Posts Tagged ‘social networking’

#KittenCamp is coming to Birmingham!! 25/01/2011

#KittenCamp first launched in London last year and has since developed a massive cult following, we now host regular slots in Soho and Bristol. It seems that word has spread and there’s been quite a bit of online chat about it over the past few months, so much so that we decided to take it on tour and this February we will be landing in Birmingham.

For anyone who hasn’t heard, #KittenCamp is a fun networking evening for web-loving, media types to chat memes, drink beer and generally share some kitten love.

On Tuesday 22 February #KittenCamp will be at The Victoria Pub in Birmingham city centre. Speakers include Myles Mcleod, Animation Writer and Director of The Brothers McLeod and David Edmundson-Bird, Director of Digital Marketing Communications at Manchester Met University, coming along to show attendees some fun things + Chris Quigley, Director of Rubber Republic dressed as a giant cat and chatting about the latest internet memes and viral trends!

For more info and how to book, visit the eventbrite bookings page.

SMEs: Don’t bother with the Social Web 03/02/2010

I’ve been thinking about this a bit recently as Digital Birmingham have been looking at the way that using the social web can help Small and Medium Sized businesses to drum up work.

Recently, Pete Ashton had a problem with his boiler and he asked Twitter for recommendations.

Now, having been on various Moseley related lists in the past ten years or so I knew that it wouldn’t be long before somebody recommended Clive the Gasman. Sure enough, Jon Bounds soon popped up and did exactly that.  I’ve used Clive myself because Bill Lees from the old Moseley Free group recommended him.

More – SMEs: Don’t bother with the Social Web

What do you know about galaxy formation? 18/02/2009

What does the average Joe on the street know about how galaxies are formed? Well, apparently we know more than we think: www.GalaxyZoo.org allows anyone to help researchers at Oxford University identify the shapes of one million galaxies photographed by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey telescope.

This is the latest example of how computers and humans can not only co-exist, but can combine their strengths in new and innovative ways to achieve things that neither could achieve alone. More – What do you know about galaxy formation?

Reliable websites to be branded by new WWW Foundation 15/09/2008

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the thinking behind the creation of the World Wide Web, has voiced his concerns over moral panics and disinformation that are spread so easily and quickly through the Internet, and has also come up with a way of decreasing the problem.  

More – Reliable websites to be branded by new WWW Foundation

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