07Nov/13

The Moran Scale of Twitterstorms

7 November 2013Conferences & Talks, microblogging, my projects, social media, social media workCaitlin Moran, TwitterstormJon Bounds

I was asked to ‘create’ a Twitterstorm as part of an art project, and I sort of did. While this wonderful Buzzfeed post describes the stages that one goes through, in orderRead More…

05Nov/13

The Eye of the Twitterstorm – xHuming Joseph Priestley

5 November 2013Conferences & Talks, my projects, social media workJon Bounds

  I’ll write up the xHumed talk asap, Joseph Priestley sending this Tweet: It is my conclusion that until they can be made safe the bi-cycle must be banned from the streetsRead More…

28Feb/12

My appearance on the Today programme

28 February 2012Conferences & Talks, portfolioBirmingham UK, me, Radio 4, Today programmeJon Bounds

While revamping this site a touch I was struck by how many of the sites and projects I’d linked to had just disappeared, so I’m going to try to make more ofRead More…

21Oct/10

Engaging Visitors Through Social Media – Notes

21 October 2010Conferences & Talkshello business, social media, visitor attractionsJon Bounds

If you’ve attended the Engaging Visitors Through Social Media session I was a part of at Hello Business, then here are some notes and links. If you didn’t, you may still findRead More…

07Oct/10

Sentiment Analysis and Twitter ‘wormals’

7 October 2010Conferences & Talks, my projects, social media, social media workConservative Party Conference, cpc10, David Cameron, pdfeu, sentiment analysis, twitterJon Bounds

I’ve tried two experiments with the “is Birmingham happy” algorithm in the last few days, as they’re not based on place it makes more sense to use the popular term ‘sentiment analysis’Read More…

02Oct/10

Engaging Visitors Through Social Media

2 October 2010Conferences & Talksvisitor attractionsJon Bounds

Here are the pertiant bits of the flyer for a short course myself and Chris Unitt have devised and will be delivering as part of Birmingham’s Hello Business event. It’s aimed atRead More…

02Oct/10

Personal Democracy Forum EU

2 October 2010Conferences & Talkscivico, conference, live streamJon Bounds

I’m just about to head off to the Personal Democracy Forum in Barcelona, it’s a two-day conference on the future of democracy and technology and has got some great speakers lined up.Read More…

25May/10

Globalisation? Hmm

25 May 2010Conferences & Talks, social mediabirminghamuk, debate, jon hickman, Pete Ashton, what's onJon Bounds

This Thursday (27/5) at 7:45pm at the wondrously refurbished Midlands Arts Centre, I’m taking part in a debate on — breath — social media and globalisation. It’s billed as: “Expert Jon Hickman (Birmingham CityRead More…

25May/10

New York, New Politics

25 May 2010Conferences & Talks, my projects, social media, twittercivico, democracy, innovation, Rhubarb Radio, streamingJon Bounds

I’m off to the city that never sleeps next week for the PdF (Personal Democracy Forum) Conference — a conference on how social technology changes how politics operates. Very much looking forwardRead More…

26Jan/10

Know your place

26 January 2010Conferences & TalksJon Bounds

I’m speaking at this next Wednesday, although how much freelancers have to learn from the way I work I’m not sure (maybe it’ll be what not to do). Know Your Place (whichRead More…