today i sat on the train to london to attend internet world for carsonified.

sat opposite from me was a really loud lady who appeared to want the world to know that she was a media buyer. i came to this conclusion from the way she was speaking to her colleague whilst facing the carriage and tapping the keys with great assertion, as if to demonstrate her power.

“we’re award winning folks you know. we’re influencing the world with our ads. who else can come up with press and billboard campaigns like ours? we’re in a good position”.

the whole time i sat there (i feel bad for admitting to this) i kept thinking you’re wrong. guys and gals are out there creating fresh content online, apps that are connecting people and making their lives easier. it’s our generation and community that is changing the world.

in 20, 10, screw it, even 2 years, people will be consuming media in a totally different manner. the accessibility of online content will mean that this will become the preferred method for the masses.

i’m genuinely excited, so excited - to be part of this industry and proud beyond belief.

so i sat there, quietly tapping away at my iphone - checking my rss feeds and responding to email. she probably thought i was playing snakes onmy mobile, but we all know the truth ;).

as i’m sure that you all know, this week saw the arrival of earth day. because i’ve had lots of comments asking if i’d recycle, i thought that i would use this opportunity to prove that i really am green (in the recycling sense, not in the incredible hulk sense, that would just be weird). so here are a few simple steps i think could help our wonderful world…

good deed done for the day, i’m off to shine my halo. peace x

earlier today i wrote my first “proper” blog post for carsonified. i can’t tell you how nervous i was when i pressed publish. i love blogging. i’m passionate about it and i’m so grateful for the people that subscribe to my site. however randommel.com isn’t like any other site. it’s random. it’s my random unedited thoughts and i kind of like leaving it that way. but writing for carsonified where the audience might not realise *just* how random i am was kind of weird. not knowing how much mel is too much mel is quite a concern, but i eventually pressed publish and put it out there for the world!

the blog post looks at the different uses of twitter depending where in the world you are and how and who you access using the app. i really enjoyed writing about twitter as it’s a site that i love and use lots (i’m not sure why i’m telling you that, there’s always one of my tweets flying around the twitterverse!).

whilst researching tweets for the post, i started to look at some of my favorite tweets and thought that it would be quite amusing to share them with you…

i’d love to see the tweets you love… maybe leave a link below?

i hope to be back with the videos next week, working on mixing it up a little (wouldn’t go as far as to promise spoken words might actually be used though).

happy friday!

what with crafts being all the rage at the moment, i thought that i would get in on some of the action and put my origami skills to the test - with some interesting results!

don’t worry, i won’t give up the day job… how about i send the final product to the person who can show me the most creative thing they can produce?