Monthly Archives: January 2013

Stop The Spread Of Vacationitis

Posted on January 31, 2013 by thedigitalconsultant

The Hilton and The Onion; hardly a marriage made in heaven one would think, but based on this innovative campaign one would be wrong. Onion’s creative arm, Onion Labs have partnered with the hotel company to produce a web site that encourages … Continue reading →

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What’s Hanging On The Vine?

Posted on January 27, 2013 by thedigitalconsultant

Well not very much really. As most people know Twitter recently launched its video clip service – Vine. To quote their blog “a new mobile service that lets you create and share beautiful, short looping videos. With Vine, capturing life … Continue reading →

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‘Arping On About History

Posted on January 11, 2013 by thedigitalconsultant

Well yes, I know that the title of this post is a terrible pun, but the fact is that the history of the Internet has been documented in a piecemeal fashion – until now. It was in 1969 that the Pentagon produced ARPAnet, the precursor to the … Continue reading →