Apparently our smartphones now have more computing power than NASA had when it sent a man to the moon in 1969. Or as one wag commented recently on Twitter… they launched a man to the moon, we launch birds into pigs.
Angry Birds
Monty’s Social Outlook – Issue 16
Since he signed his five-year contract at Liverpool football club in 2007, Ryan Babel has spent more time warming his Dutch bottom on the bench rather than playing for his team. Used as an ‘impact player’ who comes on as a substitute and occasionally changes a game, he has made more impact on Twitter than [...]
Monty’s Social Outlook – Issue 15
Last month a 16-year-old girl from one of Thailand’s wealthiest families was charged with driving without a licence and causing death by reckless driving after ploughing into a public minibus on a Bangkok toll road. Nine people were killed and the girl’s alleged culpability was compounded when a picture was published of her idly leaning [...]
Monty’s Social Outlook – Issue 14
“What’s the difference between Cinderella and the Australian team?… Cinderella knew when to leave the ball.” Sorry, couldn’t resist it, England won the Ashes 3-1 and not only do we retain the urn, but I get my sleep-patterns back. But while there is a great deal of difference between Cinderella and the Aussies, what is [...]
Monty’s Social Outlook – Issue 12
Sometimes it feels as if LinkedIn has been with us as long as the internet itself but hasn’t evolved at all. Let’s just call it Social Networking 0.0. I appreciate that it may be much more than an allowance of reasonably dressed job-seekers flapping their apocryphal CVs in front of a reasonably interested audience, but [...]
Monty’s Social Outlook – Issue 11
I’m not sure where I stand on this Julian Assange and Wikileaks issue, but I do know that I never thought cables would be a subject that would grab the world’s attention. I thought cables were objects that went across oceans or were sent from quaint Post offices or contained the news of a soldier’s [...]
Monty’s Social Outlook – Issue 10
Today sees the global release of Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey, a Bollywood historical drama in which I have a speaking role as Major Johnson, a 1930s British officer who pistol-whips a woman, shoots revolutionaries and is a good old-fashioned baddie. The movie is directed by Ashutosh Gorwariker, India’s only Oscar-nominated director and stars Abhishek [...]
