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CultureTech - people

Christmas on Facebook

By Iain Simons
05 January 2009

Perhaps we are much less tolerant of our extended families who descend on our homes for Christmas Day afternoons? Perhaps the TV wasn’t quite as good as expected?

Tags: people internet

They're all twittering...

By Iain Simons
04 December 2008

The beauty and shortcomings of microblogging as experienced on Twitter is something Iain Simons would encourage you to try

Tags: people internet

America's Army

By Iain Simons
26 November 2008

Stars and Stripes magazine has announced the US Army is about to invest $50m in videogame development over the next 5 years in what is both a PR and recruitment drive

Tags: games people

Obama burnout paradise

By Iain Simons
15 October 2008

Quite whether voters are drawn toward high-speed road-races is unclear, but the Obama campaign has opted to buy ads in some new game titles to access the electorate

Tags: Vote USA 2008 people trends politics society advertising

ELSPA vs BBFC: Round 2

By Iain Simons
10 October 2008

(For some background on this, see our previous post)

Tags: games people bbfc elspa byron-report

And the next US vice-president is...

By Iain Simons
12 August 2008

The man who would be the next Democrat in the White House is set to announce his running mate and he's doing it in a savvy, theatrical manner...

Tags: people sms

Up close and personal

By Paulo Coelho
07 August 2008

Despite my being in this remote region, I wasn't alone: people were travelling with me through the words of my blog

Tags: people internet blogging

Sorry by the sea

By Iain Simons
04 August 2008

Is this really what the education system has done to the kids on the front row of the class? Leaving headline speakers apologising for having read too many books?

Tags: games people