How can we bring back free social media surgeries?

Last night I went along to #smedinburgh – a meet up for people from all backgrounds to come and discuss social media. I made some useful contacts and the people … Continue reading

Tartan Tweetmeet (in 500 words or less)

Last night’s Tartan Tweetmeet was, by all accounts, a great success. Continue reading

Topics for a Social Media Unconference

Tomorrow morning, I’m heading up to Stirling for a Local Gov Social Media Unconference, kindly arranged by the Improvement Service, under the banner of the Customer First programme (enabling councils … Continue reading

I invented Google+

OK, now I have your attention I’ll confess that this isn’t exactly true… But I would direct people to a post of mine back in August 2009, where an associate … Continue reading

Social Innovation Camp – an idea

Earlier today I met with some associates to discuss a possible idea for the upcoming Social Innovation Camp in Edinburgh. The idea had come from a colleague’s personal experience of … Continue reading

a11yLDN – accessibility unconference, 21st Sept 2010

Last week I headed down to London to attend the Web Accessibility Unconference – a11yLDN 2010. You can head over to the official site to find out more about the … Continue reading

Youth Parliament Elections campaign – a social media case study

Later this week I’ll be attending a national awards ceremony, at which one of our campaigns has been nominated for an award. ** UPDATE – we won! ** Edinburgh’s 2009 … Continue reading

Hard lessons in social media: political suicide

I’ve just updated my list of social media lessons learned the hard way with details of a Labour candidate who appears to have committed political suicide on Twitter.

Creating a dynamite campaign

Today I found myself in the opulent surroundings of Edinburgh’s Balmoral Hotel for a breakfast seminar, run by Precedent, on creating dynamite campaigns. The following are some of my notes. … Continue reading

2009 on the web – some retrospectives

As we glide gracefully out of the noughties, here are some of the best retrospectives of the past year on the web.