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The Rise of the Airgonaut
The Save the Words site was brought to my attention by a post Alan Levine and I thought it looked kind of fun. The site is…interesting. Its certainly striking and different, I’m not actually sure whether I like it or not but its an impressive bit of work – particular for this sort of ‘campaign’.…
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JISC Conference 2009
This year is going to be the 1st time I have attended a JISC Conference without having to work (3 years of near nervous breakdowns and one managing the backchannel and social web elements) so I am very much looking forward to it. The move to Edinburgh is another big change to traditions (and certain…
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The New Director of Digital Engagement for HMGov
Last night a flurry of tweets brought to my intention the fact that the government is recruiting a new Director of Digital Engagement. This new post is really quite senior and has a pretty impressive job description to say the least (and a pretty nice potential salary!). It seems to me that most of the…
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Scott McCloud at TED
Scott McCloud is a bit of a hero of mine – he brings more insight to the world of comic books (and lets be clear I read comic books not ‘graphic novels’) than the medium probably deserves and having just re-read Zot for the first time in years he was a pretty decent creator himself…
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Fun at Bristwestival
So I’ve now had a day or two to recover from Bristwestival and I have to say that I think it was a great success and alot of fun. As hoped I got to meet a few Twitter types face-to-face for the first time, enjoyed a number of pints of Bitburger (following on from several…