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Author Archives: Peter Hay
Q&A: Ed and Sarah Rogers, Riverhill Gardens
Channel 4’s Country House Rescue, for me, is all about the best of British: our long-standing architectural heritage preserved and sympathetically modernised for future generations to enjoy. Collectively, these programmes symbolise the conservation of a heritage that lies at the … Continue reading
Posted in Digital, Media
Tagged Channel 4, Country House Rescue, digital, Facebook, Riverhill Gardens, Ruth Watson, Twitter
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Q&A: Victoria Buckley, academic – digital’s effect on research
Digital has revolutionised many sectors, democratising content and providing access to resources otherwise unavailable. Victoria Buckley is in the final stages of a PhD at the University of Sussex and talks to me about what online communities have done for … Continue reading
A cut above the rest: digital goes haute couture at Burberry
The term ‘heritage brand’ doesn’t necessarily evoke futuristic imagery but in the case of British fashion house Burberry, at this season’s London Fashion Week, it was clear that this is a brand looking forward, not merely blowing dust off its … Continue reading
Posted in Digital, Fashion
Tagged Burberry, Facebook, fashion, Hussein Chalayan, Instagram, Mike Kus, Twitter, Twitterwalk, YouTube
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Q&A: Caroline Shenton, Chief Archivist, UK Parliamentary Archives
Archives aren’t usually places associated with digital technology but UK Parliamentary Archives Chief Archivist, Caroline Shenton, blows the dust off the myths and tells me a very different tale. What would a typical day (if such a thing exists!) be … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Digital, Social Media, Uncategorized
Tagged archives, Caroline Shenton, Facebook, Parliament, social, social media, Twitter, UK Parliamentary Archives, YouTube
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BREAKING NEWS: made you look!
I think it’s safe to say, following the recent riots in the UK, that many of us were glued to our screens as we watched the 24- hour news channels play a small selection of amateur videos, on repeat, of … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Media, Social Media, social networking
Tagged breaking news, David Cameron, Guardian, media, news, Paul Lewis, social media, social networking, Twitter, UK riots
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Communication: vital for Tottenham community to start healing, following riot
Having watched the events in Tottenham as they unfolded last night, prompted, of course, by Twitter, I couldn’t help but think about what it is that brings a community to a boiling point, seeing the pan tip and its contents … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, CSR, Uncategorized
Tagged Aldi, community, CSR, David Lammy, JJB Sports, Mark Duggan, Met Police, Metropolitan Police, O2, protest, riot, Tottenham
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Guest post: Meltwater CEO Jorn Lyseggen on Court of Appeal online content licensing ruling
Further to the blog post I wrote here earlier this week, I’d like to introduce Meltwater group CEO, Jorn Lyseggen, who has kindly written a guest blog post to give further insight into the Appeal Court ruling for the case … Continue reading
Posted in Digital, Media, Uncategorized
Tagged Appeal Court, copyright, digital media, Jorn Lyseggen, law, media, media law, Meltwater Group, NLA, PRCA
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The case of the NLA versus Meltwater and the PRCA… and Mark Twain?
So, the much anticipated appeal case of the Meltwater Group and PRCA versus the NLA has come to a crashing pause. I say ‘pause’ as this issue is far from being put to rest with a Supreme Court referral already … Continue reading
Posted in Digital, Media, Social Media
Tagged Appeal Court, content, Copyright Tribunal, digital, digital media, Francis Ingham, High Court, Jorn Lyseggen, law, licensing, Mark Twain, media, media law, Meltwater Group, Newspaper Licensing Association, newspapers, NLA, online, PRCA, social media, Supreme Court
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Google + and the homogeny of social networking
As Google+ rocks up as the new cool kid at the social media party, stealing the glitter-ball-dazzle from Facebook, Twitter et al, it seems a good time to step back from those bright and colourful digital lights to consider its … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media, social networking, Technology, Uncategorized
Tagged API, comms, communications, Facebook, Four Square, FourSquare, geek, geeks, geolocation, Google +, Google Plus, Microsoft, Pete Hay, Peter Hay, PR, publicity, Skype, social media, social networking, technology, Twitter
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A smidge of what I fancy 
The future: social TV commentary?
While I sit and watch, what has so far been, a really very exciting Wimbledon men’s final, my enjoyment has been somehow tarnished by the appalling quality of the commentary from the BBC – especially the inane comments coming from … Continue reading →