We are all probably sick to the back teeth of Facebook and even deleting your account does little to stop the firm from sharing your data without asking for your consent each time (saying “yes” once obviously means you can never say “no”). We also know that Mark Zuckerberg (you know, the guy who called … Continue reading
And that rhymed. Of course, poetry does not have to rhyme but you probably remember your childhood attempts, at school or otherwise, at writing a ryming poem. Having recently been made aware of the fact that today is National Poetry Day in Britain, I decided to revisit one of my favourite poems by one of … Continue reading
I’m recycling this post as, well, in a world of constant change, some things stay the same. The CRIL (Centre de Ressources Internationales et Linguistiques), aka “The Lab”, in room S09 (in the basement, so “business as usual” in case of an air strike) is open and ready to receive you for tutorials. While the … Continue reading
Most of us know the warm glow of receiving kind wishes and funny GIFs on our Facebook wall when the friendly, blue giant has kindly reminded our friends of our birthday; most of us have read articles warning us of the dangers of addiction to social media networks and have nodded, but done little more … Continue reading
Until that tree comes down it’s still Christmastide… You would think by now that everything had already been tested. Thankfully, the secret of the perfect Christmas ad, with just enough emotion to bring a tear to your eye without descending into embarrassing schmaltz, is elusive. I say thankfully, otherwise we would be all weeping every … Continue reading
While scrolling down my Twitter feed (it’s not dead yet) I saw the familiar face of friend and colleague, Mary, (aka @LittleMissMBA) drawing attention to the welcome increase in the number of women in tech companies. Mary was retweeting Yana Welinder and the tweet reminded me of an interesting study by University of Texas sociologist Catherine … Continue reading
Le Slip Français, purveyors of men’s and women’s undergarments, have parlayed old-world manufacturing and award-winning digital marketing intoan under-the-radar success. Continue reading
