Category: thoughts

  • Reaching out to the real world..

    This morning I signed up for the much anticipated (well by me!) Bathcamp 2008 and as soon as I had clicked submit I started to give a little thought to what the hell I’d be able to contribute to the event (in true Barcamp style – everyone contributes something, somehow).  When Bathcamp was initially discussed…

  • more events 2.0 thoughts..

    As I mentioned before once or twice (!) I have a real interested in using the tools and attitudes of the social web (previously known as web 2.0 or social media in my posts – decided I like social web as a term for now!) to enhance face-to-face events.  This can take many forms from…

  • Events 2.Oh god not another 2.0!

    So as I spend more time focussing on what I am going to fill my days with as a freelancer in the near future one topic keeps coming to the top of the list and that is events.  This will almost certainly amuse many of my ex-JISC colleagues as I did little but moan about…

  • Nipping out for a QuickPint..

    I suppose like anyone who spends a great deal of time online and who makes a living from the web I occasionally spend time dreaming up my own web businesses, imagining life as the founder of a start-up and becoming wildly successful doing something I genuinely care about.  Then I realise someone else has already…

  • Semi-Semantic..

    OK so it seems like 2008 is going to be the year that the semantic web moves out of the research labs and moves towards something a bit more…well useful I guess! In the last month or so a few things have happened that have kind of forced me to take notice – and I’ll…