[PRESS] YouTube Kids in @Childrenswork
A short article written for Childrenswork Magazine, on the topic of Children and YouTube, as YouTube launched a children’s version.
Who is the enemy? #propaganda
Chapter 5: ‘Careless Talk Costs Lives’: Fighting the ‘Enemy Within’ The dangers of carelessness were a constant theme throughout wartime posters: throwing away lit cigarettes; thoughtless fuel consumption; and wastage of scarce goods - with the biggest campaign against that of rumour and ‘careless talk’. Although a phrase largely associated with the Cold War and […]
Photoshopping: Be careful what you wish for.
I love this video, which shows people who have had a makeover ‘like the models in the magazines’ - and feel that all their uniqueness has been taken away:
#AdventBookClub: Day 3: Joining the Story
So, here we are, Tuesday night, and tomorrow I shall finally remember to pick up Maggi’s book from my desk - so meantime I’ve picked a couple of phrases I’ve seen from others in #adventbookclub: Pam: “Luke is telling us a story, a true account, not so that we can be interested or entertained, but so […]
[INFOGRAPHIC] The Shift to Visual Social Media
Over the last year or so, the visual has really taken off online (with increasing access via mobile phones, apps that allow filtering and sharing, and increasing data bundles meaning less worry about uploads/downloads). An interesting related infographic:
