Writer Will Self has been talking to the Sunday Times about his new TV drama, ‘The Minor Character’, which airs on Sky Arts on Thursday, and also took the time to explain why he doesn’t do Twitter.

Twitter according to Self is a waste of time and a waste of talent. Self, as a former heroin addict who once took the drug while on former Prime Minister John Major’s plane, which led to his sacking by the Observer, is probably a man who knows something about that. Read More »

Last night Twitter hosted a dinner for what was essentially a bunch of celebrities mostly you imagine to impress the boss CEO, Dick Costolo, who was over in the UK to press the flesh and meet the odd government minister and discuss ideas about possibly banning social media users should we have any more riots.

What was interesting about the gathered Top Tweeters was that as you can see in the picture (click to enlarge) they were largely celebrities including the likes of Jimmy Carr, Charlie Brooker, Sarah Brown, Stephen Fry, Phillip Schofield and Davina McCall among others. Read More »

Stephen Fry tweeting live from a lift

Stephen Fry who as we all know likes to tweet a bit, from lifts and elsewhere, and share his views with his 2.7 million Twitter chums, has tweeted his take on Google +, which most of us have had a play with now and the verdict is he is not a fan. Read More »

“Inviting co-workers”. That was all the first tweet said. It is incredibly innocuous and no one could envisage the trail it would blaze across the world as Twitter was taken up in the hands of presidents and global celebrities, revolutionaries and the journalists who have told their stories.

Twitter, like just a few other key internet services such as Google, YouTube and Facebook to name three, has had a massive impact on our world and changed it fundamentally in the ways we interact with it and learn about it. Read More »

Apparently Stephen Fry is quitting Twitter. Again.  This time it was (as I’m sure you read) he was quoted by the Observer saying the only reason women slept with men is that “sex is the price they are willing to pay for a relationship”.

His bio now reads “no longer in service” and his last tweet simply says “Bye bye” after another tweet berated journalists for misquoting him and leading to Fry getting a public kicking from women’s groups, feminists and just about everyone else. Read More »

Its true people. Not only was Microsoft able to turn Stephen Fry to its promotional cause, but it is actually selling Windows Phone 7 to people. No really. We know this as Microsoft took these photos. As evidence, I’m guessing, in case of any cynical doubting Thomas the media asked for proof. Read More »

Stephen Fry, the go to celebrity for all your technology quotes, will it seems put out for anyone. The Apple fanboy put in an appearance for the launch of Microsoft Windows Phone 7 having previously slated Windows mobile back in the day.

No longer. He likes Windows Phone 7 and he was happy to get up on stage and say so. Although he was weighed down by his freebies. Read More »

From The Lounge Group : Okay he doesn’t, but for $510 he will for 90 days. Or if I pay $2,325 : Justin Bieber will follow you on Twitter for a minimum of 90 days, will retweet one of your tweets and will send out a tweet including your @twitterhandle

That’s nice. However if you aren’t some easily-mind-controlled-bad-music-choosing-ten-year-old, you can choose to pay a multitude of celebrities for the same package here

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Penguin and digital agency Dare have produced a new iPhone and iPad app for Stephen Fry’s autobiography but in keeping with one of the most internet-savvy of celebrities, this is no ordinary book app. Read More »

It’s very good of Twitter to keep on suggesting that we follow Jonathan Ross, isn’t it? Not to mention some chap called Stephen Fry.

Who To Follow is such an odd little feature to introduce because it goes against the principles of social media that have made Twitter so successful in the first place. As we know, gone are the one-size-fits-all shouty marketing messages that you simply block out, and in are recommendations from people you trust. Here’s three reasons why it’s missing the point. Read More »