That volcano in Iceland or the Icelandic volcano - how many TV and radio news readers can actually pronounce "Eyjafjallajökull", let alone spell it? - is surely showing all of us just how interconnected and interdependent the world truly is. The air flight restrictions are impacting upon the Biz community in various ways, from hampering D&AD judging in London to attendance of the 2010 Festival of Media in Valencia, Spain, and the London Book Fair, and there are whispers that the volcanic ash cloud from the eruption over Europe could impact on the 2010 FIFA World Cup in June, too... Let us hope not! Talking about the world cup, just how are those ticket sales progressing? And just why did it take so long for FIFA to go the over-the-counter route? Last week was a very interesting one for Twitter. It launched Twitter Media and @twittermedia - "knowledge and tools to help you use Twitter to transform media, entertainment, and journalism". It also had its first developers conference, Chirp, at which various announcements were made, including that the US Library of Congress would be archiving ALL tweets and that advertising (Promoted Tweets) has finally arrived. Don't forget to enter our A Million Miles from Normal competition, which closes 30 April 2010. Together with Penguin Books, we're giving away five copies of this debut novel from copywriter Paige Nick - make sure you've read the five exclusive excerpts up on Bizcommunity! Truth is stranger than fiction Simone Puterman (@SimoneBiz) & Rod Baker PS In this week's Ornico Ad Showcase, we feature TV ads for Old Mutual, DStv, Inecto, Pepsi and BMX X1, and radio ads for Cadiz, Sadie, MTN 2, Nando's and Nissan Navara.
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