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“There’s a generation of men, and it usually is men,” begins the BBC’s Nick Owen in his intro to this piece about a West Midlands computer games event that happened a couple of weeks ago. His co-host Suzanne Verdee does a little nod as if in agreement about the inevitably of Nick’s statement. I was [...]

Here’s Mark Kermode catching up on the issue I highlighted a while back. I surprise myself sometimes about how cross I still get about this; looks like Kermode is about to get vexed about it: The debate is in the comments over at Kermode’s post and he has a habit of following up so watch [...]

At my workplace, Birmingham City University, we had a very illuminating talk to students last week from John Denton who is Managing Editor, TV Platforms, BBC Future Media and Technology. He sometimes contributes to the BBC Internet blog. The talk is below and a lot of it was about the integration or otherwise of social [...]

Some links for you: Tall. Eats a lot. Talks too much. – Taking a baby to a tech conference (Nemi, to #openhacklondon) – Nice piece about taking the kids along to a hacking event. Screen WM – Setting the record straight – Jason Hall: "Did 4iP please everybody? Did it fit your own idea of [...]

Some links for you: Dave Harte: No help from the coalition – Business Columnists – Birmingham Post – Piece I wrote for the Birmingham Post this week on the government plans for a Silicon Valley in the East End. elearnspace › Questions I’m no Longer Asking – "I strive to strike a reasonable balance between [...]

The local news website (or ‘hyperlocal blog’ as we call it nowadays) that I edit has given me some joy this week. Firstly a comment came in that I thought summed up some nice community spirit; and secondly we got a story on the front page of the local newspaper, the Birmingham Mail. The front [...]

Some links for you: Talis Nodalities Magazine – About – "Talis has launched a magazine called Nodalities that bridges the divide between those building the Semantic Web and those interested in applying it to their business requirements." Libraries as gateways to the urban experience – Blog – Substrakt – "We've just received the latest copy [...]