TED.com – always inspiring, never fails to drop my jaw. But this time, it has surpassed itself with the following performance from the LXD (The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers). The group’s coordinator is Hollywood Director Jon M Chu. Chu explains his fascination with the relationship between the Internet and Dance:
“Online videos and social networking … dancers have created a whole global laboratory online for dance, where kids In Japan are taking moves from a YouTube video created in Detroit, building on it within days and releasing a new video, while …

Turn a Hoodie into a Laptop Bag – nice!
If you like getting the most use out of your possessions as possible, this guide will help you turn a hooded sweatshirt into a laptop bag, baby carrier, and more.
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Use Google Reader as Your PR Monitoring Tool – great tip
RSS and Google Reader can combine to be one of the few PR monitoring tools you ever need. The Google Reader does a great job of aggregating and organizing all of your RSS monitoring feeds. However, if …

Big Brands Unconvinced Twitter's New Search Ads Are Worth It
Barclaycard's Global Head of Advertising and Content, Paul Troy, has said, "Advertising on Twitter will feel like your social media strategy has failed. I think we'll only see lazy advertisers queuing up for this. It doesn't feel like something leading brands will do."
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ASOS Follows Fashion and launches new Twitter site. A must for all fashion tweeters/bloggers
fashionable thoughts from ASOS' favourite tweeters
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LED ‘badge’ for smart textile clothing
A new accessory …

5 Ways to Use Google Wave for Business
Remember Google Wave? Clearly, Google Buzz has recently overshadowed Google’s other hotly anticipated social communication platform, but before you ditch your Wave account, give it a second try. There are many useful business applications for Wave, especially in situations that call for collaboration with a group or managing a project.
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What happens when YouTube closes down at night…
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BBC will prioritise live news video online, says newsroom head
The BBC will experiment with more livestreaming and short-form video on its …

I have a Love/Hate relationship going on with London. Whilst the Capital’s lifeblood flows through my veins there are times when I just need to break out of the claustrophobic confines of the city and find a bit of greenery in which I can pause momentarily and breathe.
Finding a little oasis of peace in London is one of life’s little pleasures and something which is to become easier to do thanks to the new Mapping Forgotten Spaces website which is a joint collaboration between the Space Makers Agency and RIBA (the …