Heh. It’s good to know that I’m not the only one that hates Comic Sans:
Dave
Social Networking Video
Apologies for the lack of updates lately, have been busy doing other things. Here’s the latest video from Common Craft, to make up for it. It’s a plain speaking guide to social networking. Cool!
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Videos!
I’ve been adding plenty of video’s to my VodPod, but of course they don’t appear in the RSS feed, so those that don’t regularly visit the site won’t know they are there.
So, here’s a list of some of the video’s I’ve recently added:
Have you got some favourite online videos you think other LGNewMedia readers might be interested in? Join the VodPod and post them!
Customised Search with Google
Here’s a presentation I have put together to explain some of the whats, whys and hows of creating a Google Customised Search.
A perfect blog post
Evan Davis, BBC News’ economics guy, has a pretty good blog called Evanomics (nice). Yesterday he posted on the hot topic of the moment, private equity. And as a blog post, for me it is pretty close to perfect.
For those that do not feel they know what private equity is all about, let me offer a few arguments on both sides.
First an explanation. Private equity is quite simple. Investors borrow money (from banks); they usually add a little of their own and use the cash to buy companies. Often the companies they buy were publicly-owned – in the sense that a large number of relatively anonymous shareholders buy and sell shares in them on the stock market – and once bought, they become privately-owned, in that their shares are no longer traded.
Davis provides explanation and opinion, facts and commentary. Despite reading articles every day in the papers about private equity, I never understood as fully as I do know after reading this post.
It’s a great template for new bloggers in terms of style and content.