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Social media participation hits 65%, Europe lags behind.

Christopher Peat — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:59:57 +0000

It is reported that 65% of Americans now regularly participate in social media, there are variations across the demographic but one thing is sure as a European, we are lagging seriously behind. We seem to be at the stage where…

Soul destroyed Hush Puppies

Christopher Peat — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:40:01 +0000

I recently succumb to the influence of a colleague who continually bragged to me about the comfort of his new Hush Puppies shoes and bought myself a pair. Being lucky enough to have a fairly casual office I don’t wear…

The London riots fed by a social media monster

Christopher Peat — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:02:44 +0000

You would need to have lived in a cave somewhere in Wales for the riots and social media storm to have passed you by this week. With the trouble starting in Tottenham and quickly being spread across social media channels…

Moodlemoot 2011 in London

Christopher Peat — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:57:22 +0000

After spending quite a few years working with Moodle I decided it was time to attend a conference and meet some of the other moodle-ers. Fortunately for me this years Moot was in Senate House, University of London… roughly 100m…

London bike hire schemes website doesnt work – Sorry, we are having a problem

Christopher Peat — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:08:34 +0000

The London bike hire scheme looks promising, and certainly offers a new way to move around London at a little more speed. If nothing else, it offers a considerably better alternative to the tube.

I’ve seen the bike hire…

MBA in social media

Christopher Peat — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:04:03 +0000

After reading an interesting post on Business Week about social media making an entrance into the academic world of MBAs at the more prestigious business schools I thought it was worth exploring thought that this is perhaps a breaking point…

How do ebay justify such high fees?

Christopher Peat — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:20:22 +0000

I don’t use eBay that much, for buying or selling, but recently thought it was time to sell on an old SLR camera and while I was at it, I may as well sell my old phone since I had…

Do we agree in online paywalls?

Christopher Peat — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:37:41 +0000

A quick query really, how do you feel about online pay-walls? That is, the restriction of content that the ‘free’ world has commonly grown used to, becoming restricted access that you have to pay for. We have found ourselves in…

MBA Refernece sheet

Christopher Peat — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:49:24 +0000

Ann E Schlosser, Tiffany Barnett White, and Susan M Lloyd, “Converting Web Site Visitors into Buyers: How Web Site Investment Increases Consumer Trusting Beliefs and Online Purchase Intentions,” Journal of Marketing 70, no. 2 (4, 2006): 133-148.

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Starting the chapters

Christopher Peat — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:11:09 +0000

I have decided that the summer is now over and it is time to start on my chapters. After an eventful summer at work where many projects have fallen by the wayside I have had to re-evaluate my proposal and…