Digital by Default

Digital by Default

Considering being Cooperative

I have long had the inkling of an idea that a co-op would be an interesting model to use in setting up a social web business of some kind. According to the International Cooperative Alliance a co-op is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and…

January 3, 2010
Reviving the Brizzlecamp idea

So yesterday I was in my standard January 1st mood (not helped by a storming hangover it has to be said) and I wrote my review of 2009 while in not the best state of mind. That said when I re-read the post today there wasn’t much about it that I would change despite feeling…

January 2, 2010
2009 – The Year I Was Sent to Coventry

This time last year I wrote a bit of a review of the year that had just passed and was happy enough with what I wrote to promise myself I’d do it again so here I am. 2009 however was not a year I particularly want to dwell on. Certainly from a professional point of…

January 1, 2010
Mobile Roadie: DIY iPhone App for your event

I wasn’t at LeWeb last week – it has never been one of those events that has appealed to me and the bad press it got last year certainly didn’t do much to change that opinion. It seems to have been more warmly received this year though and one of the real hits was Mobile…

December 13, 2009
Eventgineering: getting wifi right at events

Anyone who has read this blog for a while will know I am fascinated by the way events have been changing in the last few years. The rise of the unconference, live streaming and the backchannel are all elements I have written about before and I firmly believe we are only at the start of…

December 12, 2009