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Via Mr Greg Marshall floating my funky boat this afternoon... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1XGcGkiqjY

Nexus 4 is here! New Micro Sim on order. Productivity down. http://www.google.com/nexus/4/

On a plate for Mr David E. Anderson - BRIAN ENO By LAURIE ANDERSON http://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/brian-eno/#_

there's lots to not like about Microsoft (history and technology)... but even if you just concentrate on "today" this image really doesn't help does it? Would you buy some (unproven) tech from this guy? http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-29/microsofts-steve-ballmer-does-not-fear-dropbox-or-an-office-less-ipad#p1

    ONLY in NEW YORK CITY!! Best Panhandling Stunt EVER?????! If you've ever ridden the NYC subway ( or any subway for that matter) You will really enjoy this! I just wish Id been on this train when this happened! #newyorkcity   #subway   #nycstreet   #newyorker   #newyorkerssay   #iluvny   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47e3vjA_4uc

BlackBerry Z10 review: a new life, or life support? http://bit.ly/XJTuZe

I have a Nexus 4 on order (woohoo!) Thanks alison adams for (wo)manning the refresh button! https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_4_16gb&feature=md

I had some sport with a scammer on the phone today.... please have a listen :) 1 Civic Duty Point for Stevie. https://soundcloud.com/sadams/messing-with-the-windows

The Daily Mali. Seeing more news about the troubled country of Mali.. my brain jumped to a vision of a populist daily newsrag... and I imagined (someone, talented and motivated, not me then) creating a lovely website pastiche... Of course it's been thought of by somebody else - the very funny Milton Jones a few weeks ago ( https://twitter.com/MaliDaily/status/290868904409059328 ) ... however it seems he didn't think to check before tweeting,... as a Daily Mali already exists... in the Twitter... https://twitter.com/MaliDaily

This is in the news again.. so digging out this lovely test/quiz. All good questions - my fave being: What is the correct response when someone drops a tray in the middle of a canteen? http://realcitizenshiptest.co.uk/quiz.php?n=1

Pretty Stunning (eh Charlie Adams ) original by etoilec1 on youtube here (appears he got a takedown on the soundtrack - although that's odd given the number of parodies out there). PSY - Flipbook STYLE GANGNAM Par Etoilec1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjo41hvToaA

Big George Orwell Season on BBC Radio4 this month. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pyz0z/features/about

Some new Wayne Shorter via NPR  Review of this band'#s London Concert from 2011. http://www.npr.org/2013/01/27/170099510/first-listen-wayne-shorter-without-a-net?sc=tw&cc=twmp

I Like this "GOOGLE’S EVIL PLAN - Get people to use the Internet more". (That's "The Internet" on web pages - not pseudo websites hidden is silos) via David E. Anderson  http://www.blindfiveyearold.com/google-evil-plan

This is brilliantly done. Lance Armstrong: Creep. http://www.vimeo.com/58191312

If you missed Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back I have a gif for you.

I've seen this  influentialalbums.com site/quiz about a dozen times on FB... yet nobody knows who's behind it. This link gets you to a list of the albums (I'm asuming it's correct - I don't know):  https://gist.github.com/4643270 Some have suggested it's by Amazon - but I think that's because they were the adverts they were (personally) served. The domain is registered privately (secretly) and there's nothing on the site to explain who's behind it. There's lot's of complaints about "missing albums"... Call me cynical but I think they will have "designed in controversy" in order to "maximise engagement" and promote conversation. It seems to be working.. and (I expect, am I wrong?) all those FB users will be leaking their (and their friends' data) to the secret people who set it up. *Note: I know it doesn't matter and that FB users are very careful at protecting their personal information using the powerfu...

I read Simon Hoggart's Saturday Diary column most weeks, I particularly enjoy the 'labels & signs' reader contributions. In the age of UGC & social media sharing it feels rather quaint in a newspaper column (admittedly read on my tablet). "Loads of signs, warnings and minatory nonsense this week. Companies continue to treat us like idiots. I fear I have lost the names of the readers who sent in a picture of "Tesco pudding rice. Ideal for rice puddings". And there is the packet of "sketching pencils" from WH Smith, labelled "ideal for sketching". Of course that is not enough; we're told: "During all creative activity we suggest you wear overalls and/or old clothing, and that you cover furnishings and flooring." That's for pencils. What would they recommend for paints? Wetsuits? Pam Laurance was baffled by a packet of "mini-mansize tissues", but not as baffled as Tina McKay was by a recruiting ad in this p...

