Recognition is always nice, and working for myself whilst I am often thanked by the people I work with/for, it's not as if I get an annual review or 'employee of the month' award, so I was very chuffed with myself when I stumbled upon an article about 'QDOS', a system that measures an individual’s 'digital status' in the UK. According to a recent QDOS report 9 out of 10 of the most digitally prolific personalities in the UK are musicians, and whilst you'd be forgiven for assuming someone such as Bono would be number one, you'd also be wrong! According to QDOS, the number one most digitally prolific person in the UK is non other than Imogen Heap! (Tony Blair and Gordon Brown came in at numbers 12 and 25 respectively).

A QDOS score is comprised of four main components – popularity, impact, activity and individuality. Each component is scored separately and these are combined to form a total QDOS score. Popularity measures the number of people one engages with online and the size of their personal network, impact is based on the number of people who listen/read/view/comment when an individual blogs/posts online, activity comprises the total of one’s digital activity including shopping, blogging, banking, chatting etc, and individuality is how unique one is in the digital world based on their name, age and lifestyle.

So as Imogen's webmaster and gate-keeper of all things online, I am patting myself on the back for a job well done! Although, I'm not the only person that deserves recognition here - there's Imogen herself for always being up for trying something new, Mark Wood (Imogen's manager) for letting us try things and always supporting us, and Tiffany 'the axemaiden' Le, our 'myspace housekeeper' who does a superb job managing Imogen's MySpace profile and it's 300,000+ friends. Having spent the last 5 or 6 years working with Imogen and it's great to see our efforts being recognised - I'm looking forward to retaining our 'title' in 2008! Read the full article here.