stephen blyth’s blog

In the list of websites in the photo above you’ll find the curious saying ‘browse like a sheep’. Doug, a tutor at WelTech, didn’t share a favourite, interactive website during our round of introductions. Instead he described his appetite for websites in these omnivorous terms.
I was reassured to see that people still surf the net: [...]

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Normally I don’t touch the insides of computers or other electronic gizmos. Maybe it’s because my fingers are too clumsy, or eyesight poor. Adding some RAM in a slot and changing batteries is just about my limit.
I was pretty alarmed when a sad face appeared on my ipod. The official Apple help pages shed little [...]

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Get 40 communicators in a room and try and stop them talking. At the ideasshop social media barcamp yesterday things ran over time because the conversation did overfloweth.
The format was simple: 16 slots for people to run impromptu 20 minute sessions about something they’ve learnt about social media or to raise burning questions. After a [...]

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I’d like to bestow my inaugural Award for excellence in community directories today. This is a personal award and doesn’t attract a cash or even in-kind prize. Just my gratitude.
As part of a website writing project I’ve been working on I’ve scoured the country for online community directories. The aim is to provide a way [...]

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Most of the activist and grassroots community organising I’ve been part of has struggled with some of the basics. It was something that took up a surprising amount of effort. Where are going to meet? Are there enough chairs? Can we make a cuppa after the meeting?
I don’t remember a time we ever had chardonnay [...]

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