Been a long way for our friend the Android  Robot What could be his next evolution after Key Lime Pie ? Image from Manu Cornet  http://www.bonkersworld.net/

Google+ grows to become 2nd largest social platform globally Wow, that was quick! Like I had said before it was only a matter of time! It's also interesting to note the decline in Chinese based social media sites... Google+, who despite being branded a failure or ghost town by large portions of the media, grew in terms of active usage by 27% to 343m users to become the number 2 social platform. Interestingly for Google, YouTube (not previously tracked by us as a social platform) comes in at number 3, demonstrating the immense opportunity of linking Google’s services through the G+ social layer. This is also a key indication of why Google+ integrated with the Google product set is so key to the future of search and the internet. We’ve got more coming on Google+ later this week as well. Source: GlobalWebIndex  Link: http://goo.gl/hgU4k #Google+ cc: Sergey Brin Louis Gray Natalie Villalobos Brian Rose Eric Schmidt Vic Gundotra

This week's KAL's cartoon http://econ.st/14erDr7

James Richardson's European football papers review - video These paper reviews are perfectly formed pieces of art. Come for the punning opening, stay for the gratuitous full-frontal cake shot. http://gu.com/p/3daqp http://gu.com/p/3daqp

Slick on Bowie. Visconti on Bowie. Slick [feat. Bowie] http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/q-a-david-bowie-guitarist-earl-slick-on-secret-new-album-sessions-20130125 http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/david-bowies-the-next-day-album-a-track-by-track-preview-20130115 I'd never hear this track (from 2003) Earl Slick With David Bowie Isn't it evening.wmv Must give the album a spin...  http://www.rdio.com/artist/Earl_Slick/album/Zig_Zag/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG3Kasq-ts4

And, just think this was before they had IP over Avian Carriers (IPoAC), aka Internet by pigeon.  Which, by the by, really does work. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/its-official-carrier-pigeons-are-faster-than-rural-internet/173

Charlie Adams should have a go at this:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/500words/2013/

http://metaphorage.blogspot.com/2013/01/watch-that-language.html

Don't think I'll be coaching this on the w/e: World's craziest free kick? Thai side Muangthong United's head-first set piece — video http://gu.com/p/3dah9 http://gu.com/p/3dah9

Secondary School League Tables out... here's our local ones... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/education/school_tables/secondary/11/html/815.stm?compare=8154605+8154075+8154052+8154076+8154004

Charlie Adams check out  http://learn.googleapps.com/ You are already flying with this stuff... have a look and see what else you can learn! http://learn.googleapps.com/

Odd. I just saw this as a paid ad/sponsored post on FB. Complete with typos... and the company is based in Walsall. I don't live near Walsall. https://www.facebook.com/pages/NBJTiling-ad-friendly-gardening-services-LTd-07415901969/253535618019127

alison adams your tracking id :)

Ok, brain. I've had about enough of this nonsense. (This worked pretty well on my phone. Not sure about the desktop.) http://i.imgur.com/yI9zBaE.jpg

The new Facebook Graph Search is spreading out to more people, and a new Tumblr blog is up to spotlight how it can lead to some potentially embarrassing search results. http://searchengineland.com/new-tumblr-blog-raises-privacy-concerns-over-facebook-graph-search-146286

I'm late to this #MOTD2 story. Poor decision. If they had brought in Saint James of Richardson then I could understand it.. as the column says "axe appears to be falling on the wrong side of the punditry coffee table" and you have to love this - perfectly put: "...a major source of Murray-friction is his habit of offering criticism of professional footballers from beyond the ranks of those who have actually played the game. This has seemed to anger Alan Shearer, in particular, who in turn sees no contradiction within his own practice of carrying on as a professional television analyst and de facto journalist while evidently lacking the basic forensic and communication skills to perform this role with coherence." http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/blog/2013/jan/22/colin-murray-motd2-bbc

Liam, should have added you to this.. community (not really thriving) ... but may be of interest/help

Will Google get Jeri Ryan to model Google Glass - wouldn't that be perfect? (just occurred to me - I expect it's been done) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Glass

We are the Zuckerborg. Lower your adblocks and surrender your data. We will add your personalities and marketing-signal distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile. http://burnerlove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/zuckerborg1.jpeg

