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SXSW preparations

March 8, 2009

A post reflecting pretty much what it says in the title -  I’m trying to get my ducks in a row for SXSWi. Key things have been: Deciding what to pack Getting the logistics sorted Working out what I’ll be doing when I get there Doing my best to fit in with Digital Mission Sorting [...]

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Bigging up the Thinking Digital (#TDC) conference

January 27, 2009

I’ve been asked to act as an Ambassador for the 2009 Thinking Digital conference. What this means is that I get a Press Pass for helping promote Thinking Digital. I also intend to use Social Media as an experiment to cover my feedback, probably through CoveritLive via my blog, and Twitter etc.. “What is Thinking [...]

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Embedding video on this blog – experiment

December 8, 2008

Morning all! Rather than ask everyone what they think the best video site is, I thought I’d have a play myself. :-) I took the clip below with my Blackberry a couple of weeks back – just over 60 seconds of rough footage. The test has a number of different aspects: Will the sites accept [...]

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Gillian Taylforth meets the Groundswell

November 10, 2008

Photo credit to rg & bo I have in front of me a copy of Woman’s Own [best link I could find], dated 10 November 2008 – 87p.* Specifically, the inside back page features a column called “Gillian – welcome to my World!”. It continues “She’s smart, surprising, & straight-talking”. The Gillian concerned is Gillian [...]

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Miss Geeky at DigitalCity

November 5, 2008

Quick write-up of a star performance by Melinda Seckington at last night’s First Wednesday event, run by DigitalCity (part of Teesside Uni’s Institute of Digital Innovation). Melinda runs her own website, Miss Geeky, and has used many social media tools to help her form a new set of friends – having moved to London from [...]

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Thought Experiment: Tuttle for the North East

October 24, 2008

Hello folks If you’re a Social Media type, then you may have heard of Tuttle. Otherwise, check this out. So, my contention is that the North East of England could do with a focus for Social Media wannabes (and Pros, of course). The idea would be to extend the Tuttle coverage up to the North [...]

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