The Weird Wired World of Mark McGee
Mark
I'm a creative communicator, part-time MSc student and Sci-Fi modeller based in the UK. I've worked in print and digital for over 20 years and am currently Vice-President of Communications for the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation.
Homepage: http://www.twitter.com/Mark_McGee
Posts by Mark
The fantastic five of blogging
Feb 26th
Looking back over my recent blog posts you may have noticed that each one represented one of five different styles of blogging. This was a deliberate attempt by me to test them and to see if one was better received than the others. Let’s look a bit closer. More >
The death of digital
Feb 19th
February’s issue of Revolution magazine talks in great detail about the term ‘digital’ in relation to marketing and communications. To quote the editor, Gareth Jones, “The days of digital being used as a moniker for a specific way of thinking or doing business are well and truly numbered”. More >
Five essential skills for web designers
Feb 14th
During my working life I have picked up and been formally trained in various skills. Some of these gradually fell away as I moved through my career but some have stuck fast and these are the essential skills that I use on a regular basis when developing and designing web sites. More >
Digital: the hardback edition
Feb 3rd
Here I am, furiously studying for my MSc, when a thought struck me.
Given that this is a course on digital marketing communications, why has my book collection increased over the past few months?
Welcome to the world of tomorrow!
Jan 30th
Fuelled by this week’s MSc “homework”, I have been engaged in quite a few conversations about innovations and near-future technology. What I found was that is becoming more and more commonplace to find technology in the real world that featured in science-fiction stories. What is scary, however, is how fast the predicitions in fiction are becoming true (perhaps there is a need to re-write Moore’s Law to reflect this?). In this first part of a series of my take on real-world use of fantastic technology I am looking at the Gesture User Interface — trail-blazed by Apple’s iPod Touch, iPhone and, most recently, the iPad. More >
EnglishVoodoo arrives!
Jan 29th
Finally!
It’s taken me a long time to sort myself out with my blog, having gone through at least four different styles and names — now that it is a new year and I have finally made it to my 40s, I’m pretty happy with it! More >
Bot or Not
Jan 22nd
I’ve decided to run a bit of a social media experiment using Twitter which I’m calling “Bot or Not”.
Essentially the aim is to tweet a random bunch of brand names and industry-specific acronyms (SEO, PPC, etc) to see if I gain any automated followers and, more importantly, to see which brands have a humanised buzz monitoring strategy in place. More >
I'm a creative communicator, part-time MSc student and Sci-Fi modeller based in the UK.
I've worked in print and digital for over 20 years and am currently Vice-President of Communications for a not-for-profit trade association.
This is my personal blog and represents my personal views on life, social media, digital communications and my hobbies.
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