I’ve had my own website at www.simonwakeman.com since 2001. Until January 2006 it featured basic information about me and not a lot else. Over the past twelve months that’s definitely changed.

Judging by the traffic to my website and hits on my RSS feed, I’d say many of my usual readers are winding down for Christmas – and thankfully I’m no exception.

One of the best set of predictions for 2007 I’ve seen is over at Read/Write Web. They highlight that the growth of RSS will be one of the big stories next year.

I’m not ashamed to admit I like my gadgets. But I do particularly like a gadget that makes my life better, and my Dell Axim X51V does just that.

Have a look at this 1993 news report, courtesy of CBC, which talks about an emerging phenomenon called “Internet”.

Over the weekend I’ve added a couple of extra features to my blog – a new Grazr and a site preview for external links.

Given there’s an end-of-term feeling around the office at the moment, I suppose it’d be OK to take five minutes out to respond to my tagging by Richard Millington.

UK drinks retailer Threshers’ 40% had a discount voucher that circulated the UK blogosphere recently. The experience has some interesting lessons for marketing and PR people about the power of social media tools in creating viral messages.

We’ve just launched a new screencast for the Tinderhouse Publishing service. It’s the first time we’ve produced a screencast to explain a new service that we offer.

I’m very excited as today’s a big day: we’re launching the first real podcast from a local authority in the UK.

In the UK the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) is the advertising industry’s body for self-regulation. This week’s round of ASA adjudications is the first time I’ve seen a ruling about a blog.

Earlier in the week I blogged about how I could deal with my ever-increasing RSS feeds.

It seems to be “not getting it” week. Today it’s the turn of Ten Alps and their Public TV website – a “YouTube for the public sector”.

Guardian Online carries an interesting story today about the launch of a new brand management product from Creston – a product clearly positioned as a defensive tool against blogs.

Over the weekend my RSS feed count hit an all time high. The problem is that these feeds generate a very large number of items for me to read, and I simply can’t keep up.

I spent an interesting day today at GREEN Communications’ Word of Mouth conference at the Dental Institute in London.