Unfortunately there’s still no better way to ensure your immortally than dieing before your time! Suddenly all those things that people disliked about you, don’t seem to matter!

Last week we were very well looked after at the 2009 Thinking Digital conference at the Sage, Gateshead.

It was an amazing event, well done team Codeworks! As well as meeting lots of old friends and making lots of new ones, we came away with a load of new insights and answers to questions we didn’t realize we had.

We’re becoming more and more addicted to twitter. You can follow us at www.twitter.com/kimedia.  Here’s our top 7 reasons from an online business perspective for using the micro-blogging phenomenon that’s challenging Facebook for the social networking crown.

1. You’re restricted to 140 characters, so it’s quick - you can fit it around any schedule
2. It’s a chance to announce examples of work, without having to write an essay
3. You can track what people are saying about you, and respond quickly
4. It’s informal, so you can get your personality and values across
5. Your competitors are there, and if they’re not, you just found an untapped market - well done you!
6. It’s free
7. It’s easy

More information is being shared now than ever before, with emails and collaborative technology it’s much easier to send files to and fro, or simultaneously edit the same document as a colleague.

These files get downloaded from emails, networks and servers onto local hard drives, but how much thought is given to how that file’s name will look on someone else’s desktop?

Despite the threat of spam, viruses and the amazingly inadequate but widely-used Outlook 07, email is still going strong. According to the “Internet 2008 in numbers“pingdom report there are 1.3 billion email users worldwide. Email continues to be the main method of direct remote communication for businesses and consumers alike. Here’s what you need to know to get the most out of email marketing.