Ungeekery: the real magic behind social media

One reason I like the social media scene and its growing networks is that people are generally friendly, open and willing to share new ideas. Geeks, techies, webbies are not (beneath the surface) entirely obsessed with code and cool tools, whatever the popular perception.

However, because (read more...)

Capturing Stuff, Conversations and Stories

A round of social reporting at conferences and other events leaves me with a simple classification for the content I may capture or create: there’s Stuff, Conversations, and Stories.

Stuff is Powerpoints, papers, speeches. It is delivered, usually from a platform, by Important People.

Conversations are what happens (read more...)

Socialreporting at Shine

This weekend I’m at the Shine Unconference in London – blogging, shooting some video, and generally having a great time in conversation with social entrepreneurs and every type of innovator you might hope to meet. The photo show Alberto Nardelli explaining the UnltdWorld social network, and you can see it is a wonderfully informal environment at The Bargehouse on the South Bank. (read more...)

Reflections on event socialreporting

One of my ideas for social reporting is to add some buzz to events by videoblogging and other ways of amplifying conversations – so it was great to get a job from the organiser of the National Digital Inclusion Conference to do just that. I was (read more...)

Social media, creativity, and open collaboration

The University of Westminster asked me a while back to contribute to their Creative Juice seminar yesterday, and I was in a slight panic last week when I realised I needed to talk to a mix of designers, freelances and academics about social media and creativity.
I didn’t really have much fresh to (read more...)