Moving House

It seems that my life has become about projects – and the bigger the better. Over the next few months, we’ll be selling the house where I grew up. Moving is always stressful, but leaving the house where you were raised is always a particularly startling experience. When I was first on the road a [...]

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Charities and Social Media

A recent article from Third Sector Daily on Charities and Social Media is a miracle of mixed reviews. The NSPCC has raised more than £10,000 through Facebook since it set up an application to allow users to make donations in 2007. “It’s a brilliant way to attract new supporters and engage with them, rather than [...]

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Welcome to the Blog of the World’s Least Computer Savy Media and Marketing Director

When I visit other peoples’ blogs, they have all these lovely buttons next to their posts. They even have pictures in their side bars! And I thought, how lovely, I too shall have pictures in my side bar. I have a Flikr account, I see a Flikr Widget. All will be well. Well… not really. [...]

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Where Have all the Atheists Gone?

When I saw The Out Campaign I laughed a little. I can see the need, as organizing atheists has been famously (and accurately) compared to herding cats, but it just seemed a bit much. I don’t think it lends religion anymore legitimacy when belief is advertised, so why should atheists feel the need to advertise [...]

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