Social media talk: 3 December 2012, Sighthill
As part of an event for 'Supporting Researchers at Edinburgh Napier University' I've been asked to put together some resources and reflections on the ways blogs and blogging can play a part in the life of a humble researcher, such as me. Rather th...
London 2012 Olympic Twitter archive
Over the course of the London 2012 Olympic Games I put together a Storify of tweets relating to the events and the debates and the media stories that people were linking too. It wasn't systematic process, there'll be lots that slipped through the ...
#enconf Using Storify to tell the story of an academic conference
Edinburgh Napier University, my employer, hosts an annual conference for academic and professional services staff ??? an opportunity to get people together, focus on chosen themes and discuss ways of integrating them into our teaching and learning. ...
#futr Day 1: FutureEverything, Manchester, May 2012
Top image: 'Deirdre_BlueOrange_Futr' / flickr.com/photos/stuartchilds/6998237316 [This is the FutureEverything logo.]Bottom image: @jennifermjones discusses London 2012 as a media spectacle [Taken by me.]
Networks: readings, notes and links
I???ve been soaking up quite a bit of social network literature recently as it is becoming the central theme in my PhD planning. As a focus for analysis it can often be found sharing space with discussions on social capital, yet the events literatur...
Digital Audience Development, courtesy of Inner Ear.
It was very good to see a large audience for the 2011 'Digital Audience Development' session at this year's Edinburgh Fringe. Run by Inner Ear Ltd. again on Thursday 4 August, this was the second time I've seen them present ideas and case studies ...
#EdTwestival: bringing it all together.
Yesterday was Twestival, in cities across the globe. I've written about my involvement in Edinburgh's Twestival before, so a quick follow up post is in order.First up, here's the event's site: http://edinburgh.twestival.com/The big numbers: over 3...
#tramwaysummit_01
Tuesday morning: with barely minutes to go, as I sped through the central belt to Glasgow, my Twitter feed told me my meeting had been upgraded to a summit! This was fantastic news ??? really set the tone for a productive catch up with some other ev...
Current projects: Twestival and Breda.
I'm involved in two very interesting projects at the moment and this post is to introduce them both and record where we're up to just now with them.___First up is Edinburgh Twestival 2011. Every year cities around the world put together an event f...
EventScotland 'International Events Conference' 2010, Perth Concert Hall
Perth Concert Hall hosted yesterday's 'International Events Conference' - a biannual gathering under the auspices of EventScotland. In quick order, some of the key things I took home with me through the chilly, snow covered fields... ___ It was ve...