In case you've been living in a hole for the past few week or don't actually spend your life on social media, you may have noticed that the London 2012 Olympic Games are currently happening. I haven't written about the Games yet as I am a frustrated ex-athlete who's career...

ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Order) has been a big part of our family life for almost 11 years . We tend to muddle along in our own little way, whether that's right or acceptable or what. It's our life and we'll do what suits us. I hate the...

From a non-professional point of view, the big social media conversation a couple of weeks ago was centered around Klout - which promotes itself as 'the standard for influence' across most social media platforms

[if you just use Facebook/Twitter as a means to communicate with your mates and...

It was only last week when a friend pointed out to me that he had got hooked on X-Factor thanks to my tweets and then wanted tips on how to watch TV and tweet effectively (prime position in the lounge, laptop on knee, Tweetdeck on full screen, peer over the...

I was reading a couple of posts written by some new bloggers yesterday. There are a lot of self-discovery entries about feeling true to oneself - an "epiphany", for want of a better word. Are new bloggers trying to please their audience rather than writing within their comfort zone and...

I will never regret the day that I chose typing over geography in Column B of my options list in February 1986. Learning to touch type, and now being able to type at just over 80 words per minute, has been the biggest asset of my life, more so now...

Mash Up: Yes, Twitter updates are limited to 140 characters but using phrases such as "kthnxbai" (the new "talk to the hand") makes you look like you've leant on the keyboard with your elbow. It's almost as annoying as using "Tw" as a prefix to create a twitter related activity....

Occasionally on Twitter I am asked to retweet something; a competition, to help raise awareness or to encourage visitor volume to an online article. By doing so, I believe I am endorsing the information in the tweet or accompanying link - I am showing my support. More often than not,...

Has anyone else noticed the Facebook "On this day in..." notifications to the right hand side of the screen (web version)?

My 2009 and 2010 examples were strangely related and sort of interesting so I almost put as my Facebook status, "On this day in 2009 I was submitting another...

Channel 4 did the right thing in not renewing their contract with the Big Brother franchise. It was tired and they were trying too hard although I believe they got the mix of housemates and tasks spot on for the final series. But it was too little too late. Having...