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Has the world lost its ability to wait for anything?

I have always prided myself on my level of patience in anything I do. I personally do not mind waiting for another person, be it at work or at home. But in comparison the thought that I am late for another person or someone is waiting for me just fills me with all kinds of negative feelings of guilt, concern and almost panic. I detest being late! It makes me feel physically ill! But recently I have found my need for immediate responses on things has begun to border on the exc

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Why social media can be more real than the real world

Social media has been taking a real battering all over the world during the past year. From Iran, Egypt, Bahrain and even places like London questioning whether social media should be allowed to maintains it’s place in our lives has shocked many people to their core. When Iran closed Twitter and facebook there was uproar around the world as it showed a so called oppressive state in action. Equally, when Hosni Mubarak did the same in Egypt, every corner of the globe condemned

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The wave that follows a tsunami, is one of love and kindness.

We have all witnessed the terrible destruction that has wreaked havoc on the beautiful island of Japan, first with a 8.9 magnitude earthquake and then the awful and powerful Tsunami that followed. The sheer power of mother nature tearing the island apart before an unstoppable wave washed across the country was terrifying to witness. All of our prayers today are for the people who are in Japan, or have loved ones in this area. But after the horrifying wave of the Tsunami struc

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“It is not your past that defines you, only what you do next.”

I remember hearing Tony Robbins mention this at a TED seminar and just thought, ‘of course!’ We often talk and use excuses the happenings of our history both as individuals and as the human race. What happens just never seems to be our fault; it’s because of this or that. Well after hearing this I made a concerted effort to just be positive and look forward to the things I am going to do, rather than the things that had happened in the past. I feel a completely different pers

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Twitter is the internet on crack!

The internet has been most of the most technological pivotal moments in our history. From the very first moment that Tim Berners-Lee laid down his ‘information management’ white paper, which most consider this to be the birth of the world wide web, we have been salivating every day at the constantly growing wealth of information at the touch of a button. The changes and other inventions like DSL, MP3, cell phones and so much more (that list is really endless!) have all added

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Twitter is the internet on crack!

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Never give up on your dreams

The irony of this post is something that will certainly teach me a lesson about persistence. I have wrote five times a post about never giving up on something you dream of doing. Each time I wrote the post my internet would cut and I lost the file just as I was publishing it. So using my own words as my guide I have continued to write the post I wanted to, albeit is a slightly different way, but something tells me that someone is having a good laugh at me on this one, which i

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Never give up on your dreams

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Where will the internet take us?

The beauty of the internet for me is not the wealth of information available, although that is a blessing we should thank our lucky stars every day, but for me the internet was the original social media platform. Social media is a place where you can share with friends, colleagues and new acquaintances all the things that you are interested in or is happening in your life. Agreed, social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, myspace etc have made this easier but we should n

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Where will the internet take us?

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Giving social media a run for it’s money

When it comes to Social Media I have to admit I was a late bloomer. But since my initial hesitancy I have dived in and become quite the advocate. I have been a speaker at global social media conferences like the Global Twitter conferences as well as helping a few small agencies in the Middle East find their feet on the platform. I am currently living in Dubai where a few major companies have really tried exploring the platform to some success. A fellow speaker at the Global T

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Giving social media a run for it’s money