November 28, 2008
Some links for you: C4 Revising 4iP Timetable; Christmas Job Cuts, But Kangaroo Unaffected – 4IP extended from 2 to 3 years with bigger investments coming later in the programme. Would appointing a creative director solve Birmingham's image problems? – Design Week – "As Wolff says, 'For whatever reason, be it football or anything else, [...]
November 27, 2008
Well today was a bit of a frenzy. The Act on CO2 People Power campaign was launched and I found myself being wheeled in front of the media for most of the day. It started gently with an interview down the phone with Radio WM’s Phil Upton. He even left a comment on my Facebook [...]
November 26, 2008
Some links for you: Self Portrait Birmingham – "Self Portrait Birmingham is a collective of photographers and artists based in Birmingham who are building a self portrait of the people of Birmingham initially through photography. The aim is to run self-portrait sessions throughout Birmingham." Media Talent Bank Blog – Media Talent Bank blog now has [...]
November 24, 2008
I now have one of these, a Current Cost thingy that measures how much electricity I’m wasting every time I forget to turn the lights off in the kitchen. It was sent to me as part of my impending positioning as some kind of ambassador for the government’s Act on CO2 campaign (that’ll teach me [...]
November 20, 2008
Some links for you: World experts meet to boost creative industries – Top Creative Industries types meet to shape the world creative business conference which will take place at The Grove in Hertfordshire from 26 – 28 October 2009. Midland Offstage Skills Consortium – New one on me: “MOSC is an employer led organisation, made [...]
November 17, 2008
The finalists for the Creative City awards have been announced (also by Kenny from Big cat PR). I thought it worthwhile repeating the list with links through to the companies (and to their blogs if I could find one – please add a comment if I’ve got any wrong): The Regional Outstanding Business Development Award: [...]
Some links for you: C:CUBED 4 Dec | bTWEEN – Invite only event but you need to be there. For more information, contact Just-b. on 0114 221 0589 or mail info[at]just-b.com. "This is your chance to find out about two new potent funding opportunities: 4IP and the Digital Content Development Programme. Meet the funders and [...]
Andrew Dubber invited me to be one of a team of academics writing for UniSurvival which delivers common-sense advice to students about everything from time management to drugs to how to drop out. Worth a read as well is Tim Wall’s piece on why how you think is more important than what you think. I’m [...]