The Future of Europe's Youth: AP's Class of 2012 hangs out with Young Global Shapers at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The Associated Press is telling the story of Europe’s crisis through the eyes of five graduates in five capitals trying to hang on to their dreams in the economic storm. They share their hopes, fears and questions about the future with two of Europe’s up-and-coming stars in a Google+ hangout hosted by AP Senior Managing Editor Michael Oreskes.  events/c3jn6kl3hk5f4fhif4bgli5rmo4

Markets Are (NOT) Conversations Why does Rdio refuse to talk to me...? Read this thread and weep with/for me. I couldn't work any harder to make it clear what I'm after... completely ignored... moved me form "evangelist" to "disenchanted". ref:  http://www.cluetrain.com/book/markets.html http://help.rdio.com/customer/en/portal/questions/762133-ecm-albums-just-became-unavailable-preview-here-in-the-uk?new=762133

Our zoomable mosaic of BBC readers' snow pictures.  Can you find yours? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21090852

Kinda interesting... I've been using Rdio since last Summer... decent service but let down by occasional poor audio fidelity/quality (they refuse to explain the bitrates/techy details - dumb!) and an unwillingness to engage in any kind of conversation with customers (er.. or least me!). You'd think these sorts of stats would show them that customer satisfaction and loyalty would be an area for Rdio to concentrate on and specialise in.. possibly even a differentiator... apparently not :( http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/01/comparing-music-services-by-audience-social-media-followers-search-engine-dominance.html

How a key works.  That's the best use of an animated GIF that I have ever seen. Now I'm off to my lock-picking class.

Charlie Adams off to school today...

Just bumped into this... Herbie Flowers testifying righteously :) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/9797665/Herbie-Flowers-David-Bowies-new-single-made-me-cry.html

Snowman & snowballs in the garden with Charlie Adams  (Note the "snowman kit" in the hat)

Even the most travelled have places they want to experience. http://pocket.co/sG29u

Encouraging & positive: The Independent: West Ham send message to racist fans with Holocaust ceremony. http://goo.gl/mag/S1bupt9 http://goo.gl/mag/S1bupt9

(Fri03) 25 things you need to know about San Francisco http://jasonevanish.com/2013/01/17/25-things-i-wish-i-knew-before-moving-to-san-francisco/ (Shared using #DoShare )

Lance Armstrong should be ashamed to show his face in public - let alone "go on TV". If we (as a society) lap up his PR campaign (first step: admit it in public, begin to show remorse whilst still attempting to justify his "crimes") then we deserve to have these types of people dominating our lives. Kurt Vonnegut on psychopathic personalities "To say somebody is a PP is to make a perfectly respectable medical diagnosis, like saying he or she has appendicitis or athlete’s foot. The classic medical text on PPs is The Mask of Sanity by Dr. Hervey Cleckley. Read it! PPs are presentable, they know full well the suffering their actions may cause others, but they do not care. They cannot care because they are nuts. They have a screw loose!" PP's - they're everywhere! http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/kurt_vonnegut_vs_the/

Steve Adams hung out with 1 person.Greg Marshall

I think it’s perfectly OK for Apple to have policies about what they will and won’t sell (every online store does).   The problem is that Apple reserves the exclusive right to provide apps. So, in effect, the policy isn’t “We won’t sell X”, it’s “You can’t have X”. Which is why, back in 2008, I decided that the iPhone, an otherwise wonderful product, wasn’t for me. http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/15/apple-want-to-criticize-religion-write-a-book-dont-make-a-game/

Bing has expanded the amount of Facebook content it displays in its social sidebar. http://searchengineland.com/bing-adds-5x-more-facebook-content-to-social-sidebar-145480

Man of Plastic. Someone re-created the Superman Man of Steel trailer in LEGO.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFLoAa00NFs

This is indeed the origin story of the Raspberry Pi. I wish I'd written this one.  http://www.zdnet.com/we-thought-wed-sell-1000-the-inside-story-of-the-raspberry-pi-7000009718/

Brrrr.... (for James Blundell )

Commenting on the internet. (via http://j.mp/ZZ75xP )

And your's can too!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RQYr9HeVxw

When Disney and Star Wars Meet +1 this post if you're excited to see new Star Wars movies in the next few years. If Disney made the original trilogy, here's what it might look like. Check it out on your #GoogleTV . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2Op2OjZWkU

