Old versus New – NHS, social media and swine flu
It’s been well reported that the hospital I work at has been preparing for things just in case there should be an outbreak of swine flu. And between delivering leaflets to wards to let staff know just...
View ArticleJEEcamp 2009
“It’s not a revolution if no one gets hurt” – Thomas Friedman On Friday I attended JEEcamp – an ‘unconference’ aimed at journalists and publishers to look at how the industry could deal with the...
View ArticleSome times the internet fails. Or people…
I’ve just spent a rather damp morning in Cannon Hill Park at the Water for Life festival that is taking place all day. I knew nothing about this until my housemate, a Trustee for the charity LUCIA who...
View Article#welovetheNHS – America, the NHS and social media
In the last two days something special happened on Twitter. Again. Twitter users in their thousands have this time rushed to defend the NHS against American critics of Barack Obama’s healthcare...
View ArticleWhy Christmas cards and twitter replies are surprisingly similar
I am continually amazed that even after the internet has pervaded almost all aspects of modern life, at least in the UK, we still have people that just don’t get it. And by it, I mean applying the...
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Co-working venues: Loco Lounge, High Street, Kings Heath
One of the perks of my job is that I can work wherever there is internet. Whilst this generally means I work from home or work, it does mean that some times I park up in a coffee shop for a change of...
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Co-working venues: Kitchen Garden Cafe, Kings Heath
On the back of the success of the first co-working venue review that I did alongside my friend Liz – and inspired others to do the same, we thought we’d chance a second. We ended up picking another...
View ArticleCo-working venues: Costa Coffee, High St, Kings Heath
So after a bit of a break in our co-working, Liz and I thought we’d try the newest kid on the block – Costa Coffee which opened fairly recently. One of Liz’s friends had said that Costa was a good...
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My thoughts on Library Camp 2011
I felt a bit of a fraud on Saturday morning turning up to Library Camp, an unconference for librarians, until I realised that I had actually spent some time looking after a library. And I made cake,...
View ArticleA social media book club (no really)
Wednesday was an interesting day for me; in the morning I went to a social media book club held by two of the students from Birmingham City University’s MA in social media and in the evening was the...
View ArticleCongratulations on the smug political status update
I’ve wanted to write this for days, but it felt a little improper to do so before polling stations closed and results were read out. Pre-election and even on the day, my social media feeds have been...
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Birmingham Blogger Meet
It hasn’t escaped me, the irony of being a week late blogging about a blogging meet up that was about getting more organised, but you know what they say – better late than never! Last weekend I...
View ArticleMoseley and Kings Heath councillor hustings – April 2015
Tonight, Kings Health Residents Forum and Moseley Forum organised hustings for the local councillor election which takes place in May. Tonight’s event, which took place in the hall at Kings Heath...
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West Midlands Blogger Meet
A few weeks ago I went to a West Midlands Bloggers Meet, organised by Adele and Kirsty of Pretty Lovely Bloggers, held at the Rainbow in Digbeth. Over the years I’ve been to a few bloggers meet ups...
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