Today I went for a run and unusually, lots of people smiled at me.  After a while the penny dropped and I remembered I was wearing a t-shirt with the word GEEK across my chest. I suppose the joke is literally ‘on me’ as that’s exactly what I’ve become over the last four years – [...]

Over the last six months, I’ve seen some great developments in blogging and they’re all based around reallycompelling and outstanding content. Two sites really have really shone out;  Tumblr and Gawker.  The writing is not for the faint hearted; it’s full of gritty realism and packs a punch, but it beats celebrity obsessed media and [...]

This Saturday, 10 November, Mumsnet is heading to Altitude on Millbank and joining the mummy blogging conference throng with a new event; BlogFest, to celebrate all there is to love about blogging and social media in the company of some of the most talented writers and bloggers around, including keynote speakers Caitlin Moran and Miriam [...]

Well at least one part of it does, this is The Westminster Hub on Haymarket. I’ve just been in the McKinsey session. Always a brave move to do an event on a Monday morning and the sound was awful, my view of the speakers was obscured by a latecomer (and a rather large one at [...]

As part of my work with Save the Children I attended their campaign launch last night for #givegirlspower, another powerful force joining the global family planning campaign, which is spearheaded by Gates Foundation #nocontroversy campaign. There was an eclectic group of influential women; journalists, online journalists, writers, bloggers and vloggers at the event and as [...]

If you work in the communications industry, it will come as no surprise that social media has been the great game changer and it’s been a life changer for many people too. Bloggers, tweeters, vloggers and now pinners are creating a stir which is unsettling yet massively inspiring at the same time. So while many [...]

When people ask me why I blog I sometimes feel a bit stumped; not because I can’t explain it but because it’s such a big thing to explain and then something random will happen and it all becomes crystal clear. My theory? Life is just a lot stranger than fiction. Which brings me back to [...]

International Women’s Day is a really important movement as it brings to the fore many issues around the world and also gets a lot of people thinking and acting on behalf of certain causes.  This year, I would like to highlight the Join Me on the Bridge campaign which everyone can become involved with… International [...]

I’m starting the year with a resolution to continue supporting the good works that bloggers can do by becoming part of the Mom Bloggers for Social Good with 400 founding blogging Mums.  I know I am in great company and hope that we can make some noise in 2012 for all these good causes.   [...]

The Bailey Review, published in June, has set out to challenge the commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood.  This paper is by no means on the Mary Whitehouse scale of 70s prudity, but it’s a game changer none the less and it may yet have an effect the way we engage with brands through our blogs [...]

For those of you who’ve not heard of it, The Technorati State of the Blogosphere yearly report is possibly one of the most credible sources of information for bloggers, and about bloggers. Technorati was one of the first sources of social authority measurement and it was way ahead of Klout, Grader and PeerIndex. It has [...]