to many of you, but by no means all, so bear with me. I know I am not the only blog-writer who feels this way, so … Continue reading →

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Seasonal Lists (and the REF)

Posted on 28 December 2013 by Athene Donald

The end of the year is, by custom, the time for lists. Lists of best (or worst) photos, opening book sentences, or celebrity fashion faux pas; lists of those who died or those who made their film/book/TV/sporting debuts. Think of … Continue reading →

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On Social Media

Posted on 17 October 2013 by rpg

We are social creatures. No doubt there are evolutionary reasons why this is so and why it persists, although I’m not qualified to do more than speculate. However, it seems self evident that there are advantages to acting as a … Continue reading →

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Three Steps to Heaven, Mk II

Posted on 10 October 2013 by rpg

You may remember that two years ago, after much nudging, I created and published a guide for corporate twits. I haven’t tweeted in a corporate capacity since, although I have remained responsible for more ‘serious’ accounts than my personal one, … Continue reading →

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Three steps to Heaven

Posted on 31 October 2011 by rpg

Back in August I finally got around to writing the ‘Corporate Twitter Guide’ they’d been on at me to produce. Being the sort of guy I am, I actually did it in twenty tweets. Because I’ve just spent five minutes … Continue reading →

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