Why do people join groups? Why do people buy stuff? According to Darren of ProBlogger because other people do. He calls it social decision making and says it has improved his affiliate marketing sales. There is a book about a guy who put an ad in a newspaper and said just “Join me!” and people [...]
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May 3, 2008Say fromage!…
October 4, 2007
Say fromage!…, originally uploaded by Leighton Cooke.
…and Happy Birthday Sputnik. Today I caught a few rays of autumn sun in the garden which put a nice cheesy smile on my face. After my musings yesterday I was amused by the news that BT and FON are getting together. According to Gigaom not [...]
Dallas, Texas, 22 November, 1963…
June 1, 2007…It was two days after my mother’s birthday and we were having supper when the BBC interuppted a TV programme to announce that John F. Kennedy had been shot. It was the end of my fragile age of political innocence and nothing afterwards had quite the same impact. Kennedy was an icon for millions. I [...]
Telstar…
May 31, 2007…Launched in 1962 Telstar was the first active communications satellite , and the first satellite designed to transmit telephone and high-speed data communications. It was also the title of the first single I ever bought, by a band called the Tornados. Born during the reign of George VI, in 1962 I had acne and far [...]
