We are not monkeys – the myth of non-verbal comms

 One salutary ‘fact’ that’s trotted out on almost every single piece of management training I’ve ever been on is that most communication is non-verbal. Having read me Derrida and his deconstruction of the primacy of the spoken vs the written word I’d always been a bit...

8Tracks

Discovered a new music website 8Tracks. Similar to Blip.fm but with more ability to create and listen to playlists.    Who said the age of the cassette compo was...

Which side of the firewall is hotter?

For something like 15 years much of my online activity and certainly most of my work has taken place inside the firewall. Of late however, I’ve ventured forth and am eagerly talking with those within and beyond the 2.0 pale. There’s a lot of excitement, there’s a lot of chatter and there’s a lot of...