The 7 Qs of Great Viral Content

‘Viral content’ is an awful phrase. It’s used by marketers – and generally means material designed to propagate a message or meme, usually with an eye to some commercial gain. But the content itself needn’t be a bad thing – and the qualities of great viral content can be used on their own merits. Here are 7 such features of great viral content – and they all begin with Q. [read more...]

Twittering Away, Wasting Time

Finally, a place where I can blog about the mundane parts of my life without guilt

I’m quite enjoying Twitter at the moment – if you haven’t heard of it, it’s essentially a lightweight blogging system where you can enter what you are currently doing (via the web, IM or mobile phone). I try to keep the personal stuff on Modern Life to a bare minimum – just articles and glorious technicolour stats – but Twitter is a great outlet for everything else. [read more...]

Top 10 Most Common Passwords

Users: Strong passwords? No thanks!

Life these days has become largely dependent on passwords - whether we're checking our emails, tranferring funds or shopping online, passwords have their part to play. We're constantly bombarded with horror stories of security breaches, fraud, and phishing sites. Users are consistently told that a strong password is essential these days to protect private data. Why is it, then, that users on websites opt for the same, consistent, insecure passwords time after time? [read more...]