Yomego - The Social Media Agency

One bleak, miserable morning on January 6th, 2010, a storm begins to brew that would have far more lasting impact than any disruption caused by a little bad weather. The snow piled higher and higher, and the citizens of the snowed in landscape grew more and more embittered. From the depths of a frozen Britain finally came the cantankerous call (among so many others, but only one would be so important), “Crap! Robin Hood airport is closed. You've got a week and a bit to get your shit together otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high!!"

Every two years I like to travel to a music festival in Serbia. Despite the constant sunshine, great music and (fantastically) cheap exchange rate, I still get asked all the time why I pick such a peculiar location to habitually travel to. Sure I could rattle off everything I just mentioned, but my defacto response is always “for the culture shock”. Typically, every time I’ve been, the combination of roaming fees, inadequate charging facilities and lack of smartphone adoption has resulted in a nostalgic, tech-free existence.

It’s the wet summer of 2012, it’s the east end of Glasgow, and there’s a smallish corner cafe which is making quite a name for itself. The staff are friendly, the mood is chill and the venue itself has the important advantage of being the least stabby-looking place to get a beer in the area. I go there far too often and would be totally happy to hear when there’s an open mic night happening and when their meltingly- delicious slow-roast pork belly is back on the specials menu.