The Guardian’s two-minute commercial, Guardian open journalism: Three Little Pigs advert – video (view below), attempts to tell the story about how wonderful news coverage is in this age of social media. However, it actually reveals more ugly truth about the media today then was intended. I believe this commercial is the most convincing argument for closing down 24-hour news channels, most of which are responsible for brewing their...

This month on Online Insights we explore mind control tricks from the underbelly of marketing, tease out some of Adelaide’s interesting bloggers, get a grip on British English and poke some fun at the lack lustre food photos shared in Social Media. 5 Creepy Forms of Mind Control You’re Exposed to Daily As many of you know, I am a marketer. And there are many different understandings of marketing. Some people think of marketing as...

Let Simon Decide Attention all procrastinators. This site will guide you through the decision-making process and possibly break the deadlock of inaction either by making a decision for you or by offering a decision you disagree with, hence helping you discern your true thoughts on a matter. This is not a magical site or a random number generator to give you a meaningless decision, instead it guides you through your decision making by prompting...