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2009 on the web – some retrospectives
As we glide gracefully out of the noughties, here are some of the best retrospectives of the past year on the web. A big year for Twitter BBC News has a nice summary of the year on Twitter, looking at...
View ArticleCreating a dynamite campaign
Today I found myself in the opulent surroundings of Edinburgh’s Balmoral Hotel for a breakfast seminar, run by Precedent, on creating dynamite campaigns. The following are some of my notes. The seminar...
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Hard lessons in social media: political suicide
I’ve just updated my list of social media lessons learned the hard way with details of a Labour candidate who appears to have committed political suicide on Twitter. As the Guardian reports, Labour...
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Youth Parliament Elections campaign – a social media case study
Campaign graphic Later this week I’ll be attending a national awards ceremony, at which one of our campaigns has been nominated for an award. ** UPDATE – we won! ** Edinburgh’s 2009 Scottish Youth...
View Articlea11yLDN – accessibility unconference, 21st Sept 2010
Last week I headed down to London to attend the Web Accessibility Unconference – a11yLDN 2010. You can head over to the official site to find out more about the day, along with links to slides,...
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Social Innovation Camp – an idea
Image by amanky Earlier today I met with some associates to discuss a possible idea for the upcoming Social Innovation Camp in Edinburgh. The idea had come from a colleague’s personal experience of...
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I invented Google+
OK, now I have your attention I’ll confess that this isn’t exactly true… But I would direct people to a post of mine back in August 2009, where an associate and I proposed an idea for filtering tweets...
View ArticleTopics for a Social Media Unconference
Tomorrow morning, I’m heading up to Stirling for a Local Gov Social Media Unconference, kindly arranged by the Improvement Service, under the banner of the Customer First programme (enabling councils...
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Tartan Tweetmeet (in 500 words or less)
Tartan Tweetmeet In the spirit of Twitter’s conciseness, I’m keeping this below 500 words. Last night’s Tartan Tweetmeet was, by all accounts, a great success. The national event, which took place in 6...
View ArticleHow can we bring back free social media surgeries?
Last night I went along to #smedinburgh – a meet up for people from all backgrounds to come and discuss social media. I made some useful contacts and the people there were all keen to hear more about...
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