The trouble with Facebook's Graph Search. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a new feature yesterday called Graph Search. Graph Search magnifies everything good and bad about Facebook. It's Facebook on steroids. To the extent that Facebook is good for connecting with family and friends, Graph Search makes Facebook great for that purpose. To the extent that Facebook is an invasion of privacy, a playground for stalkers, snoops, spammers and scammers, Graph Search makes Facebook great for those purposes also. Here's my column that tells why if you love Facebook, you're going to love Graph Search. But if you hate Facebook -- oh, boy, are you going to hate Graph Search.  http://www.datamation.com/commentary/the-trouble-with-facebooks-graph-search-1.html (Pic props to DC Comics)

Godlike guitar noodling genius(and Bowie Alumni) David Torn to give a TED talk on Friday... includes; "I’ll be premiering a piece for solo guitar, oud and live-sampling/modifications; it’s entitled, “only sky.” http://tedxcaltech.caltech.edu/content/david-torn

No #donkeymeat  in Google Maps http://google-latlong.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/never-ass-ume.html

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Steve Adams hung out with 1 person.Greg Marshall

Have they actually found horse DN-Neigh yet? #horsemeat  (stolen from someone on Twitter) http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/iv-drip/the-best-horsemeat-twitter-gags-following-tesco-burger-blunder-8453282.html

Online Privacy... it's no longer about how do you maintain it (that's over, right?)... it's now about who do you trust with it... http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/

Since North Korea has been in the news recently, here's a "news piece" about the infamous Pyongyang Traffic Girls.  It took me a while to tell whether it's a brilliant spoof or tragically bizarre propaganda.  (Hint: it's the former.)  But it's fun to watch and just plausible enough to be real Pyongyang propaganda. PS: what's known for sure is that the traffic girls exist.  Never question that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-hyVzTVDLg

#StarWarsTuesday   #funny   #StarWars   #Skywalker   #Gangnam   #gangnamstyle  LOL!

My take on the differences between what Facebook is offering and what we have with Google. http://searchengineland.com/facebook-search-not-google-search-145124

Why most bloggers should blog on Google+. Xark blogger Daniel Conover wrote a piece Friday about why he's turning off comments on his blog:  http://xark.typepad.com/my_weblog/2013/01/why-i-shut-down-comments.html He tells the same sad story that I've seen dozens of prominent bloggers write: Trolls, haters and spambots have taken over their comments, and so they're going to stop allowing people to comment. Blog comments, he writes, turn into "troll ghettos." To me, a blog without comments is like a school without students or a concert without an audience. To me, engagement and interactivity with readers is a fundamental attribution of blogging, and really its main benefit for the blogger.  Dan reveals in his post that he's very close to the Google+ epiphany, but doesn't quite get there. He writes:  1. "The quality of your comments is really a reflection of your online community, not the snazziness of your comment control dashboard." 2. "Regul...

Science fiction movies are typically among the most expensive and most demanding movies to make in Hollywood. But 22-year-old German student Kaleb Lechowski's film, titled R'ha , is a fully computer animated six-minute short that you won't believe was made by just one student. And now Lechowski is headed to Hollywood to meet with executives and see if he can get the financing he needs to turn this into a movie. Check out the short film and tell us if you think this short should be turned into a feature-length film! http://mashable.com/2013/01/14/rha-sci-fi-short/

Eno on Politics (via 2013 : WHAT SHOULD WE BE WORRIED ABOUT?) "... But we don't do politics. We expect other people to do it for us, and grumble when they get it wrong. We feel that our responsibility stops at the ballot box, if we even get that far. After that we're as laissez-faire as we can get away with." http://edge.org/response-detail/23826

Steve Adams hung out with 1 person.Greg Marshall

Charlie Adams in the snow

Calling all young artists! We’ve kicked off the 2013 Doodle 4 Google competition with the theme, “My Best Day Ever...” The competition is open to students K-12 across the U.S. Our grand prize winner will see their doodle on the Google homepage, win a $30,000 college scholarship and a $50,000 technology grant for his or her school.  Visit www.google.com/doodle4google to download entry forms and learn more. Don't forget to share this with the students and parents in your life! #doodle4google   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1PPYo6WL-Q

For no particular reason... "send us your reckons" (well actually inspired by this nicely grumpy tweet from Martin Kelner RE https://twitter.com/martinkelner/status/290890460489207808 ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQnd5ilKx2Y

