Archive for October, 2006

The Danger of Communities

I was reading Robert Scoble’s post where he talked about the need to measure ‘engagement’ more than just hits or downloads and it made me think about Chill. You might be aware that i’ve helped out with Chill, it’s one of our new digital stations. Chill’s still a very small operation with Bern (one of [...]

Torchwood Drinking Game

An irregular feature here, we’ll be starting the Torchwood drinking game to make watching the show more interesting. So… 1. Every time there’s an unnecessary aerial shot of Cardiff, take a drink. 2. Every time Jack refuses to reveal any background information, take a drink. 3. Every time there’s some sex and/or violence that’s been [...]

Lottery Woe

I have been known to spend a few quid on the National Lottery. Yes, I know it’s a tax, that my chances of winning are infinitesimaly small and that it’s a waste of money. However, i’d still like to win £75m without doing much work. Now, as a child of the internet, I am au [...]

XFM Scotland Viral

XFM Scotland recently won “Best Low Budget Viral” for it’s ‘Bland is Banned’ launch campaign at the Scottish Advertising Awards. If you haven’t seen it, here it is below… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGS_euyuxo4

Baby David

Is it just me, but every time that the press (especially Radio 1) refer to Madonna’s new child as ‘Baby David’ I automatically think of the Royle Family and Dave and Denise’s ‘Baby David’. Am I the only one?

Deal or no Deal

Everyone loves a bit of Deal or No Deal. Opening boxes according to your own private ‘system’ and then walking away with £1. Marvellous stuff. The great thing about the UK version is that the contestants all stay together creating an odd bond which then makes the show even more interesting to watch. Jon Ronson’s [...]

Media Blogging

Will’s posting over at The Lock In has encouraged me to update my blogroll – see the links to the right. Just going through the 100+ feeds that i’m susbscribed to in Google Reader has been interesting in itself as there’s loads of people who i’ve read that have stopped blogging in the last six [...]

Busy Thursday

Thusday was an odd day. Being an ex-student radio type i’ve become the person that looks after the relationship between GCap and the student radio massive. As part of this year’s support of the Student Radio Awards our stations around the country have helped out with a local training day and provided (where we could) [...]