That Was 2009

Personal 1 January 2010 | 0 Comments

2009 turned out to be pretty remarkable year that charted a path unexpected 12 months ago.
Being involved with Twestival by arranging the Nottingham Twestival in February was the trigger for much of the rest of the year. The event was a modest success and introduced me to people who would become friends over the coming [...]

0% credit for Kiva in Peru

Causes, Web 22 November 2009 | 1 Comment

I’ve been wanting to give Kiva a try for a long time and the trip to Peru was encouragement enough. I issued a few loans when we got back and was very impressed. Its great that as a microcredit service you get to choose who the money goes to and you receive the money back [...]

Using Twitter at Think Visibility

Technology, Web 13 September 2009 | 0 Comments

There was a fair amount of activity on Twitter happening at Think Visibility. Here’s some pointers on how to make the most of Twitter at an event like Think Visibility.
Buildup
Watch the #thinkvisibility hashtag
Follow the event Twitter account @thinkvisibility
Join in the conversation
Follow the speakers
Follow interesting people
At the event
Those you have followed will now appear in your [...]

Nottingham Twestival Returns

Causes, Twitter 18 August 2009 | 0 Comments

Nottingham Twestival is taking place at 7.30pm on Thursday 10th September 2009 at Muse, Hockley. This time round the very worthy charity is The National Autistic Society – Nottingham.
Volunteer meetups are currently taking place with much more help than last time, thanks all! With the venue agreed it is now the interesting part of [...]

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Web 2.0 Surgery Gains Momentum

Technology, Web 18 August 2009 | 0 Comments

Web 2.0 Surgery is going from strength to strength with the fifth event.  There is another great line up of experts ready to answer questions on everything Web 2.0 and internet related.

Nottingham Tech Scene

Technology, Web 17 August 2009 | 0 Comments

As part of figuring out the Nottingham Tech Scene there is now a wiki page to track the tech companies, web companies, web design companies, games companies and tech events based in Nottingham.
Please feel free to add your company to the Nottingham Tech Scene wiki.

Invisible Festival Unveiled

Causes, Twitter, Web 9 August 2009 | 0 Comments

It seems appropriate to find out about a virtual festival through a friend on Facebook who I’ve never met. This lead to a shared experience with hundreds of other festival-goers who never get to meet each other.
The Invisible Festival is taking place over the weekend of 8/9 August 2009. The venue for the festival is [...]

NottTuesday July

Technology, Web 14 July 2009 | 0 Comments

Another great NottTuesday event. This time it was very ably hosted by Garry Shutler and took a different Q&A format to normal. A whole raft of questions were suggested including reliance on the cloud, Twitter as a marketing tool, AB testing and refactoring code. The single topic that then dominated the night was web site [...]

Twitseeking BambooJuice

Technology, Web 27 April 2009 | 1 Comment

If you were also unlucky enough to be able to make it down to Cornwall for Bamboo Juice, it will be clear from this that we missed a treat.

Winning business in tough times by Paul Boag
An awesome presentation http://prezi.com/35967/view/ by Jeremy Keith, but you’ll need this commentary to make sense of it!
Keeping Up with the [...]

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Twitter + Google = Twitseek

Twitter, Web 5 April 2009 | 0 Comments

With the continuing speculation (Silicon Alley Insider, BuzzMachine, WebProNews) surrounding the possible purchase of Twitter by Google why not get a sneak preview of the end result by using Twitseek.
It’s like Google, only for Twitter. It’s an attempt to present the results from a Twitter search in a different format. It’s information from Twitter that [...]