ok, now you may be unimpressed as this is the shortest video in the history of man! however, having spent 3 hours queueing outside of the apple store with the possibility we might not get served before closing, i’m mentally and physically exhausted!

i have to say, the staff at the apple store were outstanding – such a lovely bunch of people, not able to do enough for you. makes waiting that little bit sweeter. now with MobileMe set up and the iPhone in full use, here’s a quickie that i prepared for you from the phone. it was dark, so you might want to make some allowances!

a proper review to follow but again, a big thanks to all of the guys at the apple store in westfields. awesome!

now you all know how it goes… you get the newest gadget, nothing can beat it – you’re beyond excited. that is of course, until apple announces a newer version. well, yeah, this video’s about that! enjoy!

i hope that all of you lovely people have yours secured. much apple happiness.

big hugs,

m xox

NB: No hospital pants were worn in the recording of this video!

so today’s video is coming, but i’ve decided to change the way that i use my blog. life has been so busy of late that blogging has stopped and even the weekly videos have been a struggle. that, my friend, is going to change. so whilst i wait for this week’s video to upload, here’s a little something to make you smile.

ok, ok, call me cat woman… a girl with 2 cats, but i’m not yet a spinster and you have to admit it was cute :p

there are many things in life that make us tick – i could start with the iphone, the imac, the macbook pro and time machine but i wouldn’t want to be accused of being an apple fan girl

here’s a few of the other things that are guaranteed to bring a smile.

i’d love to hear your smile generators too… let’s make it a happy day!

m xox

now then, i may be known for many things… my love of social media, the web, dancing like a loon and a boy-like addiction for gadgets spring to mind… but my culinary skills have never been put to the test.

with thanksgiving upon us, i thought that i’d pay homage to my american friends out there and make a thanksgiving dinner. you might enjoy the process…

that’s why i eat out!

happy thursday and thanksgiving to you all.

much love xox

there are many things in life that i don’t understand. it’s also apparent that there are many people that i don’t understand either…

please tell me that i’m not alone with this?!?

i hope that you’re having an awesome thursday and remember, smiles lighten days!

xox

you’d think it would be common sense. how hard can it be to choose a picture to post to your profile on a dating site? not hard surely? then how come so many people seem to fudge it up so badly? this is my question! for those of you who are single and thinking about going on a dating site, you might want to listen to my advice. for those of you who aren’t single, you might want to watch and be smug that you’ve found your “one”. either way, enjoy.

so hopefully that’s got you off on the right footing, but i’m more than happy to help if you have any further questions. just call it my bit for the dating community

happy thursday and stay awesome!

me xox

with rumours rife that google could be looking to acquire twitter, grumbles can be heard wide and far, as demonstrated by the number of comments left on this recent techcrunch post. the reason? all of the cool apps appear to be getting bought up by big corporates - last.fm, flickr, delicious etc.

of course this is the dream for many of the founders – big dollar bills and a life of comfort with the potential of your app being rolled out to the mass market for whom you might not have been able to reach. however, I often wonder how that makes those founders feel. surely there has to be something a little bit sad about letting control of your baby, the project over which you’ve poured so many hours of work into and sleepless nights?

what about those who are kept on as part of the acquisition? to deal with the  shift in culture when you’re acquired by a huge company such as google or facebook can’t be easy. where changing things on the fly and staying nimble might be easy to do when you’re a tiny startup – this isn’t as easy when you have a big boat to turn.

i’m definitely one of the grumblers, that’s for sure. i love twitter as it is. i know that the ev and the good guys there need to make money from the service but i’d be sad to see it end it’s startup journey. heck, i joined back in 2006 when you could almost hear the tumbleweed. maybe that’s just me though… after all, you’re talking to the girl that cringes every time she hears it mentioned on radio one, feeling it seep away from what was cool with the tech crowd to part of the mainstream web activity of many teenieboppers.

my social media cap tells me it’s a good thing – it’s increased reach and mass appeal can only be good for brands, but the early adopter in me sheds a little tear. no matter what happens to twitter, if it enables me to stay connected to as many people as i currently am and the failwhale (god bless his soul) only makes the occassional appearance, i’ll continue to love it. i can’t help it, it’s almost part of me. i wish ev and the team the best for whatever decisions are having to be made at the moment.

as you will have seen from my recent announcement, i’ll only be at the aardman towers for another 2 weeks. it’s only right that determined the theme of this week’s video then…

isn’t he just the cutest?

i hope that your 2009 is getting off to a great start. may 2009 be filled with much happiness for you.

xox

so as many of you may know if you follow my tweets, last night was the works christmas party. normally this isn’t something that i’d blog about, might involve some cocktails, shots if things were getting really messy and maybe a few embarrassing moves on the dance floor. last night was special though, so i thought that i’d make an exception.

the night started by dropping @jamfactory back to his house to drop some stuff off. whilst i sat waiting with @mcquinny a car pulled up next to us and we paid no attention. however this swiftly changed when we noticed the car had turned on it’s blue lights… yes, yes, a police car! my crime – waiting in the car which was mounted on the curb of a road with double yellows and kinda overhanging the pedestrian crossing. i hadn’t really thought it through.

having pulled away rather swiftly (we went back for @jamfactory later, don’t worry!) we made our way to the rummer where normality resumed. having gathered myself, we made our way to dynasty for some of the best chinese food EVER. yes, this is not that interesting you’re probably thinking, but you had to be there to experience this conversation… (it’s silenced for a reason!)

i would love to see your captions for this video!

the real fun began when we started the karaoke. i’d planned my song of choice - kids by kylie and robbie, oh yeah, i’d given it some thought! all hopes were dashed when we walked into the bar to find that the mics were already taken by experts…

i kid you not, they were rapping to billy jean! followed by a big scary butch woman screaming “i can’t rap” to a linkin park song. intimidated by the obvious competition, i stood to dancing like my mum by the side… quickly approached by an old drunken man who put his hands on my waist. when asked to remove them by @efergan he did so and put them on my boobs instead. can’t blame the guy for trying.

a top top night!