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STRATEGY: The Humanitarian Response Index

Scandinavia, the Low Countries, UK and Ireland are the top tier, with the rest of the G7 languishing some distance behind. Read More

MARKETING: How Business uses Social Media

This is a fairly comprehensive directory of case studies showing how businesses are using social media. This includes blogs, myspace, email, user generated content and other campaigns: Read More

ECONOMICS: What to do in a downturn

Sequoia Capital is a top Silicon Valley VC. Last week they gathered their CEO’s together. This presentation told them what to do. Cut deep, fast and preserve cash. It’s going to be a long recession. Read More

FUNDRAISING: Online Giving Marketplaces

Online giving marketplaces are intermediaries connecting givers and causes. Ebay, Kiva and Amazon are the obvious benchmarks. These are some interesting notes on the latest developments. Read More

TECHNOLOGY: Staff blogging at DFID

DFID staff are blogging about everything from One Laptop per Child to postings in Helmand, Basra and Africa. Interesting stuff – it makes you realise how thinly spread they are. How do they prioritise? Read More

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Let's see if this is working.

Russia Tycoons Bailout Could Turn Into Kremlin Trap

You got to love any story that has "Kremlin Trap" in its title

Let's put Robert Kennedy to work for New York

This just arrived from eBay  - an original from the 60s.

I'm going to put it in a frame and hang it over my desk. It can go with the "Obama 08" badges that Lucy bought for me.

Star Wars Cake

This is the most popular photo on my flickr photostream

"W" Gala

Saw "W" last night. Because it was one of the big screenings of the London Film Festival, they had Oliver Stone and most of the cast there.

But I didn't realise there were still cinemas that had a proper full-size, old school cinema organ in front of the screen.

The photo below serves only to demonstrate how crappy the camera is on my Blackberry.

I love....

the lo-fi layout of this blog.

Patches - Clarence Carter

I love this, in a completely non-ironic manner. The lyrics are awesome.

One more go

This is a second test post.

This will be my personal blog, separate to all the work related stuff.

This is a test

By all accounts, the quick brown dog did something - something frankly unspeakable - to the lazy brown fox.

Or so I'm told