The story set in Afganistan, tells of a friendship two boys growing up at the time of the fall of the monarchy. Where their world turns upside down and inside out.

What the F**k is Social Media NOW?

iAds have landed and they are ringing the bells of the cash registers for developers/media owners. One reported on hacker news earnings on their first day of $1,372.20. That’s a fair chunk of cash when you consider the effective cost per thousand (eCPM) ad displayed worked out at $147.55.

The day job, which is more of a life consuming job throws up some real treats on what I get to work on. Idealdayout.com is one of those projects that warms to marketing sole and brings out some cool ideas.
Basically in conjunction with Sony Ericsson for the release of their X10 phone, which is all about bring social media and what not to the heart of its operation, we have built, and are running a competition for you and 10 friends to win your ideal day out.
I implore you to enter to …

The Football World Cup is well underway and depending where your from right at the moment, you’re happy, sad, indifferent and/or hopeful.
Whatever the case here are some random world cup facts:
1. The first World Cup championship was held in 1930. All matches were played in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo
2. The first goal scored in the World Cup was scored by Frenchman Lucien Laurent in the 19th minute against Mexico on July 13, 1930
3. The red and yellow card system was not introduced until the 1970 World Cup. The first player …

Apple release of it’s own ad network iAds is the clearest signal that mobile advertising has reached a tipping point. Watch this segment grow up fast and become hugely influential in the future role of digital and traditional marketing.
iTunes in my mind has evolved Apple into so much more than a technology company. iTunes now sits at the very core of the distribution business model that Apple have either cleverly engineered or luckily continue to develop to meet their business ambitions. The iPod ensured we all downloaded iTunes and iTunes …

Travelling South Korea last year the recent events between North Korea and the South have brought back many of my thoughts about the country, people and the time I spent there. So I thought I’d share a few pictures (only a few, more to come in the future) that show some glimpses of that time, and thank South Korea for being such a welcoming place.
Let us hope that the North Koreans, whom live in one of the world’s most isolated and indeed oppressed nations in the World, that they …

Apart from your friends and family, who else know more about you? Google and Facebook, that’s who. They know all that info you gave them on sign up and you will continue to give them more as time goes on. But now Facebook are learning your surfing habits…

En mass we should all head down tomorrow to go and vote for the party that will lead us to salvation! Who you going to vote for? what will help you decide? maybe a video…
In no particular order, here are their videos. Nothing like a bit of a spiel to help you make up your mind. Oh one last word on the videos, if I can’t find the parties video on the Internet, it will be replaced with something similar. Feel free to add links to the comments if I’m …

Governments have a duty to their nations to keep their economy thriving, ensure living standards are optimum and to spend the tax revenues in a deliberate and meaningful way, to enhance then nations prosperity, ensure an ROI and not to waste these monies on blackhole projects.