Why I’m giving up Birmingham: It’s Not Shit
At some point over the weekend, I decided to out the low level moving on campaign and put my most famous website up for sale on eBay. I started the site backRead More…
24 hours of culture
Birmingham is currently bidding for the UK’s first City of Culture title (this is a dreadful out-of-date link, but DCMS don’t seem to be hot on explanation), we’re down to the finalRead More…
What does hyperlocal mean? And what does that mean for news?
Local is local for different people for different reasons — some to do with legislature, economics, transport, facilities, people, even “community” (another word with little definite meaning). Local in newsgathering has beenRead More…
Hyperstokal – Hyperlocal Blog Wire improvements using Stoke on Trent
I’ve just cloned the Birmingham Hyperlocal blog wire and created a version for Stoke on Trent. Clare White suggested the sources from this list and this delicious tag. Pulling the sources togetherRead More…
Life in Lozells, another good local blog
I spent an enjoyable hour with Kate Foley late last week, Kate is Neighbourhood Manager in Lozells Birmingham and runs the Life in Lozells blog. The site has been running since MarchRead More…
Me on Midlands Today
They spelt my name wrong, actually prompting me to buy johnbounds.co.uk to point here too, but here is the feature on Midlands Today in which I briefly, er, featured: Thanks by theRead More…
The Big City Plan – Part 3 – How
After sounding out interested parties, mainly via twitter, a number of us met up at December’s Birmingham Social Media Café — at this point the clock was already on us, we’d onlyRead More…
The Big City Plan – Part 1 – Constructive Activism
Birmingham is getting a real reputation for being a place where social media doesn’t only happen, it organises and does things that are intended to create social good. From the Social MediaRead More…
Blog Action Day – Free Social Media Advice for Community & Voluntary Orgs in Birmingham
Blog Action Day is a call for as much of the blogosphere as possible to write about a specific issue on the same day – October the 15th – coming at theRead More…
MPs and the blogosphere
I was at the Tory Conference this week, as part of a supposed “charm offensive”. The most interesting hour was a chance to see and hear the most famous right-wing bloggers talk amongst themselves.