I’m not a fan of New Year predictions when it comes to digital trends. Too many talking heads gush twaddle, and their predictions are either blindingly obvious – mobile commerce, anyone? – or so ridiculously buzz-wordy that you end up not understanding their forecasts but assume they’re deep and meaningful because the wording they use...

The Kernel’s media and celebrity columnist Ilana Fox comes out in support of a disgraced Labour MP, a ferocious media mogul’s missus and a delusional rapper. Don’t worry, we’re sending help. Our interactions on the web have the ability to make us all look like grasping, desperate fools. Like a one-night stand with a man...

The Kernel’s celebrity and culture columnist Ilana Fox says the Kardashian family are the prophets of the social media era. No, really. Daniel Craig may win my personal award for hottest actor in the world, but I’ve decided he’s better off mute. In a recent rant to GQ, Craig called the Kardashians ”fucking idiots” for...

Last week, Jessica Davies wrote an interesting piece suggesting brands should consider themselves to be content commissioners; that if content creators are thinking more as marketers, marketers can behave more as content creators (Davies on TV, nma.co.uk 10 November 2011). So far, so convergence, but the accepted normality of this behaviour – of consumer brands...

Yesterday morning I woke up, turned on my radio, and heard the news that Steve Jobs had died. For me personally, Jobs brought the means of communicating in a futuristic manner to life for all of us, and because of that I will always admire and respect the work he achieved. But will I mourn...