This is amazing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G0j_Huv2Fg

Bowie single finally available (dunno when it happened) on Google Music and Amazon (and others?) so I have actually bought it. Oddly the "shop" link on his own website links directly to iTunes still :( https://play.google.com/store/music/album/David_Bowie_Where_Are_We_Now?id=Bs7z3zromvmmd3j6ulpzcgvymby&feature=md

Er... one for  Wil Jones ? http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2013-01-14/

One for the desigers.... http://theindustry.cc/2013/01/07/13-design-trends-for-2013/

Awesome bird singing dubstep is awesome! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGhVXgMoz4g

The inside story of how David Bowie made The Next Day http://gu.com/p/3d3v8 I'm still enjoying all this Bowie coverage. Some backgound details here. http://gu.com/p/3d3v8

Granny Pam back home this evenig

Nice analysis of the unfunny yet wildly popular sitcom "Mrs Brown’s Boys".  I've only watched a few mins of a few episodes... enough I think to know it's not for me... and everything in this piece makes sense. Somehow lightens the load.. sigh... http://www.chortle.co.uk/correspondents/2013/01/11/16941/how_could_anyone_enjoy_mrs_browns_boys%3F

Facebook charges you $100 to send a message on Facebook to a famous person. If you're sending a message to a random person on Facebook, they'll charge you $1 to skip the spam filter and actually have the email delivered into the inbox. But if the recipient has a lot of followers, Facebook will charge you $100. Facebook says they're just testing the service to see if they can get away with it. No, the recipient doesn't get a penny. The recipient gets the spam and Facebook gets the money.

Harry Hill meets David Bowie... wrong, but right #bowie2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIyZap4StYg

Funny Video! If you're one of those people who enjoy X-Idol-Faktor-Starz ... look away now. For the rest of us.. a short video to reinforce what we already know.  http://www.wimp.com/recordingengineer/

alison adams  Don't show this to the boy! ( Charlie Adams ) http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/

Funny Video! If you're one of those people who enjoy X-Idol-Faktor-Starz ... look away now. For the rest of us.. a short video to reinforce what we already know.  http://www.wimp.com/recordingengineer/

Bite my tiny shiny metal ass. (Been around a few days but just spotted via http://j.mp/ZMdXDr )

If you spend a lot of time online, running across articles or blog posts that you’d like to read or finish later happens fairly often. The Pocket extension (formerly Read it Later ) helps you keep track of these articles by saving them on your computer to read later. You can also sync them to your smartphone for reading on the go.  You can check out the Pocket extension here in the Chrome Web Store: http://goo.gl/PPDJo .  http://goo.gl/PPDJo.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByCColTnASAgUEpyLXpzd21kRTQ/edit

EXCLUSIVE: GUITARIST EARL SLICK DISCUSSES DAVID BOWIE’S NEW ALBUM #bowie2013 "‘The Next Day’ also features contributions from an impressive lineup of musicians in addition to Slick, including familiar Bowie collaborators such as drummers Sterling Campbell and Zachary Alford, guitarists Gerry Leonard and David Torn, and bassist Gail Ann Dorsey. Tony Visconti, who also produced ‘The Next Day,’ contributes bass, as does Tony Levin, who’s known for his work with Peter Gabriel." http://ultimateclassicrock.com/earl-slick-david-bowie-new-album-interview/

I Androidified myself!

The Pebble smartwatch keeps it simple (hands-on) http://bit.ly/UKg0D4

Artfully understated twitter stream of VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish http://twitter.com/SoVeryBritish http://twitter.com/SoVeryBritish

(Wed01) #Overlyhonestmethods is one funny Twitter stream http://tweetchat.com/room/overlyhonestmethods More on Science: http://science.alltop.com/ (Shared using #DoShare )

Hey Friends+Me - a question/request... I have chosen to not add any (or many) photos into FB - I don't want my content in their silo. Using F+Me has ben a nice solution.. enabling me to use G+ as my primary posting env. yet still updating FB & Twitter (thanks!) However... if I share a photo  - or a gallery - here in G+, when you make the post to FB you actually upload a photo into FB (I now have a "Friends+Me Photos" album). It's actually populated with photos from others' G+ posts which I have reshared on G+. So..... Could you not create an FB post which includes a reference/posting of an image/photo... but not actually upload a photo to FB. Feels like it's sort of defeating the object (for me). Thoughts/Comments? Thanks, Steve.

