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October 3, 2011

social media and the tip of the m.i.c.e.-berg

In my career before the arts came the MICE industry. For those of you not in the know this is the world of meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions. Since moving away from the sector I have still kept an eye on it from a distance, keen to see how it adopts social media in its…

September 23, 2011

mostly thinking about… feedback loops

September 21, 2011

#c24lgr: getting real

As the lazy approach to post-conference blogging I’ve collated my tweets from Culture24’s Let’s Get Real event on Storify. If you didn’t attend you can read the final report from their action research project looking at how to evaluate online success on the newly launched We Are Culture24 website. As an aside Dick Penny from…

September 13, 2011

developing a digital strategy: it’s all about audiences

Today I attended a Media Trust session (delivered by Ed Cox of Reason Digital) on the theme of Developing A Digital Strategy. The seminar was a useful refresher of the key components that form the framework of a digital strategy. What came across to me most during the day was the focus on the audience.…

August 24, 2011

no more bowling alone

On hearing about this I must admit I was one very excited rainycitytales. Pin Up a 1950s inspired portable pop-up bowling alley (that means four full sized lanes), cocktail bar and diner are launching here in Manchester next month. The fun will be happening in Hardman Square in Spinningfields every day from the 15th of September to the…

August 19, 2011

the art of a click

I recently read about Thinglink a web platform for generating interactive images for your website or blog – WordPress, Tumblr, Blogger. The service allows you to create clickable tags within images which can link to other websites as well as enabling the playing of YouTube videos, Soundcloud audio clips and now even the purchase of tickets via Eventbrite.…

August 10, 2011

mancunian pride

Scum, scroates, criminals, thugs, thieves, scallies, yobs, hooligans, delinquents, hoodies, rioters, tw*ts (pardon my French) – whatever you want to call them last night took to the streets of Manchester, creating scenes of unprecedented mindlessness. This morning it was heartwarming to see it was business as usual for most of the city centre, thanks to the efforts of Greater Manchester Police, Manchester City Council and the good people of Manchester. Showing that you might be able to take trainers, plasma TVs and mobile phones but you can never take away our city. The city that inspires us to feel like this about coming home…

August 9, 2011

why? social media and museums

Is your Chief Executive twitchy about Twitter? Your Fundraising Manager funny about Facebook? Or your Curators worried about wikis? After all what is all the fuss about social media and why should you bother with it anyway? Well if these challenges sound familiar here are five (tediously music themed – apologies for that) reasons to…

July 18, 2011

a trip down memolane

Social timeline service Memolane launched last year, the brainchild of Eric Lagier, the platform allows users to See, Search and Share their online history across a variety of social networking sites including; YouTube, Flickr, Facebook and FourSquare. Last week one of my musical heros Rufus Wainwright launched his own Memolane. Rufus’ timeline is being used to document his career…