I received a fab little video this morning from LGTV in which Martha Lane Fox was being interviewed on the benefits of being digitally included, as part of her ‘Race Online’ campaign. Its great to see someone so close to Central Government sending out such powerful messages. Take a look at the full interview here
The dates for the Birmingham Open Weekend 2010, part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, have been confirmed as 23 - 25 July 2010.
As part of Cultural Olympiad, Say Hello, Aston Pride, the BBC and Digital Birmingham will be on hand to showcase the Digital Time Capsule where you, the people of Birmingham, will be able to record and upload your memorable moment in the form of a video, an image and/or audio file etc.
Come and join the team in Victoria Square on Friday 23 July 2010 from 10am - 4pm and be a part of Birmimgham’s digital journey!
The Aston Community Festival 2010 is a free for all event taking place on Sunday 27 June 2010 at Aston Villa Football Club, Witton Lane, Birmingham. B6 from 12pm - 7pm.
The event will host live music, a fun fair, food, face painters and much more.
For more information, please click here.
Silver Surfers’ Day is the biggest, national campaign to promote use of digital technologies by older people. It is run by Digital Unite and was started in 2002, this is the ninth annual event.
On Silver Surfers’ Day Digital Unite support people and organisations all over the UK to open their doors and give local older people a taste of what the digital world has to offer them at a Silver Surfers’ Day Event.
Anyone can become an Event Holder – if you’re already working with older people, if you are passionate about supporting them to be digitally literate, then this is an event for you!
For more information and to find an event near you, please go to the Digital Unite webpage.
We invite event management companies to tender for the Beyond 2010 event on 20-21 October, at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham. The full invitation is below with all the contact details you need.
Our news feeds can be subscribed to by clicking on this link. We not only provide information about our own work, but also link to other website and news items from across the city, region and country.
If you want us to pick up on a digital news story of your own, please contact us on digital@birmingham.gov.uk and put NEWS in the subject title.
Recent news stories include:
National Digital Inclusion Champion in Birmingham
Majestic SEO secures investment partner
New rail hub exterior designed
The link to our news site is http://www.digitalbirmingham.co.uk/news. Happy reading!
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If we are to believe the “slip ups” from Cabinet members about the date of the General Election, the 6th May 2010 is only three months away. Although many people will try, no-one can estimate who will be the country’s next Prime Minister and government party.
However, as time gets closer to the date in May, the three main parties are starting to release snippets of their manifestos to encourage would-be voters. The Conservative Party are no different…..
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As an avid magazine reader, I subscribe to one of the most popular women’s magazines in the country, Cosmopolitan. From month to month there are (in my opinion) always interesting articles about the three main subjects the magazine focuses on love, life and fashion.
However, this month’s edition had a report that really got my interest, as the focus appeared to be….technology!
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