Small Biz Live is a new business radio show that I host with two of my colleagues, Neil Humphrey, a design and branding consultant, and Luke Carthy, a marketing consultant. The aim with this series is to discuss topics that relate to each of our respective fields, but also to contain lots of good general…
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What Microsoft Buying Skype Means For Us
It has been confirmed today that Microsoft are to buy Skype in a $8.5bn deal. Certainly a bit of surprise news, as the last I saw it was Facebook who were seriously in the running to take it over. Well, I suppose times move quickly in the world of technology. So, what does this mean…
Someone Thought I Was Knowledgeable
A couple of weeks ago I was interviewed by a writer for IT Donut, following my response to a question they posed via Twitter on the plus-es and pitfalls of cloud computing. I essentially just relayed my experiences using dropbox daily for document storage and sharing, freeing up files to use on other computers when…
Seth Godin – This Is Broken
If you’ve ever wondered to yourself how daft some signs, inventions, tools, procedures were, how over-engineered a solution has become, then this video will certainly strike a chord with you. We live in a world of daftness most of the time, where simpler solutions exist but are never implemented for various reasons. In this video,…
Mac People Vs. PC People: A New Study
There has been a new study conducted by Hunch Blog, to chart the similarities and differences between Mac and PC (Windows) users. They had polled over 388,000 Hunch users with around 2000 questions to try and gauge as accurate an overall picture as they could. I regularly have geek-off’s with colleagues of mine, me being…
Sir Ken Robinson On Creativity At TED
This is a TED talk you’ve probably seen before, as it’s quite a popular one. Sir Ken Robinson on why he thinks schools are killing creativity. It’s certainly one to get you thinking! Ken has been talking about this subject, and the importance of creativity for many years. He also has a book about it…
Morgan Spurlock At TED: Hidden But Influential Brand Marketing
I watched this TED talk today, which Morgan Spurlock was presenting. It is a fascinating insight into the world of branding, how it can be achieved, and potentially manipulated, in turn, manipulating us, the consumer! Morgan is a highly engaging speaker, who has produced several documentaries; his most famous, for me, was called ‘Supersize Me’,…
The Voices Behind The Simpsons
The Actors Behind The Characters Continuing my current theme of bringing you random YouTube videos all themed around voice over artists and voice actors of well-known productions, I thought you’d rather like this one – the voices behind all the Simpson’s characters. There are many videos on YouTube with these guys doing interviews interspersed with…
The Voices Of Star Wars
I thought you’d find this video I found interesting; it’s of some voiceover artists in America earning their crust doing voices (often several of them) in this case for Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series.
Twitter Is 5 Years Old
On Monday 21st March, Twitter turned 5. It’s certainly come a long way since the early days where people thought it was just a fad. Now with so many users, I think it’s safe to say it’s here for a little while yet. As a voice over artist, I tend to use it every day…