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IT’S A DIGITAL LIFEPeople in the 21st Century increasingly perceive themselves and each other through their“digital selves.” The digital self, which can be made up of avatars, blogs, profiles, posts,tweets, videos, images, statuses, likes, check-ins, badges—and much more—communicates,transacts, and interacts with others in a “social fabric” of ...

Next month's Fantastic Tavern, ''What Matters Now'' is taking shape nicely. Over 120 digitally-fascinated Taverners will convene at the Mudlark in Southwark to participate in what I can only describe as 'speed debating'. I've approached a host of new speakers and the odd old favourite (no offence intended!) and each one will make a brief ...

How productive is the time you spend online? Or in your email inbox? Could it be that twittering, responding to emails, writing them, updating your status, logging in to locations – all the micro interactions you do every day, every hour – are actually making you less effective? You, like me, might be spending hours ‘plugged in’ but are you ...

I remember when I was young, I worked out that we are propelled through life facing backwards and that we seemingly accelerate towards our terminus. This has to be true as we cannot see what is ahead, we can remember things that have just happened vividly and memories disappear into the mists of time. The soothsayer or trend analyst  simply ...

On Wednesday 3rd November we are taking The Fantastic Tavern to New York for an evening meeting of minds to share insights, expertise, experience and beer. The theme of the evening is “From Twit to Twitter” Time: 6:30pm onwards Venue: Houndstooth Pub, 520 8th Avenue @ 37th Street, New York The event this time is all about the power of ‘Social’ ...

Just some general notes around this retailer, after finding a news article (linked ahead). Nordstrom's new approach to combining web-based and store-based inventories is earning them some significant success - Nordstrom Links Online Inventory to Real World. If there's something out there that you're interested in buying, their online shop will ...