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The Arts Council West Midlands DCD fund – some notes

October 29th, 2009 | 4 comments

Today I had a meeting with Anna Douglas and Steve Manthorp at the Arts Council’s Birmingham offices to discussed the Digital Content Development (DCD) fund. This was announced in December 2008 and since then I’ve been increasingly asked by arts organisations for advice on formulating their applications. Since this has become a significant part of [...]

Category: ASH-10, Explanations | Tags: , , |

Website Makeover with Talk About Local

October 23rd, 2009 | Comments are closed

At the Talk About Local Unconference earlier in the month there was a competition to win a “website makeover” which I was asked to hep out on as part of my work with Talk About Local, a 4ip-funded project to encourage and support hyperlocal blogging across the UK.
The makeover took place today and the [...]

Category: Projects, Reports | Tags: , , |

Social Media Surgery at Hello Digital

October 22nd, 2009 | 4 comments

Yesterday was Hello Digital, Birmingham’s digital event run by the city council and various related bodies. The emphasis was on how local businesses could benefit from adopting digital tools and approaches and part of this was a social media surgery sponsored by Business Link and delivered by Nick Booth at Podnosh. Nick’s been doing social [...]

Category: Reports | Tags: , , |

Comments are not just for comments

October 16th, 2009 | 2 comments

Thinking the comments section of your website is just for comments about your website content is like thinking your corridors are just for getting from one room to another. They’re also spaces for ad-hoc coversations.

When the Warwick Arts Centre got their new website this year they may have wondered why their event listings had [...]

Category: Case Studies | Tags: , , , |

Neill Cameron – accidental social media WIN

October 15th, 2009 | 5 comments

I’ve known Neill Cameron for quite a while now. He’s a cartoonist whose self published comics I used to read (and probably sell) in the 90s and I’ve kept tabs on him since thanks to his blog and, now, his Twitter because I like his work and he entertains me.
Cartoonists and illustrators blogging and [...]

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