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Rocknrolla Look

chrishambly — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:48:23 -0500

When I were a Rocknrolla this is how I looked. This picture was taken round a bout 1989 I think (from what I can recall). The band was called The Liberty and we played a mixture of Punk and Goth...

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Wrong Gmail Profile Picture

chrishambly — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:54:02 -0500

This is driving me nuts. There is a person who keeps appearing in my gmail profile picture when I continually select "no picture" from the options. If you have any idea where this picture comes...

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RPL: A Bridge between Global Industries

chrishambly — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:23:19 -0500

Another interesting and positive project my clients are engaging in. "The proposed project RPL: A Bridge between Global Industries, is a VET mobility program, jointly funded between the European...

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A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

chrishambly — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:19:26 -0400

I'm not sure if it is possible to write lyrics any more penetrating than these: Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son? Oh, where have you been, my darling young one? I've stumbled on the side...

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PlayList

chrishambly — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:45:06 -0400

Here is my play list for today, which I'm pumping into my car. You can listen to it yourself also. White Riot - The Clash Hit me With Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury and The Blockheads Sir Mixalot - I...

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I Don't Miss Twitter

chrishambly — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:12:48 -0400

Sometimes I find myself taking long breaks from twitter which I must say I thoroughly enjoy. I'm one of those guys that avoids institutionalisation at all costs, any time a situation becomes...

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Social Media in Business

chrishambly — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:22:28 -0400

Social Media in Business I am targeting people age 21 and older in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Bristol, Exeter, Exmouth, Reading, Reigate, Margate, Oxford, Maidenhead, Maidstone,...

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Social Media In Business

chrishambly — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:52:19 -0400

Social Media in Business the one day conference is just a mere three weeks away. I'm really looking forward to this one on a few levels. 1. it is a conference which has a star-studded line-up of...

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Robin Hill

chrishambly — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:12:11 -0400

Robin Hill Robin Hill the musician playing his guitar As I write this small post I have Robin Hill in my head. The reason for this post is that I have been "tagged" in a post, as part of one...

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Delegate Buffet Lunch Menu

chrishambly — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:06:14 -0400

This is the type of lunch you will be getting if you come along to Social Media in Business. DELEGATE BUFFET LUNCH MENU Cream of tomato and basil soup Fisherman’s pie with cheesy mash topping...

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Rocknrolla

chrishambly — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:37:23 -0400

RocknRolla Following on from the theme of Rockstar Disambiguation here we see a preview of the cracking movie RocknRolla, Guy Richie's latest work.I have to say I enjoyed the movie immensely on...

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dim3 ak7ion

chrishambly — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:33:00 -0400

dim3 ak7ion is game on. Needless to say a variety of: dim3 ak7ion memorabilia is collecting. But does it mean anything to you, personally? - are you tainted with such brushes?

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Get Loaded In The Park

chrishambly — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:43:24 -0400

Sometimes I enjoy taking random shots, or rather shots which are pretty much composed in a matter of seconds, you know just line the lens up and shoot while the subjects are (a) completely unaware,...

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Blip Fm

chrishambly — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:14:48 -0400

I've been enjoying Blip.fm quite a bit recently. Blip reminds me of Twitter a fair amount, although it's not really a conversational platform like Twitter can be. Blip is touted as a DJ platform,...

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List of Countries

chrishambly — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:02:30 -0400

I was finding it hard to obtain a list of countries without odd characters. I often need a list each starting on a new-line, for a variety of projects so I'm putting one here for easy...

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PhD Educational Technology

chrishambly — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:12:43 -0400

So I am thinking I need to get my PhD mind-set back on track. It's been too long "off the boil" and now is a probably a good time to start working towards formalising more thoughts. I'm in a place...

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Game News

chrishambly — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:26:49 -0400

If you are into games and the news could you spare three mins and list your sources, Offline and Online. Feel free to use html with anchor text. Thanks

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Film News

chrishambly — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:15:38 -0400

Can you tell me where you get your game news, what sources? Please include Offline as well as Online. Feel free to use html in the anchor text. Thanks

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Positive Psychology: Others Perception

chrishambly — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:07:22 -0400

Here is the second in your series of Positive Psychology (I'm experimenting ok?), the first is here. Write a sentance about how you would like others to view or see you. What qualities would you...

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F*ck Google Ask Me

chrishambly — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:31:40 -0400

But stop and think for a second, is this the mentality that Social Media is promoting? Do not get me wrong, having advice from your friends is useful, but how much objectivity do your friends bring,...

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Positive Psychology: How People View You

chrishambly — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:36:37 -0400

OK, let's have some fun over a series of posts. State 5 things you feel people see you as, don't ask anyone, just be honest and state what you feel they think about you, here are...

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Rockstar Disambiguation

chrishambly — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:08:32 -0400

Have you heard the term "Rockstars" used time and time again in relation to people on the Internet, particularly in the social media scene? You have? Me too, and you know what, it pisses me off no...

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Social Media Club: Devils Advocate

chrishambly — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:29:27 -0400

Apparently I have been nominated to be on the Social Media Club Interim Board. I'm not really into begging for votes, or asking for the popularity contest cup, in fact I detest that. However, this...

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Ideological Amplification

chrishambly — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:38:34 -0400

Humans are innately biased, fact is we cannot help it, we simply prefer to be in situations where we do not feel like the odd one out, we seem programmed to flock to like-minded groups. This is not...

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Vanity Picture

chrishambly — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:33:32 -0400

Here is a picture of me which I really like. Am I vain? Yeah probably, so what, besides can't you see my rippling muscles? Anyway this was shot by Benjamin Ellis, at MediaCampLondon. Ben is a...

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Approaching 14k Members

chrishambly — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:58:04 -0400

Just a quick note while it is on my mind. Eaon Pritchard pointed out a link on twitter today called Goodness And Happiness where Neil Perkin quotes, Eaon and also Dave Winer on the concept of "The...

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Email Segmentation

chrishambly — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:04:05 -0400

On a recent email newsletter I sent I got 148.3% opens, and 95.8% clicks, that's some kind of a record. secret: segmenting. Want to discuss it?

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Haircut: Mohawk

chrishambly — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:18:36 -0400

I decided to get a step closer to a full-on MOHAWK

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What is the point of your website?

chrishambly — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:58:34 -0400

Go ahead and use html when you make a comment, put the link to your site in, using your favoured keywords, and then state in one sentence only, the point of your website. If you have more than one...

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Facebook Pages: Social Media Mafia

chrishambly — Tue, 27 May 2008 06:06:50 -0400

Things move rapidly in the big ole Internet and over this bank holiday weekend I checked out Facebook "pages" again and launched the Social Media Mafia "fan" page. But we have the FB Group, don't...

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