Happy Birthday Mr Martin Jarvis

New Single.. New Album... AND a new font...! #bowie2013 One for you designers :) http://virusfonts.com/news/2013/01/david-bowie-the-next-day-that-album-cover-design/

Google Doodle Celebrate 150 Years of London's Tube. https://www.google.co.uk/logos/2013/150th_anniversary_of_the_tube-1010005-hp.jpg

Pan and zoom photos on the desktop Google+ is full of amazing photos, and today we're introducing the ability to pan and zoom when viewing photos from your desktop. To give these features a try, simply open a large photo in the lightbox, then: - use your mouse wheel to zoom in or out - click and drag to pan right, left, up or down Higher resolution photos will offer more to explore, so we're excited to launch pan and zoom just weeks after launching full-size backups of your Android photos ( http://goo.gl/KRpjE ). Give 'em a go, and let us know your thoughts as we improve on these and other features! #googleplusupdate   #googleplusphotos

HOT! TOP! (nearly SHARK!) SQUID! NEWS! for James Blundell & Greg Marshall  http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/8/3852328/first-ever-video-of-giant-squid-is-amazing http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/8/3852328/first-ever-video-of-giant-squid-is-amazing

More DB coverage: Jonathan Ross - nicely done #bowie2013 http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jan/08/david-bowie-shebang-jonathan-ross

Just picked up on this Twitter hashtag game #davidtowie https://twitter.com/search?q=%23davidtowie

NME on Bowie... nice things to say http://www.nme.com/reviews/david-bowie/13961

So which musicians is Bowie using on the new Album...? We know Visconti produced it... I wonder if he's used David Torn again... I love the single (Where Are We Now?) - can't stop playing the video. Really odd they only want to sell it to people with iTunes!?!?  I guess it'll turn up elsewhere soon...

Happy Birthday to/from David Bowie! Woke up to the amazing news of a new single & album from DB - with this artsy video on a revamped website. I'm as excited as a schoolgirl with a new pony! http://www.davidbowie.com/vision?videopremiere=true

Despite Martin Jarvis staying off FB during G+nuary... FB are making sure he's not missed by using "the brand of Martin" to help punt a product. Do you get any notifications about how many times, to whom etc your id/reputation/brand was used Martin?

There are 181,000 social media 'gurus,' 'ninjas,' 'masters,' and 'mavens' on Twitter. B.L. Ochman points out in Ad Age that there are 181,000 people on Twitter who label themselves experts on social media.  That's up from 16,000 in 2009.  Bonus data: There are only 174 people who call themselves "social media whores" on Twitter.  http://adage.com/article/digitalnext/181-000-social-media-gurus-ninjas-masters-mavens-twitter/239026/

Several people have been asking me, "Is anyone actually buying Chromebooks?" Amazon answers with a resounding "Yes!" http://www.zdnet.com/amazons-top-selling-laptop-doesnt-run-windows-or-mac-os-it-runs-linux-7000009433/

This Minecraft poster will mess with your mind! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hTW9yFOwYE

Santa brought new footy boots. Wore them for U12s coaching session yesterday. First 10 mins was on the correct colour for footy boots (black with white stripes, preferably 3). Kids seem to think purple, orange, yellow, pink etc (insert rainbow here) in some way appropriate.

Just got round to reading this Gerry Anderson obit. I never knew about 'Four Feather Falls' ( Four Feather Falls: Episode 5 - Sherriff For A Day - Part 1 ) is this the inspiration for Sheriff Woody & his Roundup gang? http://pocket.co/sGxUV

Interesting (if long & confusing) take on the future of social networking. Not sure I entirely agree - however the idea of disperate networks connected by protocols sounds a bit like Dave Winer's assertion that Twitter should be a protocol not a service. http://scripting.com/stories/2008/01/16/aDecentralizedTwitter.html http://pocket.co/sGx1R

Nice, enthusiastic article about G+, social wrapper & the long-game. G+ not intended as an 'FB copy' - it's adding a social layer/wrapper to the tools we already use. Big thing we're missing in the UK: Google Voice nos/incoming calls. http://pocket.co/sGxfx

Good article/interview wite Google's founder/CEO Larry Page. http://pocket.co/sGxGJ