Tag: blogging

Coming round to ‘hyperlocal’: my notes on the Talk About Local unconference 2010

  • April 18, 2010 at 6:47 pm

  • ‘Hyperlocal’ has been a buzzword in the online engagement community for about eighteen months, and to be honest it’s not one I’ve been comfortable with: why try and define a sub-category of ‘local’ which is itself pretty undefinable? I still have a bit of a problem with it, but yesterday it did become clearer to [...]

Talk About Local unconference 2010: Legal issues discussion

  • April 18, 2010 at 6:42 pm

  • The first session I went to at yesterday’s Talk About Local un-conference was on the legal problems of managing sites that allow user feedback or investigate stories of public interest. It’s very depressing to hear of the crippling situations people repeatedly find themselves in, simply through a determination to get at the truth in the [...]

On what it is to volunteer

  • April 8, 2009 at 1:03 am

  • Steve Jackson – a VSO volunteer in Cameroon – on the important work of volunteers and some of the prejudices they face from the very sector they support. I don't read Steve's blog nearly as often as I should: for me it is an invaluable, thought-provoking and refreshing glimpse into the world of international volunteering.

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‘Listening’ to the web with Addictomatic

  • February 11, 2009 at 1:00 pm

  • These are my links for 11 February 2009 from 12:40 to 12:40

Manage your online reputation

  • February 9, 2009 at 6:11 pm

  • It frustrates me that organisations still seem to think they can manage their reputations by controlling what information is spread about them. This is simply not possible anymore, and attempting it just makes you seem heavy-handed and out of touch. Far better to listen to what other people are saying about you and engage when [...]

31 Days to Building a Better Blog

  • January 26, 2009 at 1:02 pm

  • These are my links for 26 January 2009 from 12:46 to 12:46

How to use Postalicious to create single blog posts from Delicious bookmarks

  • January 19, 2009 at 12:02 am

  • This one’s really for Nicky over at Digbeth is Good, but as it could be useful for others it may as well go here. It explains how to use the Postalicious addon to add delicious bookmarks to your WordPress blog as single posts. It presumes a certain degree of experience with these tools. (Example of [...]

Bookmarks for 6 January 2009 through 8 January 2009

  • January 8, 2009 at 2:00 pm

  • These are my links for 6 January 2009 through 8 January 2009: Vote for Created in Birmingham – Vote now to see Created in Birmingham beat the Daily Mail's Melanie Phillips to Best UK Blog award. Vote for Created in Birmingham to beat Daily Mail blogger! – You should also vote because Created in Birmingham [...]