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Giving up Twitter for Lent

February 24, 2009

I’m giving up twitter for Lent. Now don’t go thinking this is part of some complex social experiment to remind myself of how life used to be before twitter – it’s nothing of the sort. It’s Lent, I’m just crazy about Lent and would love to have you help me out with my twitter-fast. Like [...]

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Writing about worms & business

December 15, 2008

I’ll avoid cross-posting in future but my first posting at the Digital Birmingham blog is about a useful example of how social media can be used by small businesses: I’m always looking for examples of how social media can support small businesses. I’ve raised the question before using the local builder as an example. Why [...]

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Social Media’s hidden legacy

June 9, 2008

This is a cross-post from my blog at the Birmingham Post Two things trouble me about social media. The first is that everyone I read or connect to via Twitter or Facebook or whatever, seems to be having a much more exciting life than me. It’s a world of gallery openings, launches, great nights out [...]

Creative Industries - 3 Comments