business & innovation

OK, so I thought I'd got some of the major predictions for the year. Deirdre's back in the office for half a day, and wallop, she's got a hole lot more to add to the list. And their corkers:

The relative peace of these first three days back in the office has given me far too many opportunities to procrastinate on the rather impressive email mountain that's appeared in my inbox over the holidays. In a further, and I'd like to think, rather productive attempt to put off tackling this I cast an email out to the sages of the uk-netmarketing list hunting for 2008 predictions for digital media, either those they'd found online or, if brave enough, any of their own.

What am I talking about..? We all work in a fantastic, fast moving industry where people are key to the success & growth of our businesses.It is ultimately their talent and skills along with their enthusiasm, creativity and thirst for knowledge which results in increased revenue & profit.

The Chinwag massive was out and about yesterday, firstly taking in a Chinwag Live 'On  Tour' session at ad:tech London, followed by a swift beverage across the road with friends, colleagues, contacts and exhausted exhibitors from the show.

Interesting to see that the social network frenzy continues unabated. So, Facebook finally grabs the UK's No. 1 social media slot from Myspace.

Here's a question to set your Friday synapses firing.

Is living in the post-scarcity world of ubiquitous digital content actually *bad* for us? Now maybe it's just me, but isn't this your curmudgeonly grandad speaking?

There's nothing like a good debate to rattle the cages.

Our Chinwag Live panel discussion last week Web TV Takeover seemed to work in that regard, and the coverage is mounting up.

The event itself was pretty fiesty even by Chinwag's past standards - as you'll see from the opinions and highlights recounted in the blogposts below.

I love email. Well, I say love, what I actually mean is that it's my primary form of communication at work. Email can be great, especially if its well-crafted, but beware of what you send. Sometimes it can go badly wrong.