The End of the Anonymous Internet?

by Colman Carpenter | Feb 2, 2012 | News, Social Networks

I was chatting with a fellow business owner recently. In actual fact I was try to entice him to attend our new online networking sessions, Coffee and Tech. He was pretty enthusiastic, until he realised he would need a webcam to attend as it is essentially a free...

The future of networking?

by Colman Carpenter | Jan 26, 2012 | Google, News, Social Networks

As you may have noticed, I’m starting up a pretty informal, weekly networking event called Coffee and Tech. The objective is to pull together a diverse bunch of people into a Google+ Hangout (essentially a free video-conferencing system for up to 10 people). The...

Social Networks for Business Pt 3 – Making it easy

by Colman Carpenter | Dec 15, 2011 | News, Social Networks

I’m sitting here writing this in front of the TV – watching a documentary on Steve Jobs. It’s very apparent that he was very good at seeing the business opportunities in some very geeky areas of technology. His real genius, though, was in hiding the...

Social Networks for Business Pt 2 – Making the right choice

by Colman Carpenter | Dec 8, 2011 | News, Social Networks

Welcome back. If you haven’t read part one of this little series on social networks for business then you should. It will give the contents of this post a little context. If you have read it, then you’ll know that I outlined four social networks that I...

Which social networks should I consider?

by Colman Carpenter | Dec 1, 2011 | News, Social Networks

I attended a networking lunch yesterday run by Millipod (coincidently, the venue was a client of mine, Iffin Farmhouse ). I try to get to two or three networking events a month if possible, partly because they’re a great way to raise the awareness of one’s...