Jason Bradbury

Atomic Swarm is in shops now! To celebrate its arrival, you can come and meet me and the Dot Robots on my book tour - I’ll be posting new venues & dates for signings as they come up but the latest are here. You can buy the books (and leave your reviews!!!) at Waterstones, Puffin, Play, Amazon. The official Dot Robot website has been upgraded - check out doyouknowanysecrets.com (Can you find the secret link? Can you beat the hidden game?)

I filmed this before and after last night’s London Natal demo for my games column on five.tv/gadgetshow

Wow! A breathtaking week of book signings and Robot performances is over. The launch of Dot Robot: Atomic Swarm was intense! A sold out show at South Bank Centre, newspaper, TV, radio & magazine interviews & four crazy signings all around London. All I can say is THANK YOU to everyone who joined me for real and virtually on Twitter/Facebook/Blog. And ENJOY READING THE BOKS to those of you who have bought copies this week. Dot Robot: Atomic Swarm is finally here!!! But this is just the beginning of a year’s worth of events that I’ll be tweeting & blogging about. So, stay tuned!

All the info you need to enter the online world of my Dot Robot Books and buy them is HERE.

THIS OFFER IS NOW OVER! CONGRATS TO THE WINNERS. BIG THANKS TO ALL WHO MADE CONTACT!

It started when I mentioned all my Twitter followers in the ‘Acknowledgment’ section of my new book, Atomic Swarm. Now I’ve got a pile of fresh, new copies, it’s only fair that I give as many of you as possible a FREE personalised signed copy!!! Just do the following & keep your fingers crossed you are chosen:

It started when I mentioned all my Twitter followers in the ‘Acknowledgment’ section of my new book, Atomic Swarm. Now I’ve got a pile of fresh, new copies, it’s only fair that I give as many of you as possible a FREE personalised signed copy!!! Just do the following & keep your fingers crossed you are chosen:

• Send me an email (see ‘About’ tab above for my addy
• Use only ‘Atomic Swarm’ as the Subject
• Tell me if you want Atomic Swarm or Dot Robot (the first in the series)
• Include your Twitter name (if you’re not on Twitter, why? But hey, no probs! x) & your dedication name & your postal address (your details will not be passed on to anyone!)
• THAT’S ALL! If you want to help me get the word out then, great - Tweet about Atomic Swarm, RT my tweets, blog it, email your reading friends, use #AtomicSwarm, review it on Waterstones or Amazon, social network the heck out of it - that would all be awesome. But you don’t have to! I’m giving my book away free because I dig it and I dig u! x

THIS OFFER IS NOW OVER! CONGRATS TO THE WINNERS. BIG THANKS TO ALL WHO MADE CONTACT!

‘… that means all of you who have (read Dot Robot) and have been to the Dot Robot Roadshow events… and my followers on Twitter - you all make it worthwile.’

Is that you? Do you recognise yourself in there? (even if you don’t, and you think you deserve a free copy stay tuned)

I’ll post the details of how to win my little Atomic Swarm lottery, as soon as I’ve decided them, on Twitter. So, check back here real soon!!!

To learn all about the Dot Robot books, my schools and festivals visits and crazy Dot Robot goings on, try here.To buy the books, try Puffin, Waterstones, Play or Amazon (I’ll update with Atomic Swarm urls very soon.) The books’ official site is doyouknowanysecrets.com (can you find the secret link?)

Congratulations to an undead @beckykingston, the winner of #ZombiePhone - Becky wins my spankly new HD Samsung handset for her ever-so-slightly insane trip to her local graveyard. Thanks to all you zombies for entering - you were all hilarious!

To find out what #ZombiePhone is check my previous post.

It all started when I was sent a snazzy HD phone to review (Samsung i8910 HD). The kind people that sent me it didn’t want it back (madness!) so I crowdsourced an idea on Twitter to give it away! The idea we came up with was #ZombiePhone. I tweeted ‘Win my new phone by snapping an undead u and ur old dead phone’. The reaction was mind blowing! Hundreds of zombies tweeted in - far too many for me to reply to. I’ll post the winning pick.. er.. when I’ve picked it! (think I’ll add some copies of Dot Robot for the runners up!)

Image care of @lrv94

You just have to check out Hobnox Audiotool. It’s a browser-based electronic music production tool - a bit like Reason - and it’s free! Read the pop-up instructions. Create yo’ funky vibe. Upload it to the web. Genius! Follow hobnox on Twitter @Hobnox.

The Twitter Index is a list of the world’s 200 most influential users of Twitter. I was amazed to receive an email telling me that I am ranked 13th on the list! Just after Downing Street - and above Barack Obama!!! Jonathan Ross is 1st, Stephen Fry 3rd and Lance Armstrong 8th. The list is compiled using algorithms designed to calculate a user’s standing within the Twitter community, how often their name is used, how much their messages are passed around and the interest their posts generate within their readership.

Other notable entries in the list include Twitter itself at 24th, Tony Hawks & Britney Spears 44th & 45th respectively- and Arnold Schwarzenegger 97th!

OMG! Which is best, Twitter or Facebook? That was the question behind the hugely successful ‘flash’ meet up (Tweetup?) in London’s Somerset House. I can’t tell you the result (although you could find out without too much searching). What I can say is that using only my Twitter account from Mon to Thurs to generate a crowd, I didn’t embarrass myself! The event was just awsome. And to all those who turned up… please leave your Twitter name below in the comments box. You were all AMAZING and I can’t thank you enough.

And god bless Puffin, my publisher, who turned up with copies of my book Dot Robot. I was genuinely mobbed for signings!

Check some of the images and accounts of the event generously uploaded by the people who were there:

here, here, here, here and … er… here!

Picture by Rodney Isemann