If you’ve ever met me, you’ll probably know I’m not very good with money. In fact, I’m so bad with money, when I put my Visa card in an ATM, the display doesn’t even ask for me PIN number, it just prints “Seriously?” on the screen. But last week, a post in the off-topic section of Rllmuk alerted me to a fun new social media game that was floating around, Empire Avenue, and I thought I’d give it a bash. Surprisingly, I quickly found myself addicted. Essentially, you create an account, complete with a NASDAQ-style share offering name (my shares are listed as JONCYBERNET), plug in all your social media connections, and then watch your share price rise as you go about your day doing the sort of things you enjoy doing – facebooking, adding pictures to flickr, and stalking late 90’s popstars on Twitter.

You can try it yourself – just plug in your Twitter ID here (scroll down to where it says: ‘What’s your price on the Twiter index?’) and see what your account would be worth on Empire Avenue. More info and 10 great starter tips from the leader of one of the top Community groups after the jump! (more…)

You can't really tell, but the shelves are full of pies.

Ok, so I’ve been rubbish. More than a bit rubbish in fact – I haven’t blogged for 5 months. So what have I been doing? Basically, eating pies. (more…)

So last night I tried a new BMF Venue. Excitingly, the BBC were there to watch me do it… (more…)

WARNING. NUDITY INSIDE. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SOME EYES DROPS READY FOR THIS ONE, BECAUSE THIS IS A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES. YEAH THAT’S RIGHT. WE’VE MADE AN IMPROVEMENT.  READ ON IF YOU DARE… (more…)

Say What You See: Music Fest in all its glory

After a few busy weeks, I haven’t been posting much. How naughty. But I can at least now reveal what I’ve been up to. Check it out… (more…)

It’s the mid-week hump! Ah I love these short weeks. We’re showing off entries from our Witness The Fitness iPad competition. We’ve decided to extend the competition for another month and the new deadline is May 30th. Here’s today’s entry from Rob Knight: (more…)

Hope you all had a great Bank Holiday. This week we’re showing off some of the best entries so far in our Witness The Fitness iPad competition. We’ve decided to extend the competition for another month and the new deadline is May 30th. Here’s today’s entry from Rose Pearson: (more…)

We’ve had a great response to our Witness The Fitness iPad competition – so great in fact that we’ve decided to extend the competition for another month. The new deadline is May 30th, so you now have some extra time to get your entries in. Over the next week, we’ll be showcasing some of the entries we’ve had so far. Here’s today’s entry from Eoin Clarke: (more…)

I don't actually have a picture of Joff doing the Marathon, but he probably looked a lot like this.

Last Sunday London was overrun by athletes, who were pounding the streets for the 2010 London Marathon. Obviously I wasn’t there – I was tucked up safely in bed, having a sexy dream about Princess Beatrice. But my friend Joff (who wrote ths little  gem for us earlier in the year) was, so I’ve done the next best thing and got him to write about it instead. (more…)

Not much to report his morning other than we’ve had a new video review of our app. Excitingly, it sounds like it was done by an actual robot: (more…)