Continued from last time… In my previous post, I explained that I’m trying to gather data on the number of social media users within a geographic area. I’m basically attempting to answer the question: “what is the actual take-up of…
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Facebook usage: a local perspective
Tagged with: age group, analysis, analytics, Facebook, geographic, reporting, social media, statistics, technology, usage, users
Posted in Facebook, Hampshire, Social Media, weekly blog club
Posted in Facebook, Hampshire, Social Media, weekly blog club
Reflections on events
Over the last year or so I’ve attended a bunch of ‘unconference‘ events. In this post I thought I’d take a look back at some of them. All events have something worth sharing, and most I’ve attended have had shed-loads; I’ve therefore…
Tagged with: Bambuser, Remote attendee, social media, technology, Twitter, Unconference, webcast
Posted in Events, Technology, Twitter
Posted in Events, Technology, Twitter
Isle Lights
This is the fourth in a series of posts about a recent trip to Orkney. Previous posts: Covered my visit from a personal perspective Talked about Northern BlueLightCamp; and A mini-post with an interactive Puffin-shaped word cloud This post covers…
Tagged with: collaboration, IslandGovCamp, Orkney, social media, technology, Twitter
Posted in Events, Technology, Travel
Posted in Events, Technology, Travel
Puffin Island (IslandGovCamp)
There was barely a cloud in the sky during the whole of IslandGovCamp. Gorgeous weather prevailed throughout. In the absence of real clouds, I decided to make one instead and make it colourful and interactive. Most of the words are clickable…
Tagged with: IslandGovCamp, Orkney, social media, Tag cloud, technology, Twitter, Unconference, visualisation, word cloud
Posted in Events, Technology, Twitter
Posted in Events, Technology, Twitter
Northern (Blue) Lights
This is the second is a series of posts about a recent trip to Orkney. In the first part I talked a bit about my personal experience travelling around mainland Orkney, both on my own, and as as part of…
Tagged with: Facebook, IslandGov Camp, Orkney, Police, social media, technology, Twitter
Posted in Events, Technology
Posted in Events, Technology
BlueLightCamp: Weekend Camping (Pt1)
First thing in the morning on Sunday 15th April there was barely a cloud in the sky above Manchester. The sun shone, the sky was blue, and I was off camping. It was a few miles walk to the camp…
Tagged with: BlueLight Camp, Local Government, Police, technology, tools, Twitter, Unconference, webcast
Posted in Events, Social Media, Technology
Posted in Events, Social Media, Technology
Keep taking the tablets
Ok, I admit it, I bought an iPad. It’s a third generation, or “new iPad”, as Apple insist on referring to it. I was one of the many thousands world-wide who bought the latest shiny thing, the first day it…
Tagged with: Evernote, gadgets, ipad, paperless office, Tablet, technology, Twitter
Posted in iPad, Social Media, Technology
Posted in iPad, Social Media, Technology
Camping without the tents: UK GovCamp 2012
I spent Friday and Saturday in London at UK GovCamp 2012, or #UKGC12 as it’s known on Twitter. It was an “unconference” with no prepared agenda. If you aren’t familiar with unconferences, Steph Gray gives a good description in his November…
Tagged with: GovCamp, technology, Twitter, Unconference, weekly blog club, WordPress
Posted in Events, LocalGov, Technology, Unconference
Posted in Events, LocalGov, Technology, Unconference
My first year on Twitter
Until just over a year ago I thought Twitter was a place celebrities go to announce what they’ve had for breakfast. That’s certainly the impression I got from newspapers. I can’t remember what prompted me to take a look at…
