December 2008

Twitter panto

  • December 18, 2008 at 7:32 pm
  • Categories: Ramblings

  • Right, now how do I explain this? At 2pm tomorrow (23 December) we’re doing a pantomime: on Twitter. If you don’t understand Twitter it’s probably not worth starting here, unless you’re feeling particularly adventurous.

Digital mentors as pastoral carers?

  • December 9, 2008 at 1:10 pm
  • Categories: Digital engagement,Digital Mentors,Social media

  • I’ve wittered about this before, but I’m still concerned about the dangers of encouraging new people to use social media tools without supplying some sort of pastoral care, or covering some of the social and legal implications that they may encounter. This problem is exacerbated by the fact that most of the time we evangelists [...]

Twitter following policy

  • December 6, 2008 at 10:40 pm
  • Categories: Ramblings,Social media

  • You may have discovered that I’ve suddenly stopped following you on Twitter, or you’ve followed me and wonder why I haven’t followed you back. Here I try to explain myself. I’m currently following 199 people, and for me that’s quite a large commitment because I try to pay attention to all of you. If someone [...]

Digital Mentor tender: first round

  • December 5, 2008 at 6:35 pm
  • Categories: Digital engagement,Digital Mentors

  • If you’ve been following this blog you may be somewhat surprised by my apparent sudden conversion to the idea of digital mentors. In fact, although I haven’t posted here recently I have contributed a little to digitalmentor.org.