One Man's Notes

Here's a couple of pictures shot with my new iPhone 3G S

iPhone 3G S Macro Test

Tricky Light Test

I love watching new blogs develop. I discovered a few months back that high street fashion chain Karen Millen has started blogging started blogging last year, and I've become an avid reader. Maybe it's because I spend my working life helping people get their start in social media, but watching a young blog find its voice and style over the first year or so of its life just fascinates me.

There's something really touching about the Karen Millen blog, because there's something very slightly amateur hour about it. It's hosted on wordpress.com without a mapped domain name, and there's a very clear sense of real people writing the post, without a descent into marketing speak. Even the photography is evidentally done by the posters rather than seasoned pros. Compare these two pictures, from a post about a Karen Millen dress won in a charity competition:

Why do you blog?
Submitted by Syafira.

It's my job.

Although, to be fair, I also do it because I love it.

Who do you write down as your Emergency Contact? Why did you pick this person?

Lorna, my wife. I think it's one of the rites of adulthood, when you move from having a parent as an Emergency Contact to your significant other.

Also, given that my parents are both deceased, contacting them might be a bit tricky...

River in Labour-controlled Lewisham attacks Conservative Mayor:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/emp/external/player.swf

Boris pratfalls: brightening up Thursday afternoon.

[caption id=“attachment_3238” align=“alignnone” width=“500”] A message from Rev Stan[/caption]

Here’s Rev Stan having her picture taken. How rude!